Native American Flute for Beginners
Learn how to play in less than an hour

What you will learn

How to play Native American style flute – the absolute basics that I consider “The essentials for everyone who wants to enjoy this beautiful instrument but don’t care about being a Grammy winner” 🙂

Description

Native American Flute (or Native American Style Flute), often shortened as NAF, is a beautiful instrument that is also very simple to play. Countless people play it to relax and to have fun.

This course teaches beginners how to play this wonderful instrument. You will learn how to use simple techniques to play a NAF, and how to read simple graphical tablature, so there is no need to have any musical experience or to read musical notation.


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You will learn how to play notes, and how to play minor pentatonic scale, to which all Native Style Flutes are tuned. You will learn how to play grace note, thrill and double tongue – basic musical ornaments.

You will download drumming tracks to practice playing in specific tempo and rhythm. You will download a 67 pages long songbook with traditional tunes and unique compositions of the course’s author. You will also get an empty tablature sheet to write down your own songs.

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Content

Introduction

Introduction
Everyone Can Play a NAF
Playing a Flute – An Example
Flute as Relaxation Tool
About the Author

Native American Style Flute Anatomy

Basics of Flute Anatomy
Different Types of Flutes
Anatomy 1
Anatomy 2
Five or Six Holes?
Where to Buy
Where to Buy 2
How to Mount a Block

Playing the First Sound

Quick Tips for Learning How to Play
Download Quick Reference Guide
The First Sound
Holding a Flute and Playing the Sound
Sound Modulation
Air Pressure and Sound Stability
Attacks and Releases
Attacks – How to Start a Note
Releases – How to End a Note
How to Practice in General

Minor Pentatonic Scale

Tablature – Graphical Representation of Notes
Example of a Song in Tablature
Keep Breathing
Minor Pentatonic Scale – An Introduction
Minor Pentatonic Scale – Musical Practice
How to Play Minor Pentatonic Scale
How to Practice Minor Pentatonic Scale

Ornaments

About Ornaments
Ornaments – Music Decorations
Grace Note
Thrill
Double Tongue

Playing Songs and Improvisation

How to Play Songs from Songbooks
The Art of Improvisation
Rhythm
Download Drumming Tracks

Finishing Up

Taking Care of the Flute
Attachements for Download
A Songbook to Download and Print
Writing Your Own Songs