If you have feedback on the content of this web site, please Contact Me. I also hope that this web site can serve as a starting point for exploring the Native American flute and your musicality more deeply. Fletcher, “ the emotions of the heart of man are more in common the world over than are his intellectual ideas” ( ). In the words of the pioneering anthropologist, Alice C. If you're trying to “plow through” some section of this web site and start to get that “swamped / lost / I'll never get this” feeling, it's time to shut down the computer, pick up a flute, head to the back porch, and just play. The right information at the right time can open doors to understanding, but it's easy to get overloaded with information.
Flutopedia strives to bridge the traditional elements of the Native American flute (see Honoring the Tradition) as well as serving those who have come to play the instrument because it gives us a musical voice and encourages us to “ play from the heart”. The Native American flute has a long tradition in North America, a tradition that has seen a renaissance in the last several decades.
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There is no cost for this 400+ page PDF book.Ī companion to this web site is the Native Flute Handbook -Ī 400+ page PDF book available at no charge.
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Here are three popular FluteCast videos that provide an introduction to playing Native American flutes: Basics #1 Basics #2 Basics #3Īnd here is a link to the Singing Ponies - you can play along with an F# minor flute:Ĭlick to download the Native Flute Handbook. These provide a different approach to content, and are sprinkled throughout Flutopedia on various pages.
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We began developing the “FluteCast” video series in 2015 and have been publishing them monthly. These are freely available for download and licensed under a CC-BY Open Source license. Or … sign up for our monthly flute newsletter … we'll keep you informed of new content, provide articles about Native flutes, and keep you up to date with current event information:īeginning in August 2021, we release a set of Sound Libraries for Electronic Wind Instruments that capture the sound of some of my Native American flutes. Please join at one (or both) to be notified of new content on this web site and participate in discussions about future directions. There are two public forums for discussions about this web site, one on Facebook and one on Yahoo. If you know of resources that you believe could improve this web site and be of benefit to the community, please contact me to point them out. This web site represents my current level of research and understanding, and it will gradually evolve over time. These portions of the web site are an expression of my research interests from time to time - please just skip on by if these topics do not suit your interests. In particular, explorations into ancient music and the origins of music bear only in a distant and indirect way on the core topics of the Native American flute. You will find some areas of Flutopedia that only have only a tangential relationship to the Native American flute. I have provided as much access as possible to the original sources, so please follow those links and references. Only a small portion of the information here represents my original research and opinions. This means that some corners of this site are still incomplete, and some topics are just placeholders at the moment.Īlso realize that my main role in providing this site is to locate, organize, and provide access to content that may be useful to your journey with this instrument. As I research new topics and find relevant information, content is added. Please realize that Flutopedia is an evolving resource.