First Lessons Native American Flute: How to Sit on a Rock eBook + Online Audio

First Lessons Native American Flute: How to Sit on a Rock (eBook + Online Audio)

How to Sit on a Rock

New owners of the Native American Flute are often told to go "sit on a rock" and teach themselves how to play. Through eight lessons introducing the technique and theory of both the outer and inner "game" of Native American Flute improvisation, players of all levels learn to express the music growing inside themselves. The exercises in this volume are presented in fingering diagrams and Nakai TAB-an easy-to-learn derivative of standard music notation most commonly used for Native American Flute. Includes ac ...more

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Description

Contents

Samples

Series

Product Number:

22195BCDEB

Format:

eBook + Online Audio

Skill Level:

Beginning-Intermediate

Notation Type:

Standard Notation

Pages:

Binding:

eBook

ISBN:

1-6191-1303-1

ISBN13:

978-16191-1303-9

Series:

First Lessons

Publisher:

Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Date Published:

4/19/2016

Hands – placement of fingers, playing position, Sqeaks and Squawks,
Breath and Tone – How to breathe deeply and Vibrato
The Talking Flute – Articulation, Dynamics,
Time – Initiation and Practice
The Center – Scale or Moe, Key Ideas, Modes and Drones, Nakai Tab and Octaves
Adding to the Whole: There are no wrong notes! -Alternate fingerings
Silence
The Heart
Appendix: Flute Anatomy, Care, and Troubleshooting
A Word from the Illustrator
Afterword: My Flute Story

Audio Sample

Series: First Lessons

First Lessons Accordion

First Lessons Alto Saxophone

First Lessons Banjo

First Lessons Bass

First Lessons Beginning Guitar: Learning Chords/Playing Songs

First Lessons Beginning Guitar: Learning Notes/Playing Solos

First Lessons Blues Harmonica

First Lessons Bongo

First Lessons Cajon

First Lessons Cello

First Lessons Clarinet

First Lessons Classical Guitar

First Lessons Clawhammer Banjo

First Lessons Conga

First Lessons Djembe

First Lessons Drumset

First Lessons Dulcimer

First Lessons Fingerstyle Guitar

First Lessons Fingerstyle Ukulele

First Lessons Flamenco Guitar

First Lessons Flatpicking Guitar

First Lessons Flute

First Lessons Folk Banjo

First Lessons Folk Guitar

First Lessons Folk Harp

First Lessons Gospel Harp

First Lessons Hammered Dulcimer

First Lessons Harmonica

First Lessons Lap Steel Guitar

First Lessons Mandolin

First Lessons Music Theory

First Lessons Native American Flute: How to Sit on a Rock

First Lessons Ocarina

First Lessons Pedal Steel

First Lessons Piano

First Lessons Rock Guitar

First Lessons Snare Drum

First Lessons Tenor Banjo

First Lessons Tin Whistle

First Lessons Trumpet

First Lessons Ukulele

First Lessons Upright Bass

First Lessons Viola

First Lessons Violin

First Lessons Violin Duets

First Lessons Voice

Premieres Lecons Batterie

Premieres lecons de violon edition francaise

Premières Leçons Harmonica diatonique

Primeras Lecciones Violin

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