The best way to learn to make Native American Flutes is to learn from someone who already makes them. This time honored tradition is how they have been made for the last 8000 years or so. 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. From beginning to end and with many types of flutes as well as materials to make them out of, this book teaches both advanced as well as the upcoming flute maker just starting the journey.

A comprehensive instruction manual for learning to play the Native American flute, including information on tunings, fingerings, performance technique, tablature, style, history, standard notation, traditional ornaments, and a section on the care and maintenance of the flute. Also features sixteen transcriptions of songs from Nakai's recordings, and an analysis of his career as a recording artist and performer by the ethnomusicologist David P. McAllester.

Flute Shop provides detailed step-by-step instructions and fully dimensioned drawings for crafting the unique flute of the American Indian. Features plans for 6 different flutes including a drone or double flute. Also included are charts, patterns, layout guides, discussions of materials and tools, historical information and 11 pages of resources for builders and enthusiasts.

It has been professed that the sound of the Native American Flute has the power so soothe and to heal. It is very player friendly and if you have always wanted to play an instrument but never had the chance, here it is No prior music experience is needed and we guarantee that you will take home all the tools necessary for your success. Our Workshops include everything you need to get started on a Flute Journey of your own. With this book and companion CD you will learn: proper finger and breath control; how to ornament melodies; an understanding of pitch and rhythms; how to practice successfully; how to create your own songs; useful scales to develop technique and how to read printed music and tablature.

With over 300 step-by-step pictures, the Backyard Bowyer is geared for the beginning bowyer, backyard hobbyist, and anyone who has ever pondered building a wooden bow. Easy to read and follow steps go down to even the smallest detail in the design and construction of basic archery bows. Learn to craft fine wooden bows without huge investment in equipment and materials, and without being bound by location and limited workspace. Learn to construct: A classic target flat bow, an English Longbow suitable for hunting, and even your own strings and arrows for traditional and primitive archery.

"The Art of Flutemaking" is a complete, step-by-step, illustrated guide to building Native American style flute. The author, Wojtek, published many tutorials on flutemaking on his free website, and after being asked by many readers to turn the tutorials into a book, "The Art of Flutemaking" was born. The book guides the reader through each step on building a flute, from choosing materials such as branches or construction lumber or even bamboo, through measurements and carving of the main chambers, to building the sound mechanism and tuning the entire instrument. This book will teach the reader everything that allows the person to create a fully functional Native American style flute, tuned to minor pentatonic scale. The author explains how to build the flute using simple hand tools and affordable materials, but also provides information about the use of power tools in the flutemaking process. Even if you don't have huge machines, you can still build a flute. All of this is supported by photos, images and illustrations. With the help of this book, every person will be able to build a Native American style flute. The book also contains instructions on flutecare and it teaches how to play the Native style flute, in case the reader never played this type of instrument.

This book will teach you how to make the Native American Flute ( 5 or 6 hole flute). Using a band-saw and table router. No turning lathe is needed. Power tools are used in this book, making the job much faster................. Contents 3 Introduction to the Native American Flute 4 Safety & Tools 5 Wood selection & Flute planning 6 Cutting the flute blank 7 Routing the flute blank 8 Routing Pictures 9 Gluing the flute 10 Tapering and Rounding the flute 11 Sanding 12 Making the air holes 13 Making the air split 14 Making the bird 16 Calculating and making the sound holes 19 Tuning the flute 20 Finishing the flute 21 5 Hole Flute tuning diagram 22 6 Hole Flute tuning diagram 23 Flute diagrams 27 Bird, Fetish and Air Split Pictures 28 More Flute Pictures 29 Flute Bird Adjustment 30 Flute Finger Hole Calculation Tables 1/2 " inside bore flutes 31 Flute Finger Hole Calculation Tables 3/4" inside bore flutes 32 Flute Finger Hole Calculation Tables 1" inside bore flutes 33 Flute Finger Hole Calculation Tables 1 1/8" inside bore flutes 34 Flute Finger Hole Calculation Tables 1 1/4" inside bore flutes 35 Flute Finger Hole Calculation Tables 1 1/2" inside bore flutes 36 Formula to calculate finger hole positions 37 Millimeters to Inches conversion table

Includes the history of the American Indian courting flute, flute maintenance and easy-to-follow instructions on playing. The CD includes samples of recordings from Jeff Ball as well as spoken instruction.

Writing music can be a very rewarding and creative process, but sometimes it can be overwhelming - especially if you're new to this, or you've been told that you're not good at songwriting! When I was a kid, my piano teacher told my mom that I wasn't cut out for music. For years I listened to that false belief. Then my creativity was liberated when I started with the Native American flute. I didn't know anything about music, but I came up with my own way of writing music and capturing melodies... and it worked! That framework helped me write more than 200 songs. With this book, you'll learn how to capture those short melodies so that you can repeat what you just played, arrange your song so that you aren't mindlessly noodling, and connect your story so you have the confidence to share your music This is the secret sauce, and in this e-book, I'll show you the shortcuts to these exact tactics! Creative endeavors require good tools. That's why I've built a toolkit for you. You'll find capturing tactics, arrangement strategies, blank NAF TAB sheets, phrasing prompts and a story sheet as part of this book to help you maximize your songwriting experience. Note: This book does not address how to write the notes on that staff. Instead, we are focusing solely on finger diagrams for now. If you already read Nakai TAB you are welcome to use that feature. I will be creating a course for learning the Nakai TAB system in the future!

This book will teach you how to make the Native American Flute ( 5 or 6 hole flute). Using a band-saw and table router. No turning lathe is needed.Power tools are used in this book, making the job much faster.Flute fundamentals: Air is blown into the mouth end of the flute, it travels under the bird, and is channeled to pass over the air split. As the air is being split, half is going over the air split (outside the flute), the other half going inside the flute. This produces a harmonic vibration of the air waves.The holes in the body of the flute allows the air going inside the flute to escape at the flute holes. The flute players fingers, controls the air escaping at the flute holes. A different sound (note) is heard as the air escapes the body of the flute, at each hole. The sound is different because the wave length is different at each hole. The shorter the wave length the higher the note (pitch). The longer the wave length the lower the note (pitch).Lots of detailed information and photos, and tables.