10/29/2023 0 Comments American indian flute sound font![]() Depending on the tuning of the flute, you may have to use the alternate fingerings suggested to get a pleasing scale progression. These scales work on many (but not all) Native American flutes made since about 1980. You can page forward through the scales with the button on each page. Each scale has a different feel, and evokes a different culture and It begins with the primary scale and proceed through scales that play in the low register as well as more exotic scales and scales that use the upper registers (extended scales). This section of Flutopedia explores a progression of scales that can be played on many current Native American flutes. If you are a player interested in expanding your toolbox of styles or a maker interested in exploring the different scale possibilities, browse through the pages in this Scale section of Flutopedia. ![]() One of the charms of many Native American flutes is that, even though they appear to be “simple” five-hole or six-hole instruments, many of them are capable of playing a wide range of alternate scales. Alexander Ellis, On the Musical Scale of Various Nations, 1885 ( ) Musical sound … but very diverse, very artificial, and very capricious. The Musical Scale is not one, not ‘natural,’ nor even founded necessarily on the law of the constitution of
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