Native Flute Comparison (4 Makers) 

Excellent video bro. Very well spoken and informative. Great job my brother.

Me too! I have four of them, love them.

it's spelt "bass", just like the fish. Base would be used for the bottom of a structure.

They are all basic for the people who made them, in terms of materials and ornamentation.

I don't have any of those. Sorry.

How does your hgh spirit flute compare with blue bear. I saw blue bear video on him making one out of bamboo that I want to try as well.

Robert Shroder I don’t have much in the way of numbers or names to identify the JOL flutes. It’s an A flute made from Western Red Cedar. Hope that helps!

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There are two main factors that cause a flute to "wet out." 1) Cold air 2) Humidity. When it's cold outside, play flute inside and lower the humidity. There are some flutes made with anti-wetting technology. Make sure to take the bird off and let your flute dry out between playing.

Amen, love the simplicity.

Yes - Wetting Out is a factor of several things, but the farther apart your breath is from the flute body and the outside air, the fast it will wet out.

Fred Read Butch Hall flutes are great instruments. You did well. The G was my first flute and still love that key (will have a total of 3 in that key). A minor is popular with beginners but if you can hold the G comfortably it is not a bad choice. Sometimes what gets beginners tweaked out is that the popular flute learning book by John Vames has the lessons recorded with an A minor flute but that should not deter you. High Spirits flutes offers teaching material and Odell Borg has the sample lesson songs recorded in the most popular keys so you can get to develop your "ear" without conflict. Charles Littleleaf recommends the G as a starting flute. So fear not you did well. Just play it, feel it and enjoy!

Laura Gonzalez Thanks for the info Laura! I just love the meditative sound and mood of these flutes. Have played recorder most of my life, and transverse silver flute for about 15 yrs. I prefer to play by ear. I play an improv song for my wife and I just before bed. Nice and relaxing. I would like to expand my NA flues to some other keys. I think the most limiting factor for me is the finger spread of larger flues ( I’m 74) so not as flexible as I would like. Do you know if all larger flutes have similar finger spreads or do some have closer ones. Thanks.

You can play A minor tunes with a G flute, just start 1 hole up the scale, A is one whole step up from G. I do A minor tunes on my G flute, a few note may need 'half-holing' to get pitch right.

Wayne Vyrostek Yes, thanks. Seems that A major is even easier to play.

@@GonzoTheRosarian just got A minor yesterday

I don't have experience with those.

😭😭😭😭😭OMG i bought mine at a flee market. Yes it does not work

@@lolaispure4296 So sorry to hear that. I hope u didnt loose to much. It would be possible to plug the holes and re drill them in tune. But if its a cheepie its not worth it. Dont get discouraged the flute is an amazing instrument. Take Kalanis avice and get a good on. Usually the best deal for a beginner is the high spirits a. Good luck.

Thank you soo much yes it was a cheap thing. 10 dollars at most. I want to invest in a better one and follow his classes. Yes it is very beautiful. It is a dream of mine to be able to play music.

@@lolaispure4296 Well u can lesrn alot from Kalani. He is an instructor at a flute school i attend and i always learn from him. Good luck it will happen.

@@rlowle1228 thank you a lot!! Good luck to you!!

Sure Michael, probably the best type of flute for anyone, but that particular flute from that maker actually costs close to the same as a cedar one from some other, great makers who just don't charge much. You can even have one just as good-sounding made by hand from PVC. My first flute! You can tune it perfectly with a free app. Once I started playing, I wanted that feel and have the sound edge of a wooden one, and making them was the only way to go, because I wanted to experiment infinitely with slow air chamber lengths, breath hole and flue dimensions etc. My plastic flute actually loads down with moisture more quickly than my wooden ones, because nothing absorbs or has anywhere to go, so water beads up and gathers, changing the surface shape, and changes the air flow. It is a simple matter to clear, though. I'm $750 into a wood shop of second hand goods (I already had a lot of stuff) but I'll save a lot of money in the long run trying and experiencing different things. The equipment helps speed, not quality. I do want to take some to places to sell, and give them away as gifts. I wonder why most people have heard of Spirit Flutes early in the game and I didn't? My first ones I ran into were 1) whoever sells to Crazy Crow goods, Stellar, Cherry Cows, and Blue Bear. You can't really get cooler than Blue Bear, made by a real Native American's own hands, *extremely* competitively priced at like $60 for a cedar flute... O.O ... sells kits if you want, and writes and makes videos for years on end about his lifetime of experience in making them and dialing in on methodical specifics. I wouldn't be making them if it weren't for Charlie Mato-Toyela. He does have a couple of his own ideas about things that truly matter and those that don't, and I think the proof is in side by side comparisons like this, more than a lot of talk out there. There is no excuse for handmade flutes to be out of pitch with today's $12 tuners and free phone apps etc. Some folks do need to think about drying or curing wood first so they don't change shape or even split, esp. with big box stores now carrying green cedar at 20% moisture needing to be dried to 10 or preferably 8%. Jolflutes.com is not responding.

@@OtterLakeFlutes blue bear makes these cedar flutes?

A good question! I was wondering about that, too.

Sure - People sell used flutes all the time. You can use some tea tree oil (on a swab, not touching the wood) for the inside) and wipe the outside with grain alcohol, like 90 proof.

check their websites

starting from 150

The range of these flutes is $120-$280

gemstone freeman Jr. Yes, Contact me through my website, kalanimusic.com

@@KalaniMusic ok I sent you a message there on your website thanks

Nisha Halai Food-grade ABS

I've made 4 Pvc flutes when i was learning to make them before procressing to wood. I'm making my 10 th wooden flute now and the wood flutes sound soooo much better. Make one with wood and you'll hear what I'm talking about. My Pvc flutes sound pretty good by themselves but not as good as wood.

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