![]() Tradition has it that the Native American flute was primarily a courting instrument. They are made of different woods but cedar is the most common. Native American flutes come in many lengths and bore sizes. To play in another key you need another flute. ![]() Most modern Native American flutes are tuned to a specific pentatonic minor key and can only play the notes in that key. The player, by covering and uncovering the Tone or Finger Holes (F) in the Sound Chamber, controls the length of the tube, which determines the pitch that is played. This vibrating column of air then enters the second section of the tube, the Sound Chamber. When the air stream hits the Fipple, it is split in two, which causes it to vibrate. The far side of this hole is called the Fipple. As it exits the flue it crosses a small, usually square, hole (E). From there the air is forced through a flue between the Stop and the ornamental Block that sits on top (C). The breath from the mouthpiece (A), enters the first chamber, called the Slow Air Chamber or SAC (B). Its tube is divided into two sections by a wall or Stop (D). The Native American flute, however, has two chambers. Almost every culture in the world has simple one chamber "fipple" flutes. ![]() The Native American flutes that Scott August plays on his recordings is, like the Recorder, a "fipple" flute.
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