Native American Flute Songbooks, Instruction Manuals, DVDs, and Music

First Breath

by Douglas Spotted Eagle

A great instructional DVD by one of the most respected Native flute players. This intimate, private lesson with Douglas Spotted Eagle covers breathing techniques, fingering, vibrato, and other tips. Complete with live footage, flute-maintenance tips, scales, and advanced methods. 45 minutes.

Flute Magic - An Introduction to the Native American Flute

This book contains 20 chapters addressing everything from the origin and design of the Native American flute to a method for learning to play the instrument and read its music. Together with the fingering exercises presented in eight lessons, a number of tunes are included for both the five and six-hole Native American flute. Old standards, indigenous music, and original compositions are presented, meeting the needs of beginning to advanced players. This useful and practical guide to the Native American flute is suitable for either individual or classroom instruction.

Art of the Native American Flute

by R. Carlos Nakai

This book is a summation of R.Carlos Nakai's years as an educator, performer and student of the Native American flute. Part one includes discussions on tonings, fingerings, performance technique, tablature, style, history, standard notation, traditional ornaments plus a section on the care and maintenance of the flute. Part two includes sixteen transcriptions of Nakai's songs plus two DeMars' compositions. More than a performance guide, this book is an important source book on the Native American flute. 121 pages. Paperback.

Trailhead of the American Indian Courting Flute

by Jeffery K Ball and Bruce A Whitten

You can learn to play the flute without reading music! You don't need to read music to use this easy to follow how-to-play book and CD Set. It has finger charts to show you where to place your fingers. A darkened hole means cover the hole up and a light hole means leave it open. It's that easy! This is not a songbook. It is a technique book teaching a series of lessons beginning with care and maintenance, scales for both the five and the six hole flutes, and then moves onto embellishments such as note bending, nature sounds, and breath control. You get both the visual of the book and the audio of the CD. The last two lessons are practice songs.

Forest Songs for the 5 Hole Native American Flute

by Carol LaForet

Eighteen easy songs for a beginner. All songs are original by Carol LaForet. Spiral binding so it lays flat and it uses the same principle of tonal graphics as do the other Simple Songs books: the graphics are mirror images of the holes that must be covered to produce the tones. These books can even be used by those who have never read music before. We also include in this book the following fingering charts: Minor Pentatonic Scales for 5 hole flute for keys of A, B, C, D, E, F#, and G. Chromatic Scales for 5 hole flute for keys of A, B, C, D, E, F#, and G. There are 18 songs in all.

More Simple Songs for the 5 Hole Native American Flute

by Carol LaForet

Here is a book of 20 simple yet haunting songs written for the five hole Native American flute. Each song embodies some aspect of the rich traditions and culture surrounding the flute. No music reading skills are necessary, as all the notations are graphics of the 5 holes, the dark holes being the ones you must cover with your fingers to make that particular tone. It is plastic spiral bound so it lays flat in a music stand. Native American flute music comes from the soul, and is normally extemporaneous, but sometimes it is useful to have some music to practice as you learn to play it, and that is why this book can fulfill a special need, for adults as well as for children. We also include the following fingering charts: Minor Pentatonic Scales for 5 hole flute for keys of A, B, C, D, E, F#, and G. Chromatic Scales for 5 hole flute for keys of A, B, C, D, E, F#, and G. 20 songs in all.

Earth Songs for the 5 Hole Native American Flute

by Carol LaForet

Earth Songs is the most recent in the Simple Songs series of the Native American flute music song books. This book has a green plastic cover and plastic spiral binding, and is for the 5 hole Native American flute. It uses the same principle of tonal graphics as do the other Simple Songs books: the graphics are mirror images of the holes that must be covered to produce the tones. These books can even be used by those who have never read music before. We also include the following fingering charts: Minor Pentatonic Scales for 5 hole flute for keys of A, B, C, D, E, F#, and G. Chromatic Scales for 5 hole flute for keys of A, B, C, D, E, F#, and G. All the songs center around the rich Native American heritage, and include: The Grandfather, Fetish, Warrior's Return, Mother Earth, Buffalo's Voice, Midnight and Crickets' Songs, Quiet Lodge, and more.

How to Love Your Flute

by Mark Shepard

An excellent resource on basics of playing and caring for flutes, from modern concert flutes to shakuhachi and simple folk flutes. 97 pages.

Simple Flutes: A Guide to Flute Making and Playing

by Mark Shepard

Simple flutes of bamboo, wood, metal, plastic, or clay can be a joy to play and make This book gives you the basics of simple flute playing, the offers guidelines for making flutes of your own from a variety of materials. It even inclutes a handy chart for 'where to put the holes.' Simple Flutes os a must-have for all simple flute players and makers. 44 Pages.

Flutecraft: An Artisan's Guide to Bamboo Flutemaking

by Mark Shepard

More in depth instruction on making of simple flutes. 50 Pages.

Creating and Using the Native American Love Flute

by Lew Paxton Price

The Native North American has used the love flute for many centuries. It has been evolving since prehistory and continues to evolve as each new generation of flutemakers applies their talents. This little book tells you how to create and use your own little flute. If you follow its directions precisely, you will have your own instrument of well-being