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This compilation is shorter in length than some of my others. Each short is about a minute long, and there’s four of them. Enough to get the idea. Hope you like the format.

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Somehow the double-barreled or drone flute seems to me to fit in with the red rock landscape of the desert.

I had a discussion this week about what is sacred. Nothing got solved, and it seemed too simple to say “everything.” I want to say attitude, or posture, or performance, but all these words have been corrupted. It’s somewhere between the walls and a really hard place to describe.

The drum sound in this track came from the red hand drum. The flute tune is an effort to recreate the sound of women’s voices surrounding the drum circle. Flutes were not traditionally played with drums at a powwow, but if they were played at all their tunes were often derived from vocal music.

Always love to see and hear your videos! Thank you brother! 🙏💚🌟

These are some of my most popular music videos. They represent some of the best scenery in the Mountain West. Thank you for your loyalty and support!

After a rain, sandstone acts like an aquifer, soaking up water and changing colors as it does so. Eventually the sandy sponge evaporates its moisture and changes back again.

Canyonlands in Utah is huge, varied and spectacular. The native flute is the right sound for its simple grandeur.

Tourist gifts of the 1990s in Slovakia were still made by artists’ collectives like Ulúv. Embroidered linen was popular, as were round yellow and purple ceramic flasks with little feet. These were purchased in ski and spa towns in the Tatra Mountains.

In Yellowstone you can see wildlife up close and also historic evidence of Native peoples hunting for food. Yellowstone is a paradise five months of the year for all living things.

This bass C walnut side-blown flute is one of my favorites. I can play it for hours since Bill Hughes made it so comfortable for me. I’m a big fan of custom-fitted larger flutes.

This backing track inspired the melody. It took a few revisions to get the audio up to standard. Each time I post music in different forms, long, extended play, long short and short, it gets better. The process can take as long as a year.

These tunes were for the most part recorded a while ago so they have an old-timey feel for me, like a duet sung on a variety TV show. Garland and Streisand. Burnett and Andrews. Cole and Cole. Does that seem strange?

This is the tune that convinced me of the sheer power of the drone flute. I love the pulse that comes from the two barrels vibrating slightly out of sync. They’re supposed to be exactly harmonious, but nothing powerful ever is.

How do you fit a three-minute song into a one-minute format? You don’t, unless you take out the repeats and middle sections giving the melody its drama. But I saved the climax of this tune for the short version. See the longer video for the whole thing.

These are some of my favorite flutes, the ones I reach for. I’ll wake up often with a tune in my head, usually a popular or familiar tune, but when I play through the flute it becomes an improvised original melody. This phenomenon is called audiation, and it’s now getting attention in music education.

Drone flutes are a little harder to play. You have to keep the airflow constant and be very aware of your breath and mouth control. The reach around the barrels is greater as well. I’m not sure I could play a drone bigger than this one easily.

I’ve come to appreciate places in the desert where plants are cultivated, especially those native to the climate. They hold a stark beauty of their own and teach lessons about surviving in difficult conditions.

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Gorgeous as always! 🙏💚🌟

It took a kind-hearted friend and a little research to find this lullaby. I must go back to the well occasionally and this is a fine well.

Two double flutes together are crazy resonant. Both are made but Guillermo Martinez.

Special thanks to Richard Brooner for permission to use two of his flute-friendly piano tracks. Hear his music here: soundcloud.com/richard-brooner?

How exciting! Listeners are saying they like drone music! More to come!

Where is this photo taken? So beautiful! 🙏💚🌟

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Beautiful flowers, the video is very well shot, John likes you and subscribes to your channel, hope to see you again👍👍👍❤❤

Beautiful flowers, the video is very well shot, John likes you and subscribes to your channel, hope to see you again❤❤👍👍

Just an announcement. I will be releasing a collection with several flute tunes in collaboration with guitarists and pianists. Watch for the Harvest Extended Play Album this weekend!

*AN Oasis for your SOUL* ~ *Thank you* ~ Suse & Crew

*Beautiful* ~ I looked up the Phrygian scale to see what it is. An Eastern style with a Jazzy lilt ~ I like this as Jazz is a favourite. I went to Sound Cloud to sign up to listen to you and comment if possible....got a little lost in the 'cloud'...I will try again they will not let me comment on your music there. The Albums with your friend are AWESOME !! Sorry his name does not come to mind right now....Maybe Neil..? Brian ? Sorry about this. It is a *GRACE that you will donate this Thunder Bear Flute to a Vet*. *Vets ARE OUR Real LIVE MAMA and PAPA Bears* ! *Thanks Chris* You always MAKE My day and This Worlds' Day ~ More Harmonious and E~X~P~A~N~S~I~V~E~ with your *Heart* *WIND* and *SOUL* ~ ~ *Blessings to ALL* ~ Suse & Crew *Vancouver ISLAND BC CANADA* ~*~

I want to visit all of these beautiful places and listen to your music! 🙏💚🌟

Beautiful music and gorgeous views of sacred earth! Thank you! 🙏💚🌟

This curious bird was found in Oak Creek Canyon between Flagstaff and Sedona.

I’m personally crazy about agave plants, and I appreciate and respect cacti. Agaves were cultivated by ancient Sinagua people in central Arizona for such cultural uses as soap and thread for hairdressing. An ancient agave field however doesn’t look as uniform and organized as, say, a mescal field in Mexico. It’s identified by the number of plants, the cultivars, the hybrids, and the location in the microclimate. The work of archaeobotanist Ron Parker has secured the agave cultivation hypothesis.

I recorded the drone flute on a Tascam DR 40X with dual mics for an enhanced stereo effect. The Tascam was an incredibly thoughtful and useful gift that came just in time to record the first sounds of the drone. The DAW is Hokusai 2, designed originally for voice but perfect for flute.

The “Indianist” musical movement started around 1900 with parlor songs and operettas written by non-Natives in what they considered to be an Indian style. The influences came from ethnomusicologists working mostly in Minnesota, the Dakotas, and California. You can hear hints of it in big band music of the 40s (“Sing, Sing, Sing”), early Disney (Peter Pan) and television (Howdy Doody). Technically, non-traditional music made by non-Natives using Native motifs, rhythms and tonalities, like most of the tracks here, are also “Indianist.”

The Hopi traditionally played very different flutes. They were rim-blown tubes with a painted bell at the end, more like an “Anasazi” flute. This flute has generalized Hopi designs like a katsina mask, pueblos and corn leaves, but is constructed like a traditional Plains plate flute. Doc Payne, an avid flute collector, argued that Plains flutes were traded pre-contact at Taos Pueblo, introducing a Plains influence to Southwestern native culture. Whether he was correct or not, this flute reflects that speculation.

Hohle Fels, the site of a cave in Germany, had several important artifacts including figurines. The flute found there has only one competitor for first flute, a cave bear bone flute with four holes from the Divje Babe (Wild Women) site in Slovenia. The jury’s out whether that piece of hollow bone was bitten hard by, say, a hungry wolf to make the holes, and later only later discovered to make sound. But there’s no doubt the Hohle Fels flute with its beveled, finger-shaped pentatonic tuning holes was deliberately crafted to create music.

This album has gotten the most views of any so far. I’m really glad since it’s not conventional music for the Native American flute. There’s a huge flute culture in Central and Eastern Europe, including the fujara, pistalka, kaval and ney, all wooden traditional instruments. Enjoy!

I love this , pure simple flute .

This video collects all my drone music to date. More to come!

Light and Sweet ~ *Perfect for this day* ~ Thank you Chris Best to you ~ Suse & Crew Vancouver Island BC CANADA ~*~

This is one of Andrew Begay’s earliest flutes. You can see the patience that went into every carving.

Drones or double flutes have two or more barrels or tubes, one making a droning sound in harmony with the tune. The results are rich and eerie. These Singing Tree drones were custom crafted by Michael Medina. He’s now a famous maker. Thanks, Michael.

This is a very popular short. I remastered the music and sharpened up the pictures. The UA-cam algorithm also gave me an improved thumbnail. What’s not to like?