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NAF Tenor

Posted by Alan Roberts on April 21, 2010 at 10:08pm
All three Native American flutes were tuned to a diatonic scale. I found out later that they should have been pentatonic. Ah well. They still sound sweet to my ears.
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  • Alan Roberts April 24, 2010 at 1:31am
    Yes. I've made flutes out of metal, wood, bone and clay. I have never EVER gotten one to work first time. There's always a battle of wills. Most times I win, but not always. I'm almost always at the point of cursing up a storm and -- voila -- now it works. If there's some trick to reducing the time spent cussing and fussing, I haven't learned it yet.
  • Vince Stark April 24, 2010 at 1:06am
    I built one once, and couldn't get the damn thing to work!
  • Alan Roberts April 22, 2010 at 11:04am
    I used the WONDERFUL 1:1 3-page blueprint by George Kelischek http://www.shakuhachi.com/CM-Kelischek-NAFLUTEPLANS.html
    I wish there was a pentatonic tuning, but I can get that info elsewhere.
  • W.T. Tarapchak April 22, 2010 at 10:04am
    Hey Alan,
    It's good to see another NAF player. Great lookin' flutes!!!
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