DIY Bushcrafted Native American style Flute 

Just watched this at the airport after meeting the man, the myth, the legend. God bless you. Nice work.

I made a flute that I was gonna sell for over 500 dollars but I stepped on it when I dropped it and crushed it... it was the most beautiful thing I've ever made...

This was so fun to make! I am from Maine and found a large stock of Japanese knot weed and dried it. It works perfectly! Thank you for such fun!!!

We focus a lot of energy on just getting by, but living is a bit more than that. Great video Lonnie, and Hi Connie! Keep him at it for us!

nothing like a flute ringing threw the forest the most peaceful sound in the world great job brother

Worked out good with Japanese knotweed. I used natural cordage to attach top mouth piece. Cant wait to play it round the fire tonite.. Awesome fun project.

God Bless you buddy! from Nevada Missouri

That looks like fun little project. Jason

How cool Lonnie, I love it. Can't wait to try making one!!

A warm hello you you three!! WOW! Very interestin and sounds so relaxin for a night campfire! Lonnie you certainly ARE a wilderness magician! Thank you so much! Stay safe and happy!!! Old John

That's really neat Lonnie, will have to give that a try, I love traditional first nation flute music. 🎵 👍

Cool workmanship and flute! Good work. Thanks, Clark

Awesome Video ! Wonderful project for the Grandkids

Thanks for the upload! keep up the quality work

Nice video, you really keep the fun in bushcraft. Wonderful!

Can't wait to show my nephews this.....after a few practise try's of course lol thx for the video...a pleasure to watch as always👍👍👍

I am really enjoying watching your videos. keep them coming. You are a great teacher and I want to thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Well maybe you're used to the bugs swarming around you like that but it would drive me crazy ! ( just a short drive ) Good info on the flute, thanks !

Fantastic video! Very clear and precise going to head out and see what I can come up with! Thanks again.. All the best from Scotland!

Great skills I never took time to learn how to do....guess you're never too old to learn something new, thank you for sharing what you know

great video, this is something I can show my niece & nephew the next time I take them camping. 👍

the instructions were amazing

Great job Lonnie!

thank you for sharing such a wonderful natural craft! This is fascinating to me and I understand now how the air flows in this kind of flute to make sound. I hope to give it a try someday! I'll share you video too.

Hi Lonnie That's was awesome another great video Thanks for sharing Colin.

Muy bien explicado. Lo voy a poner en práctica. Felicitaciones. Saludos desde Montevideo

outstanding video bro

you did a fine job on the fllute, awesome campfire project .... ,,bill

great video Lonnie that looks like a fun camp project thanks for sharing

Good job on that flute

Thank you thank you thank you !" I've been waiting for your flute vidio !" Thank you so,so,so,much !" God bless you an your lovely wife Connie.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

That was awesome!

Thank you for this vídeo and for the recommendations Sir!

another great video. I've made some out of PVC pipe and enjoy them around the campfire.

morning, Lonnie-Connie & ole Friend Buck; That was quite an impressive project, will have 2 give this a try Thanks 4 sharing as always Friends. Happy Trails From Down The Path A piece ATB Terry God Bless

Pretty Awesome, worked on my first try, using bamboo. Thanks

Awesome! God Bless. Thanks for the video.

Beautiful craftsmanship Lonnie, works and sounds great! Thanks for sharing the idea. Greetings from Germany

That was cool!

Nice one Lonnie! It sounded pretty good to me!

Nice work and sound Lonnie! Cool my friend!

Very nice! I'll keep a lookout for reed-like plants in the woods this summer, with any luck I'll have remembered most of your video if I find any

I made this flute out of Fallopia japonica (aka Japanese Knotweed. Which is an invasive species here growing everywhere some parts of the country). I was amazed at how fast I got it working, before I knew of it I had made 5 flutes, each one improving my technique, tuning etc. Thanks for teaching me this trick Lonnie! I love all your videos! Channels like yours is the best of youtube! Be aware that some insects love these tubes, I found many dried tubes that had earwigs or spiders living in them, kinda nasty when they rattle out of there on your lap :D

That is amazing! I've been looking for hollow materials but the only ones I've found are poison hemlock, which I believe is in the cow parsnip family. I'll keep an eye out though! Thanks for sharing your skills and talents!

Hello, it's kinda funny that you made this video, I was think about the very thing the other day. How the natives would have made their flutes, thanks for the video, I enjoyed it.

I just happen to know where some bamboo is. Road trip time. Once again, thanks for a great video and some beautiful country

Inspiring. I have really enjoyed your playing on some of the more recent vids. Now, to find something adaptable that grows readily in Idaho.

Loved this vid. Gonna use it to teach my kids.... then I'll probably never sleep again. lol

that was awsome thank you

great job

Thanks for making another great video. I love how they always calm me down. I truly appreciate your peaceful spirit and your knowledge. On a side note; 'I went to this church this past Easter and the people from Hillsongs (do a youtube search of their video 'All Things are Possible'), from Australia, just happened to there and they sang and played music. It was wonderful, and then one of them got out this wooden flute (costs 425.00 if you wanted to buy one there), and I'll tell you this. I have never heard anything like it before. I believe that the Spirit of God was with this man. Everyone's mouth dropped open as he began to play it. Everyone was trying to smooth down the goosebumps running up their arms. Thanks for reminding me. Music is necessary. God bless you, brother.

wow really cool gonna try that, some day, thanks

i realy enjoed this video THANK YOU !

“This won’t be good for a concert” If I came across a drum circle, and now I’m their flute guy, to me that’s better than a concert.

Hey Lonnie looks great. I made one of these a couple years ago. I used sumac. Lots of work with a spoon knife but very worth it. It sounds great. Great video take care

Beautiful! And I bet it's not as easy as you make it seem to be. Can't wait to get hold of some bamboo or river cane and try it for myself.

your instructional videos are entrancing, -very well documented step-by-step tutorial. nicely done! p.s., -when I saw that green weed Indian Celery, my *first thought* was omg is that HOGWEED!? We have invasive hogweed here in Ontario, and Parks & Rec. posts warning signs to identify & avoid contact with... yeah, the two plants look very similar...

Hey man ! I'm trying to make a native american style flute, for my own pleasure, and your video helped me a lot to understand how the "whistle" works. Now I have to try to understand how I can tune it fine but that's my part of the work. Thanks a lot for your help ;-)

Enjoyed that, thanks for sharing your brain :)

Great job Lonnie!!I always wanted to know how to craft a flute in the greatOutdoors..Thanks much for the great advice???God Bless..

hey sounds good!

Me and my little sister used to get really long stalks and sword fight with them, breaking them down until they are short causing one of us to forfeit. XD

Definitely gunna take a swing at one of those, thanks for the video!

Hi from NH. !!!

Wow that was really excellent Who would have thought??

Nice video. I'll never look at cows parsnip the same.

The flute is a very ancient instrument. It can be made of anything cylindrical. I have had thoughts of getting me a hunk of 1/2 inch plastic pipe and stubbing off one end and making me that type of flute.

Lonnie, you are a font of bushcraft knowledge. Thanks...I am going to tuck this away for when opportunity presents. Pray tell what is that leather looking pouch that you have on your left suspender? Best.

Nice project Lonnie and I think it worked great. Thanks also for taking the time to show some tuning tips too. I have lots of bamboo down here in Florida so I will give this one a try for sure. Side question: What’s your bug repellent secret. Were you using your natural formula with Mint, Wormwood and Labrador or store bought stuff. They were all over Connie and the camera but they didn’t seem to be bothering you at all. Thanks for another great video...

I was wondering about making one out of PVC. Sounds like it should work good. Thanks for the reply

The juices in the stalk is what can give you Photo dermatitis good vid brother

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Great video and thank you for sharing your knowledge but is there anything you don't know how to do? :-) I wish I could do 1/4 the things you can.

Sounds concert quality to me especially playing for the audience in the woods. Can you lead the mosquitos out of town with it?

Hope to add subtitles

Might try with sumack, its hollow... Staghorn sumack maybe... Hmmm?

Yeeeeeeeeeah :D

Es bueno

Yikes! The bugs were out that day. Are they the biting variety or the ones that zip into openings in your face?

Is that a Ruger GP100 you carry for bears or is it a 44mag ?

Lonnie Balls like Chuck Norris sits on a Bees nest and calmly makes a flute...

BIG FOOT! @3:12

Do you make these for people or your PVC version? Would love to purchase a flute crafted by you.

is that folding knife a Buck?

How would i be able to turn this into a A

do u have any videos on mosquitoes

What type of hat are you wearing?

That looks like what I have been told is devils club.

Where are you from?

I gotta kick out of this video. The ending was great.

3:12 is that a wolf?

i tried it aint workin for me i must be dumb.

There is a family on the internet at www.bluebearflutes.com that makes some very easy to build native american flutes and bird whistles you might be interested in. Thanks for the videos

Hi larney great vid!!! Please check out Allan Bruce ray here on RU-vid he is the best native american flute player ever Im pretty sure and uses a concrete tunnel to add a exciting effect to the already perfect sound he makes, I really hope you check him out and share his excellence with your friends, thanks Alex

I keep thinking that one of the flies is going to fly in my mouth

nothing like this where I live in Ohio

It might not be a bad idea to tell folks about a plant that looks similar to cow parsnip the giant hogweed that has a much worst reaction

first time i have to disagree with ya bro, that plant looks like Giant Hogweed what we have here in the UK and its very dangerous to mess with, I could be wrong about the plant but just in case here is a link ( one of many ) to look at,,,,,www.cbsnews.com/pictures/giant-hogweed-8-facts-you-must-know-about-the-toxic-plant/

I am really enjoying watching your videos. keep them coming. You are a great teacher and I want to thank you for sharing your knowledge.