Reddit reviews Trevor Wye Practice Book for the Flute: Volume 1 - Tone Book Only
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I agree with /u/nandemo who suggested harmonics. Harmonics will help to develop your embouchure to be able to play the F# with the correct fingering more easily.
IMHO using alternate fingerings without being able to play the standard fingering is kinda cheating. It's the standard fingering for a reason!
Trevor Wye has a good section on this note & E natural in his "Tone" book - he called those two notes "gremlins." My flute teacher also says everyone has trouble with these notes. (You may not have as much trouble with the E if you have a flute with a split E - I do!)
Wye says to practice the G scale. Make sure your air speed is sufficient (you should have no trouble with the G above it). If your air speed is sufficient and your G is fine, then you should practice the notes leading up to the F# (G, A, B, C, D). He says:
> If the air speed is not enough to give security to E natural and F sharp then the air speed is probably insufficient to play the preceding notes with proper intensity of sound.
He also has 2 pages of exercises specifically designed to help with this issue. I highly recommend the book; it's helped me a ton!!