Playing your Native American Style Flute | There are no wrong notes! All notes harmonize melodically. Reading music is not needed.
Go HERE for handy playing tips, flute care & troubleshooting for Native American style flutes.
Music Learn to play songs using a unique way of ‘reading music.’ Pictures of what notes to cover and uncover are used instead of reading traditional music. This makes learning very easy to play. Here is the basic scale.
- Fundamentals
- Scales and Arpeggios. Get started on the minor pentatonic and major scales. Enjoy advancing to arpeggios, the blues scale, mixolydian and mode 4 pentatonic scales. All on 1-page! Get a chart of musical terms and markings to read timing, embellishments, etc.
- Templates Julie devised in 2020 to write out your own music. Simply use the staff paper lines to make 6 vertical circles for each finger hole. Next, pencil in the circles to show which holes to cover. Lyrics go on the dotted lines in between. The half page format has room below for notes and instructions. Use the full page format for longer songs. Happy creating!
- Chakra Tone Chart Get the yoga (Vedic) and Tibetan notes and tones used for balancing chakras by either increasing or decreasing their energy with sound. Yoga (Vedic) notes and tones are based on the diatonic scale. Tibetan tones and notes are based upon the perfect 5th. Try both to see what is best for you. Learn more about chakras here.
- Songs
- May Peace Prevail by Julie Lusk
- Creative Spirit by Julie Lusk
- Cherokee Morning Song (Wendeyaho) arranged by Clint GossChakra Vedic and Tibetan Tone Chart Julie Lusk 1ppChakra Vedic and Tibetan Tones 2pp Julie Lusk
- Cherokee Lullaby (traditional) with a Peace Mantra variation by Julie Lusk
- Metta May We Be Well by Julie Lusk
- Embellishments
Lessons | Learn to play music quickly and confidently with lessons. Here are some of our favorite teachers. Most teach online and in-person. Look for them on YouTube and get their newsletter.
- Christine Stevens. Take her free course on 3 tips for playing Native Flute for Sound Healing, at Upbeat Drum Circles on YouTube and on the Shift Network.
- Clint Goss Music Facilitation and World Flutes. He offers a free 800 page Flutopedia Manual that is amazing.
- Jonny Lipford Music
- Miami Valley Flute Circle of Ohio
- Stellar Flutes provide flutes, video lessons, and kits to make your own flute.
- Julie Lusk: I offer online and in-person lessons to learn to play the flute as well as how to play the reverie harp, tongue drum, thumb piano, and other similar instruments. Contact me here.
Handy Links
- MusicSmith Flutes Info
- Store| Native American style wood flutes for sale
- Playing tips | Flute care | Troubleshooting
- Flute Music | Scales | Embellishments | Lessons
- Musical Sound Bath Tune Up
- Musicsmith Flutes info, tips, etc. (pdf to download/print)
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