Subscribe to our monthly enewsletter for free music and flute tablatures, raffle winners, workshop schedule, odells blog and much more. Smith, we offer a variety of books to help your business while improving your knowledge. This time honored tradition is how they have been made for the last 8000 years or so. These two pages provided the starting point for many flute makers of the early 1970s. Song book for 6 hole native american style flute other. Wolf book description this manual provides detailed, stepbystep instructions and fully dimensioned drawings for crafting the unique flute of the american indian. I had dedicated my life to the making of these hand crafted instruments in the style of native american flutes, and devoted myself to perfecting their performance and artistic value. There are fewer americanmade simple system flutes from late in the 19th. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. When i first began to look at classifying flutes that originated in north america, i quickly got the sense of dealving into a rabbithole topic. A guide to crafting the native american style flute by russell a. We provide over 16,000 products including instruments, sheet music, cds and accessories.
The art of native american flute making 9781514845981. My latest and last word on the playing and making of simple flutes from a variety of materials. The graphics are mirror images of the holes of a flute, as in. Today, a native american style flute is made in various ways.
Lubeck haus bookstore in association with offer these books for sale. It contains 12 songs played on native american flutes in various keys, from g5 to d4, almost all tuned to 432 hz. This book will give you what you need as far as intruction on making your own native american flutes. Heres a list of gemeinhardt flutes and piccolos that are made in the u. The native american flute is a flute that is held in front of the player, has open finger holes, and has two chambers. These books can be used with any 5 hole flute in any key. Awakening is the first album of wojciech usarzewicz. Charley covers all the important parts and is very detailed in his aproch.
A block on the outside of the instrument directs the players breath from the first chamber. Hand crafting your bag takes 912 hrs, depending on. Song book set of 3 for 5 hole native american flute. See more ideas about native american flute, native american, flute. Demars,j this nicely designed and illustrated book deals with the playing and care of one of the most evocative and expressive instruments in the world the native american flute. How to choose a flute native american style flutes by southern cross flutes duration. A guide to flute making and playing, or how to make and play great homemade musical instruments for children and all ages from bamboo, wood, clay, metal, pvc plastic, or anything else, by mark shepard, shepard publications, 2001. Say em 2 bring the head joint to your mouth and press the circle against your lips. Smith this book is the companion guide to the valentino flute fix kit, and separately is an excellent introductory guide to anyone learning to service the flute. Any piece of wood i might use to make a native american style flute is from a tree that was at least one hundred years old.
Marks flute page book list play flute, make a flute. This is often a case for hobbists and small flutemakers, and to people who make their flutes out of branches. Price includes free shipping within the usa this is a set of the three native american flute song books, forest songs, earth songs, and more simple songs. Except the only power tool that you will need is a dremel tool and a few other hand tools. In our lineup of woodwind instruments, youll find our piccolos are all made here in elkhart, in. Full scale plans for making the native american flute in the key of low d. The book ends with a comprehensive catalog of solo and chamber repertoire, and includes appendices with fingering charts as well as lists of current flute manufacturers, repair shops, sources for flute music, books, flute clubs and related organizations worldwide. Buy the art of native american flute making by charlie matotoyela, jessie matotoyela isbn. Soothe your soul and enhance your lifes journey with a native flute or music on cd from laughing crow. How to learn to build native american flutes flute craft. The most amazing collection of flute design knowledge anywhere. With the help of this book, i am on my fith flute and they keep getting better and better.
It took almost 2 years to write and includes the knowledge of over 28 years of. Big songs from future, gucci mane, kodak black, drake, d. The art of native american flute making bluebearflutes. Carolina wooden flutes flute samples in the style of a. Spirit of the woods flutes was my full time business. The best way to learn to make native american flutes is to learn from someone who already makes them. Inspired by native american flutes of the many gifts bequeathed to the broader world community, the native american flute embodies one of the most tangible. Those of us who make native american style flutes professionally seem to agree that the second most efficient way to start making a flute is to reverse engineer a good love flute. In march 2002 vera and i saw the amazing jazz flutist jiri stivin perform in prague, and things haven. Arising out of the indigenous peoples from lands now called the united states and canada, this hauntingly beautiful musical instrument has seen a renaissance and popularization in the. See and hear a small sample of available flutes in the style of native american flutes.
Native american flute music has traditionally been made up on the spot, by playing what one feels. I have been making flutes for over 10 years now and have made over 200 and sold them to people all over the world, i have sent flutes to usa, new zealand, canada, australia, france, germany, greece, israel. It also comes with highly detailed instructions, diagrams and tons of photos to aid the. This page provides some plans for making native american flutes. Song book fro the 6 hole native american flute new. Several of these books cover the native american flute. Sheet music, the art of the native american flute, nakai. How to make native north american flutes 9 volume set. There are so many things to know about the woods we use to make a love flute.
This book will teach you how to make the native american flute 5 or 6 hole flute. My name is trevor and i make native american style flutes as a hobby in my workshop which is based in newton abbot, devon, united kingdom. This book leads the reader down the path of flute making which its creator had originally taken and with the experience of 28 years of work in the craft, he provides an edge for those wanting to learn how to make native american flutes. This book leads the reader down the path of flute making which its creator had originally taken and with the. Everything you need to know to make your own flute. In general, early 19c american flutes can have very good third octaves. I strived to be one of the best makers in the style of the native american flute. I had always thought they were a product of the southwest indian tribes, but a book that i found that was written during the 1800s about chippewa culture, had a passage about the chippewa flutes, along with pictures. By the late seventeenth century, the hotteterre family was credited with making several design changes to the transverse flute that included the addition of a head joint, a body, and a foot joint as opposed to a single cylinder. As one might guess, english flutes exerted the strongest influence on early 19th century american makers, some of whom had immigrated from england. There is considerable debate about the early habitation of the americas. He has been making native american flutes for about ten years.
Song books we have songbooks with both traditional and contemporary songs compiled by some of the most notable native american flute authors and players in the world. Native american style flutes, hand made by laughing crow flutes. Digitally tuned to the native american pentatonic scale. Deer or elk hide flute maker native american style flutes. They were published by walter ben hunt 18881970 in hunt 1954 and later in hunt 1973. It took almost 2 years to write and includes the knowledge of over 28 years of flute making.
Throughout the renaissance, most transverse flutes were cylindrical in shape and made from boxwood. The player breathes into one end of the flute without the need for an embouchure. Others use modern carving gouges, knives and sanding paper to make the flute by hand. Also, the appendices contain charts, patterns, layout guides, history, music, discussions of materials and tools, and 11 pages of resources for builders and this manual provides detailed, stepbystep instructions and fully dimensioned drawings for crafting the unique. Some people stick to the old traditional methods with very limited tools. My flute music is free for listening and download, and it is available on jamendo. Almost every song covers a whole page, each page a haunting melody for your 6 hole native american style flute. Carlos nakai, douglas spotted eagle, john vames, mary youngbood and more.
This book can be used with any 6 hole flute in any key. It has the schematics of all of the flutes that i make and offer here on our website as well as a few i dont offer. Native american courting flute concert perfect end to. Included are plans for 6 different flutes including a drone or double flute. This book leads the reader down the path of flute making which its creator had originally taken and with the experience of 28 years of work in the craft, he provides an edge for those this time honored tradition is how they have been made for the last 8000 years or so.
Beginner song book for the 6 hole native american flute ebay. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Later in the century a german influence would appear. There is some evidence that modern humans, called paleoindians or paleoamericans, arrived in north american as early as 50,000 years ago most sources agree that there were several migrations of peoples from asia to the americas, either across the land.
Then you try and make as exact a copy as possible of that flute. We offer the largest variety of top quality student and professional flutes and piccolos. A complete guide for students and performers by nancy toff, the man with the golden flute. Reverse engineering is the process of carefully studing an existing flute. Southern cross flutes native american style flutes, crafted in new zealand. The art of native american flute making by charlie mato. Its a wonderful book, and it will help you learn to play and love your native american flutes. We may earn money or products from the companies mentioned in this post through our independently chosen links, which earn us a commission. The art of native american flute making by charlie matotoyela. Rather than trying to craft flutes to a generally accepted, ideal model, makers of ethnic flutes seeks to define their own style and take the instrument in their own direction. Song books native american flutes, flute accessories and. These books are designed for those who might want to learn to play specific songs on their flute. There is nothing quite like an authentic native american flute in terms of sound, quality, and craftsmanship. This is my 166 page book on everything how to make native american flutes.
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