The Art of the Native American Flute

Author: R. Carlos Nakai
Publisher: Canyon Records Prod.
ISBN: 9780786628988
Category : Flute
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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.

The Art of Native American Flute Making

Author: Charlie Mato-Toyela
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781514845981
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
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.

The Art of the Native American Flute

Author: R. Carlos Nakai
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flute
Languages : en
Pages : 144

The Art of Flutemaking

Author: Wojciech Usarzewicz
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781537142074
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
"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.

Make Your Own Wooden Flute

Author: Steve Schmeck
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780965203654
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
Practical, fully illustrated guide to making a wooden flute with tools that are common in many home workshops or can be built. Playing instructions included.

The Art of Flute Playing

Author: Edwin Putnik
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457400377
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Edwin Putnik, like most other contributors to the The Art of series, has been a member of many prestigious symphony orchestras and university faculties. The Art of Flute Playing can aid students of all degrees of advancement. Part I is devoted to Basic Principles and Pedagogy, Part II to Artist Performance. Part I is particularly helpful not only to beginning flute students, but also to non-flutists teaching in school music programs.

Trevor Wye - Practice Book for the Flute - Omnibus Edition Books 1-6

Author: Trevor Wye
Publisher: Music Sales
ISBN: 9781783054251
Category : Flute
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
(Music Sales America). Trevor Wye's acclaimed Practice Books for the Flute have now sold over one million copies and proved invaluable to players at every grade. Each book explores individual aspects of flute technique in concise detail. This revised edition features updated diagrams, clearer musical notation and improved overall design. This omnibus edition of all six books in the Practice Book series is invaluable for both amateur and would-be professional players. Together these books form a complete reference guide for players who are looking to overcome technical difficulties, and who are seeking advice on how best to practice.

Calm Forest

Author: Wojciech Usarzewicz
Publisher: Reiu Wojciech Usarzewicz
ISBN: 9788364699146
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
"Calm Forest" is a songbook for beginners and intermediate players who wish to learn how to play Native American flute. The book starts with introduction that covers breathing and playing techniques. Then, it explains basic decorations such as grace notes or thrills and describes the pentatonic scale of Native flutes. In addition, "Calm Forest" contains 20 original songs in tablature notation. Simple graphical instructions explain which holes must be covered on a flute to play the songs in proper order, there's no need to read music notation at all. Each song is linked so you can listen to real recordings for free as well, which can further help you with learning the art of Native American flute.

A Dictionary for the Modern Flutist

Author: Susan J. Maclagan
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810867281
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 273

Book Description
A Dictionary for the Modern Flutist presents clear and concise definitions of more than 1,500 common flute-related terms that a player of the Boehm-system flute may encounter. Fully illustrated with more than 100 images, the entries contain descriptions of words related to all aspects of the flute: flute types, flute parts, flute repair, playing techniques, acoustics, articulations, intonation, common ornaments, flutemaking, flute history, flute music books, and more. Susan Maclagan has thoroughly researched and classified each term, including important flute words that have caused confusion or not been clearly defined previously, listing them alphabetically with concise, in-depth definitions. Carefully labeled illustrations for many flute types, parts, mechanisms, and accessories help to make the definitions easier to visualize. The entries also consist of brief biographies of more than 50 significant names in the flute community worldwide. Several appendixes provide further information on subjects like flute classifications, types of modern Boehm-system flutes and their parts, key and tone hole names, head joint options, and orchestra and opera audition excerpts. Two articles, Checking Your Flute Tuning and Scale by the flutist and pedagogue Trevor Wye_who also contributed the foreword_and Flute Clutches by the historian David Shorey, are also included, as well as an extensive bibliography.

I'm Yours Sheet Music

Author: Jason Mraz
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1495044173
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 24

Book Description
(Piano Vocal). This sheet music features an arrangement for piano and voice with guitar chord frames, with the melody presented in the right hand of the piano part, as well as in the vocal line.