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Blues on the Native American flute
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TWO BOOKS FOR ONE PRICE! If you've ever wanted to play the 6-hole Native American flute, and play it well, these books are for you. (You get both books in this set.) No music background is required. All the tunes are written in an easy to read tablature, (music notation that anyone can understand), whether you know anything about formal music notation or not. Regardless of what kind of 6-hole flute you own, and regardless of what key it's in, (C, D, E, F, F#, G, A, it makes absolutely no difference), you will be able to play the tunes in these books. In Jump-Start Flute you'll learn to play Native American type tunes after being introduced to the Pentatonic scale, the easiest to play scale on the flute. The Blues on the Native American Flute book shows you how to play low down blues on any 6-hole Native American flute. It's all here, in these two books. NOTE: The tablatures in this book are for a 6-hole flute, only. If you own a 5-hole flute, you might consider purchasing an inexpensive 6-hole flute so you can access this book.

JUMP-START FLUTE: Picture yourself sitting around a campfire with your friends. You are far out in the woods, away from noisy civilization. The fire cracks and pops, and all are content as they find themselves literally melding with nature. Now you reach into your backpack and pull out your beautiful Native American flute. You blow a few soft notes. The children, nestled in the arms of their parents, sleep peacefully. Now you add some structure to the tune you've started. The notes are sweet as they weave themselves among the smoke and blissful life-giving heat. Before you realize it, you are becoming one with the flute. Those around the campfire are gently taken to a new place, a new space. Any tension that may have been present in any of you dissipates as the beautiful melody of the flute encircles and embraces you.

Of course, you can play the flute in any setting—not just around a campfire. You can play the flute for your children, your lover, your friends, your pet. Your beautiful music may even calm down an enemy or two. <g> And it doesn't matter if you're sitting around a campfire, or out on your patio, because the flute will perform its magic on you and everyone around you, regardless of the setting. All you have to do is play it. And that's what campfire Flute will do for you. It will take you from knowing absolutely nothing about the flute, to playing it with expertise and authority, and with that expertise you will experience a great peace. Even if you've never played any kind of musical instrument before, you can play the flute. Not all of us have the potential to be great musicians. Not all of us are physically gifted so the instrument we choose to play becomes putty in our skilled grasp. And not all of us have the musical imagination to compose our own tunes from scratch. But this doesn't mean we can't enjoy the instrument we might choose to play. Countless enthusiastic people who have wanted to make music have undoubtedly muttered to themselves in frustration, "If I could just find a good book to show me how, I'd be a terrific musician." If you have had these same thoughts, this book is what you've been looking for.

Bottom line? Jump-Start Flute is the perfect introduction to playing the NAF in the Native American way.

AUDIO SAMPLES FROM THE BOOK: Broken Hearted Blues, Big Girl Rumble, Smooth Move Blues, Ramblin' Blues, Triple Trouble Blues, Corinna, St. James Infirmary

TUNE INDEX: Just click to see a text index of all the tunes in this book.

BLUES ON THE NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE: All the basic knowledge to successfully play the blues is in this book, even if you've had no previoius experience with the Native American flute. Although the companion book, Jump-Start Flute, helps you start playing the flute in the Native American way, the blues book has some very specific introductory material that will quickly help you navigate through the rules of the author's own particular tablature notation. It's easy, it's fun, and it's fast. Do you want to be a resounding hit at that next family barbeque or campout? Learn a few blues tunes and electrify your guests. Do you appreciate the value of inner reflection? If so, playing the blues is an ideal way to explore your inner life by finding a quiet place and playing a few blues tunes.

CAN YOU REALLY LEARN THE BLUES FROM A BOOK? Absolutely! The TurboTabs tablature clearly shows you exactly how to finger the notes, (which holes to close), as well as shows you the duration of each note. Even if you've had no music background, you can sound terrific using the TurboTab system. And what's even better is that every single tune in the book is played by the author so you will know exactly how each tune should sound. And these MP3s can be played on your iPod, or burned to a CD. Everything you need to know to be a successful blues player on the Native American flute is in this package.

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REVIEW: Hello Dick. Happy New Year. It's been a couple of months since I last contacted you. Would've done it sooner but have been involved in ministry and other things plus the holidays and I just think I got a little above my head there for a while. Anyway I still continue with the flute and have gotten better even though I can't read a note. I can easily follow the tabulature and can play nice music. And that's what I did over the holidays. I sure am glad I bought ALL your books so far because I've gotten a lot of information out of them, plus I'm learning to play different kinds of music on the Native American Flute. I thought I'd be stuck playing one style of music but you opened my eyes to different kinds of music. And my family, friends, and relatives think I'm some kind of musician.....ha....if they only knew I can't read a note. Over the holidays I played Christmas Carols, Hymns, and some basic Blues songs from the book Celebrate the Native American Flute, and am getting deeper into the Blues through your Blues on the Native American Flute (you are on this page) book. I'll be ordering your latest book The Native American Flute Craft and try my hand at actually making flutes out of bamboo and PVC. [I'm also planning on] purchasing a PVC flute with multibarrel.... Your main page YouTube video convinced me about the PVC. Awesome and informative videos. Thanks Dick.............Paul


IMPORTANT: This ebook is available in PDF, only. (It's the only format you'll need.) When you receive your book, you can read it in the free Acrobat Reader application that's downloadable from adobe.com, or from Acrobat Reader you can print the book (recommended) so you can use it like any other paper instruction book you might have purchased in the past. Delivery by download - $14.95

So what's actually in the book? Check out the INDEX below.

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Blues on the Native American flute - Corinna


Author BIO: Dick Claassen has been a musician since a very young age. He began his musical life with piano lessons, and he hated to practice. The sound of the piano just didn't intrigue him enough to make him want to practice. Even so, the piano gave Dick good training in chord structure and melody line.

When Dick was in high school he began the exploration of the guitar, eventually putting his efforts into the classical guitar. That experience was very satisfying, because Dick had found an instrument he truly loved. Soon, though, Dick began to explore the 5-string banjo, finger picking his way to Nervana. :-) Then he explored the blues harp, (harmonica played in a bluesy way). Not satisfied with having enough musical things to do, he explored the dulcimer, learning to finger pick it like he did the guitar and banjo.

Now Dick is exploring the Native American flute. He instantly fell in love with the beautiful tone of the instrument, and playing the flute was as satisfying as all the other instruments he had learned to play. But Dick still wasn't satisfied. He found that there really weren't that many instruction books for the NAF. So he decided to write his own. He just finished writing the flute tablature book, Celebrate the Native American Flute, and he is currently working on the second book in this series, Jewels For the Native American Flute.

Dick has spent most of his life as a teacher, teaching math and chemistry students at the college level, and teaching banjo and guitar to anyone who wanted his expertise. Dick has written two math textbooks for Houghton Mifflin, numerous magazine articles, and eleven novels for Awe-Struck E-Books. The links to his novels are available from the FluteFlights book menu.
BLUES ON THE NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE TUNE INDEX:

BOOGIE BLUES

First Step Blues
Turn Around Blues
Lock-Step Blues
Crooked Mile Blues
Gravel Road Blues
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RAW BLUES

Blues on the Half Shell
Big Shovel Blues
The Blues Bounce
Fancy Magic Blues
Big Shovel Blues-#2
Copy Cat Blues
Beale Street Shuffle
Ramblin' Blues
Backup Blues
Blow Out Blues
Back Slidin' Blues
Stompin' Blues
Wait For It Blues
Download Stomp
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SOPHISTICATED BLUES

Blue Note Blues
Serious Business Blues
Big Girl Rumble
Blabber Mouth Go South
Big Boy Bounce
Fast Wind From Kookamonga
Half Way There Blues
Silver Swan Blues
Smooth Move Blues
Broken Hearted Blues
Big Sweat Blues
Big T Blues
Triple Trouble Blues
Heart Break Blues
Alternator Blues
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EXPLORATION BLUES

900 Miles
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Corinna
I Am a Pilgrim
St. James Infirmary
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