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Information on Native American Wooden Flutes
Variations of Native American Wooden Flutes
Materials for Making a Native American Flute
Hallowing a Wooden Flute
Making the Bore in a Native American Flute
Shaping a Native American Wooden Flute
Shaping the Windway for a Native American Flute
How Minimize Moisture in your Native American Flute
Tone Holes in a Native American Flute
Placing the Holes in a Wooden Flute
Spacing Holes in a Wooden Flute
Toning your Native American Flute
How to Make a Scale for Native American Flute
Maintaining a Good Sound in Native American Flutes
Sanding & Finishing your Native American Flute
Testing your Native American Flute
Summary: Learn the different sizes of Native American wooden flutes with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip.
When Werner John was introduced to a small wooden flute at age 11, it was love at first note! Now, 40 years later, you'll find Werner in his workshop creating uniquely resonant Native...read more
"If you ever wanted to make such an instrument, what you would need is some wood and I use soft woods because soft woods are easier to work. You need a little of leather and you need some of the information that I'm going to be showing here in the next few clips. The flutes can be lots of different sizes. The medium size flute is usually in the key of G or F-sharp and this flute is an F-sharp. These flutes are very flexible and you can make them in smaller dimension in which case the pitch is higher. You can also make them very, very big and of course the pitch goes way down something like a bass recorder. In the next sequence after this I'm going to be playing a lot of the different flutes so you can decide what size flute and what character flute that you like to make. "
eHow Article: Variations of Native American Wooden Flutes
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