A lot of sheet music for native flutes includes the finger positions (tablature). Most of us though need or want sheet music that shows which of the six holes to cover for each note. If you’ve got a brain that can do mental gymnastics, any ol’ sheet music will do. Flutetree’s Native American flute music Songbook section provides a great starting place…wonderful flute resource. You may want some sheet music as well to mix up your playing from the heart with playing with sheet music. So I do on occasion use – memorized – sheet music. I often play Amazing Grace and The Wayfaring Stranger. Give it a try!…sheet music for native flutes typically includes the finger positions.Īt memorial services, though, families tend to ask for the flute with specific music. Playing what comes from your heart mimics the practice of traditional native flute players. When I initially got my first native style flute – cedar in the key of G – I wanted to play without sheet music and improvise. Given that I’m a lifelong musician with degrees in elementary music, music pedagogy, harpsichord (minor) and organ, know that sheet music has played a large role in my career (I could tell you some page-turning adventures!). Pick one of these ways to engage in the delight of native flutes:įind some other ways at the end of the page! Native American flute sheet music People seem to react with a deep resonance to the sound that flows from one of these flutes… Often times after a memorial service, one or more people will ask me to play one of my native flutes at their – yet unscheduled! – service. Silence comes infrequently in an elementary school setting!People seem to react with a deep resonance to the sound that flows from one of these flutes… Many times my elementary school kids will listen in silence with slack jaws.
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I’m really not sure how to explain the variety of awestruck reactions I get when I play my various native style flutes. Of course the most magical listening may be when you blow gently into a flute yourself and let your fingers dance to your heart’s bidding. Find Native American flute music close by and enjoy listening to the most meditative and relaxing sound this side of heaven through a variety ways.