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The finger holes on a Native American flute are open, meaning that fingers of the player cover the finger hole (rather than metal levers or pads such as those on a clarinet). This use of open finger holes classifies the Native American flute as a simple system flute. Because of the use of open finger holes, the flutist must be able to reach all ...
Songkeepers (1999, 48 min.). Directed by Bob Hercules and Bob Jackson. Produced by Dan King. Lake Forest, Illinois: America's Flute Productions. Five distinguished players of Native American flute - Tom Mauchahty-Ware, Sonny Nevaquaya (Comanche), R. Carlos Nakai (Navajo/Ute), Hawk Littlejohn, Kevin Locke (Standing Rock Lakota) – talk about their instrument and their songs and the role of the ...
Through Windows & Walls (2001, Silver Wave Records) with Peter Kater; Fourth World (2002, Canyon Records) Sanctuary (2003, Canyon Records) In Beauty, We Return (2004, Canyon Records) People of Peace (2005, Canyon Records) with The R. Carlos Nakai Quartet; Our Beloved Land (2005, Canyon Records) with Keola Beamer
Nakai's music prominently features improvisations on the Native American cedar flute. He also plays the eagle-bone whistle, and uses synthesizers, chanting, and sounds from nature. Although he occasionally plays arrangements of traditional melodies, most of his music attempts to "[create] original compositions that capture the essence of his ...
Charles Littleleaf, a Native American flute player and flute maker, is a tribal citizen of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Oregon. Charles is also an honorary member of the Piikani Nation , Alberta , Canada, and is the son of the late Chief Jack Littleleaf of Brocket, Alberta .
The World Flute Society (WFS), a successor to the International Native American Flute Association, is a non-profit organization dedicated to cultural flute playing from around the world. [1] WFS has a particular emphasis on the study and development of the Native American flute .
Robert Mirabal (born October 6, 1966) is a Pueblo musician and Native American flute player and maker from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.. His flutes are world-renowned and have been displayed at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of the American Indian.
Joyce Lee "Doc" Tate Nevaquaya (July 3, 1932 – March 5, 1996) was a Comanche flute player and painter from Apache, Oklahoma. [1] [2] He is known for his contribution to the Native American flute music. [3]