Learn To Play The Native American Style Flute

Online Course for Beginner Native American Style Flute Players

Welcome!

This online course is the perfect place to start your journey of learning to play the Native American-style flute (NAF). No musical experience is necessary. In fact, for many people, learning to play the NAF is their first experience playing an instrument. This course will guide you through the basics of playing your flute right away.

A New Musical Voice

The flute gives us a new musical voice to help us express our feelings as well as being an outlet for our creativity. Perhaps you are wondering if you could just learn by watching videos on YouTube. Although there is a lot of great material on the internet, these videos are not an actual tried and proven, step-by-step course on how to play the instrument from the very beginning.

Learn from anywhere at any time!

A big advantage to the online version of my course is that you can go back anytime, learning at your own pace, in the privacy of your home or wherever you are streaming the course. Both the ebook and the tracks from my CD  are included in this course. With a moderate amount of dedication, you can learn to play the NAF in a relatively short amount of time. The flute invites you to discover your heartsong, which is a focus of the course.

You can learn to play the flute in the next few months!



Contents of the course:

• Ebook Download

• Welcome from the Author

• Discover Your Heartsong

• Checklist

• Native American Style Flute Anatomy

• Body Awareness and Postures

• The First 10 Hours & Mirror Practice

• The Pentatonic Minor Scale

• Climbing the Ladder

• Long Tones

• Neighboring Notes

• Improvising on Neighboring Notes

• Jumps

• Playing From the Heart

• Welcome Song

• Community Music Making

• Written Music Basics

• Basic Rhythmic Notation

• Volume and Pitch

• Introduction to Ornaments

• Lakota Courting Song

• About R. Carlos Nakai and Nakai Tab

• Lakota Courting Song 

• Pranayama

• Zuni Sunrise

• Ideas for Playing with Other NAF Players

• The Major and Minor Scales

• Extended Scale 

• Mode 1 and Mode 2

• Spring Dance

• Amazing Grace

• Blues and Gypsy Scale

• Kiowa Love Song

• Anasazi Love Song

• Resources

• Practice Sheet Blank Template and link to free practice segmenting course