Learn How to Play Native American Flute

Name: Learn How to Play Native American Flute
Rating: 4.6 (42 reviews)

From Complete Beginner to Playing with Emotion and Soul

Created byMikael Baggström

Last updated 3/2022

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What you'll learn

Learn the Essentials on How to Play the Native American Flute
Master Expression and Emotion on Native American Flute
Learn How to add Details and Variation with Advanced Techniques
Learn Tunes on Your Native American Flute

Course content

3 sections • 30 lectures • 2h 47m total length

Your Adventure on the Native American Flute2:14
Learn how to play the Native American six-hole flute, from beginner basics to advanced techniques, with demonstrations in low D and other keys for expressive, soulful performances.
Introduction to the Native American Flute11:39
Explore the Native American flute in detail, including six-hole design, wooden materials and tone, block versus no-block types, tuning considerations, and the minor/pentatonic scales that shape its expressive range.
How to Handle the Instrument10:06
Learn to handle the Native American flute: adjust the block totem for precise alignment, adopt relaxed posture, and master finger and mouth seals for clean notes and controlled breathing.
Breath Control, Tuning & Dynamics6:36
Master breath control to shape dynamics and tuning on the Native American flute by using a tuner to find the sweet spot for each note.
The Main Notes (Pentatonic Minor)5:35
Learn the pentatonic minor scale on the Native American flute, a five-note pattern plus octave, by keeping the top third hole covered with a leather band.
Cross-Fingerings3:53
Master cross fingering on the Native American flute to access in-between notes with the one-hole skip, expanding your scale and expressive range.
Half-Holing7:38
Explore half-holding on the Native American flute to shade holes for in-between notes, compare with cross fingering, and practice with a tuner to build expressive pitch control.
Complete Finger Chart for All Notes9:01
Master the complete finger chart for all notes on the Native American flute, understanding fingering, shading, cross fingering, and the 16-note range across different flutes.
Tonguing Techniques8:54
Explore tonguing techniques for the native american flute, shaping each note's attack with strong, medium, and soft accents, mastering legato transitions, airstream control, and phrase variation.
Rhythm Training5:43
Practice rhythm on your Native American flute with a metronome at four four and about 80 bpm, focusing on one note, clear accents, and rhythmic phrases.
10 Common Beginner Issues12:03
Identify the ten common beginner issues on the Native American flute, and apply fixes for leaking holes and mouthpiece leaks, overblowing, under blowing, timing, and rhythm.
Congratulations1:14
Move from mastering the basics to exploring advanced performance techniques, decorations, and effects that add emotion, expression, and soul to your Native American flute performances.

Slides5:37
Learn the slide technique for the Native American flute, mastering slide in and slide out transitions across holes, with breath control, to add emotion and expressive pitch variations.
Bends6:10
Master bends on the Native American flute by bending down or up on held notes with controlled shading across holes to add expressive pitch changes.
Cuts6:03
Learn to enhance Native American flute performances with cuts, grace notes, and variations like low hole cut, high hole cut, multihole cuts, and bounce cuts, plus practical practice tips.
Taps3:35
Learn the taps technique on the Native American flute, the grace note below the current pitch, with single and multiple taps, including bounce taps for melodic decoration.
Rolls4:33
Master the roll on the Native American flute by using cuts and taps around a note, in two starting variants, practiced slowly to add flair in melodic phrases.
Trills6:11
Practice Native American flute trills by pulsing two alternating notes using tap or cut drills, starting with top holes and paced tempos, aided by a metronome and breath control.
Fall Off5:44
Learn the fall off on the Native American flute, a soft end to a phrase achieved by reducing breath pressure and shading a lower hole to lower pitch.
Flutter-tonguing3:45
Learn flutter-tonguing on the Native American flute by rolling a rhythmic airstream, practice on the three top holes, and add a selective accent to spice melodic lines.
Finger Vibrato6:59
Learn to perform finger vibrato on the Native American flute by shading specific holes, exploring one-finger and multi-finger techniques, and shaping pitch, depth, and speed.
Air-Flow Vibrato9:18
Learn to craft air flow vibrato on the Native American flute by varying depth and speed of your airstream to modulate pitch and volume within a note.
Tremble Vibrato5:07
Learn to create tremble vibrato on the Native American flute by stuttering the air stream for a chaotic, expressive vibrato, starting from steady airflow and adding deliberate stutters.

Twinkle Twinkle4:14
Learn to play the Native American flute with twinkle twinkle little star using a fingering chart across keys; practice at 50% speed then full speed, focusing on correct notes first.
Happy Birthday1:47
Learn to play happy birthday on the Native American flute using a simple method: practice at full speed with sound, 50% speed without sound, then full speed without sound.
Amazing Grace2:18
Learn to play Amazing Grace on your Native American flute using the same method as previous videos, building on your ongoing practice with this instrument.
LOTR - The Shire Theme2:31
Learn to play the beautiful Shire theme from the Lord of the Rings, capturing the hobbits' spirit with the Native American flute. Start now.
Pirates - Davy Jones Theme2:24
Learn to play the mellow and sad Davy Jones theme from Pirates of the Caribbean on the Native American flute.
The Hobbit - Misty Mountains2:42
Learn how to play the haunting and beautiful dwarven song Misty Mountains from The Hobbit, and start right now.
Pocahontas - Colors of the Wind3:39
Learn to play Colors of the Wind on the Native American flute, as you practice the Pocahontas song with step-by-step guidance starting now.

Requirements

You need to have a Native American Flute (standard 6 hole version in any key)
You should have basic knowledge of music, notes and rhythm

Description

How to Play Native American Flute

Welcome to your adventure where you will learn how to play the native american flute. It will be a fantastic and fun journey, where you will go from a complete beginner, to being able to play this amazing instrument with emotion and soul in your performances.

In this course you will learn all the insights into how this instrument works, the basic techniques on how to play it, and how to get past the most common issues most beginners will struggle with.

And when you are ready, you will even learn the advanced techniques you can use to add expression and emotion into your performances.

The course will focus on the most common type of native american flute, which is the standard 6 hole flute. I am going to use these two different flutes for all my demonstrations in this course, one is in low D, and the other in A. However, everything you will learn in this course will apply to any 6 hole native american flute, regardless of the key of your flute. So it does not matter if yours is in G, F# or any other key, as long as it is a 6 hole native american flute.

After learning how to play this instrument, you will get so much joy for many years to come. You can use it for meditation and spiritual healing, for playing tunes and songs, or even for making your own music. So don't hesitate. I promise you it is well worth your time to truly learn how to play the native american flute. Because playing any music instrument is one of the most creative and satisfying experiences in life. So let's start your journey on the native american flute, right now!

Who this course is for:

Musicians
Music Composers
Music Producers
Songwriters
People who just want to play for fun

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The Foundations of Native American Flute12 lectures • 1hr 25min

Advanced Techniques on the Native American Flute11 lectures • 1hr 3min

Play Tunes on Native American Flute7 lectures • 20min

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