The Complete Guide to the Native American Style Flute, 3rd Edition

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Major Update.
More information, more finger technique, more embellishments, more songs and duets.
Spiral Bound. 264 pages!

Everything to get you started on the Native American style flute, from buying your first flute to learning how to play. New and updated Third Edition

Includes over 120 Original Songs and Duets

Book Description

The Complete Guide to the Native American Style Flute has everything you need for the Native American Style Flute. Clear and easy instruction for beginners to advanced players.

The new 3rd Edition will show you how to to buy and care for your first flute, explore its haunting scale, and learn the techniques to playing with confidence. Discover how to add embellishments, explore alternate scales, and master articulation and vibrato Native American Music Award Winner Scott August's step-by-step instructions will have you playing your first notes in no time and on the path to creating your own music!

40% larger than the sccond edition. Includes brand new sections and over 120 original songs and duets for Native American style flute.

Includes:

Buying Your First Flute
Master the Native American Style Flute Scale
Tablature for the NAF
Complete list of Embellishments and how to use them
Over 120 original Songs and Duets, with online recordings
Breathing and vibrato
Articulation
Understanding basic rhythms
22 Alternate scales
Easy exercises to improve your playing and strengthen your fingers
Get out of Ruts and Stay out of Them
Learn the Secrets of the Pros!

Topics Include:

INTRODUCTION TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE FLUTE

How the Native American Style Flute Works
Buying your First Flute
Introduction to the Native American Style Flute Scale

BEGINNING PLAYING TECHNIQUE

Playing your First Scale
Breath Control
Vibrato
The Harmony of the Native American Style Flute
Basic Rhythms

EMBELLISHMENTS: Complete Embellishments for the NAF

Taps and Cuts
Chirps
Grace Notes
Double Grace Notes
Turns
Leaps with Taps, Cuts and Chirps
Trills
Mordents
Appoggiatura
Acciaccatura
Tonguing
Vibrato
Articulation
Examples of how to use embellishments

22 ALTERNATE SCALES FOR THE NAF

Yu Diao, Minyo
Gong, Ryo
Man Gong Jue, Raga Malkauns
Pentatonic Mixolydian
Spanish Gypsy, Ahava Rabba
Byzantine
Batti Major, Raga Gambhiranata
Hirajoshi
Pentatonic Dorian and Locrain
Blues
and more...

ORIGINAL NEW SONGS AND DUETS FOR THE NAF

For all levels:
Beginners to Intermediate
Audio recordings to help you learn the songs. (Audio recording are available online)

EXERCISES: 24 Beginning to Intermediate Exercises

The Basic Scale
Trill Preparations
Scale Segments
Extreme Finger Training
Finger Isolations
Turns
Two Hole Leaps
Two and One Hole Leaps
Special FXs

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