Flute Magic: An Introduction To The Native American Flute is an excellent presentation for all of thos e who have any interest in the Native American Flute and is a suitable "class room" instructional guide and tutoring text covering such topics as history and designs, learning to play the Native American Flute, various performance techniques, instrument keys, an explanation and description of the TABlature created by R. Carlos Nakai to write out music for the Native American Flute and music composed for both the five hole and six hole Native American Flute.
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From the Author
Through the years I noticed a number of friends and folks who, with great expectations, purchased a hand crafted Native American Flute, only to shortly thereafter set it aside in disappointment.
When I had an opportunity to question these folks as to the origins of their disappointment the common thread was that they could not get the "hang of it" but felt that if they had a book on how to play the instrument that they would then have been able to get some where with it.
I would patiently explain to them that they did not need a book and that all they had to do was play the flute and the magic would happen; but they put the flute on the shelf anyway.
Eventually it dawned on me that there were a lot of folks with a serious interest in this lovely instrument who really could benefit from having a book to help them along the path of their own flute journey and it was shortly after being exposed to the TABlature system created by R. Carlos Nakai in 1994 that I decided that I would attempt to write such a book.
I feel that this first edition fulfilled my own goals and expectations of what I felt a beginning student of the Native American Flute would like to have a little help with and know about the instrument as well as providing a number of songs, written by myself, in TABlature form that could be played by all levels from beginning to advanced.
Currently, I am working a much revised 2nd edition that significantly broadens information on the Origins, designs and decorations of the Native American Flute; contains lesson plans to help five hole and six hole students better learn the TABlature system of reading and writing music for the Native American Flute plus some traditional songs in both TABlature and fingering charts. Among the new chapters to be anticipated with the 2nd edition will be one on Aboriginal Music for the Native American Flute and one on imitating a loon call with the Native American Flute. It is anticipated that the 2nd edition should be available some time mid year of 1999.
Travel in peace on your own flute journey and may it bring you harmonious joy and discovery.
"I need only listen to the sounds of the earth traveling to my heart and then transmitted through my fingers and breath into haunting musical structures to have my soul transported to a higher ground wherein I may dwell, even if only so briefly, in tranquil harmony with my being." Tim "WindWalker" Crawford
About the Author
Tim "WindWalker" Crawford's journey with the Native American Flute began in the spring of 1991, when, while camping with muzzleloading shooting friends, north of Mt. McKinley, Crawford was lent a tape, Earth Spirit, recorded by R. Carlos Nakai to listen to. He fell asleep in his tipi that night, with his headphones on, listening to the wonderful music, which played the whole night through. The next morning the same friend who lent him the tape showed him a Native American Flute that he had built; as it turned out that the friend had actually built two Native American Flutes he sold one to Tim who simply wandered off into the woods, found a stump to sit upon, and began his Native American Flute Playing journey.
Since that beginning "WindWalker" has performed on five albums of music of the Native American Flute: Shadows (1992), Guardian Spirits (1993), Mystic Visions (1994), Hear My Heart (1995) and the latest release, his first solo album, on his own label (WindWalker), Voices, (1998).
"WindWalker" has also written a book on the Native American flute, entitled: FLUTE MAGIC, An Introduction To The Native American Flute (1997), edited by Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl, that covers history, designs, Flute Music TABlature and a number of songs for both the five and six hole flute (all 12 of the songs on VOICES have sheet music in the FLUTE MAGIC book.)
In addition, "WindWalker's" music has appeared or has been featured on a number of video's with the most recent being the video documentary Steinauer Nebraska (1997).
Tim "WindWalker" Crawford, 58, has resided in Anchorage, Alaska for over thirty years. He is a member of the International Native American Flute Associations, the Arizona and Oregon Flute Circles, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), an associate member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES). In 1994, 1995 and 1998 Crawford attended a week long workshop on the Native American Flute, hosted by the world-renowned recording artist R. Carlos Nakai. In 1996, Crawford attended a Music Production Workshop at Berklee College of Music.
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