Members Jeff Leites Posted December 28, 2007 Members Share Posted December 28, 2007 Some of you may remember that early last month, Ken - UstadKhanAli - Eleven Shadows - posted a question about wooden flutes here, and I told him that the discussion got me interested in Native American style flute making. Well... I just finished my first one I thought it would just be a prototype, full of mistakes and patches, but it came out rather well: The project (with sound samples) is documented here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deanmass Posted December 28, 2007 Members Share Posted December 28, 2007 That is cool as hell... I listened to the sound, and it seems like the 'attack' is soft. Is that the give in the flute, or your breath style? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boosh Posted December 28, 2007 Members Share Posted December 28, 2007 That is awesome Jeff! I couldn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted December 28, 2007 Members Share Posted December 28, 2007 Very cool!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff Leites Posted December 28, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2007 That is cool as hell... I listened to the sound, and it seems like the 'attack' is soft. Is that the give in the flute, or your breath style? I don't know enough to answer that, but I'd guess it's the way I was playing it, since I probably have less than an hour of total life time flute playing experience . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted December 28, 2007 Members Share Posted December 28, 2007 That's because Jeff is too busy playing surf guitar!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slight-return Posted December 28, 2007 Members Share Posted December 28, 2007 I don't know enough to answer that, but I'd guess it's the way I was playing it, since I probably have less than an hour of total life time flute playing experience . Jeff, if you want a more "crisp" attack try tonguing the note - basically, you use your tongue as a valve to interrupt airflow - behind the tongue you can develop backpressure, then you can release that pressure by moving your tongue out of the way so the flute gets full-pressure right from the get go (caveat, for a bit you'll probably find yourself OVER-blowing while tonguing where the initial blast will be over-presure) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rabid Posted December 28, 2007 Members Share Posted December 28, 2007 . I do remember and am glad you gave a follow-up. Looks like it turned out great. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alfonso Posted December 28, 2007 Members Share Posted December 28, 2007 That's great. I love the idea of building your own instruments, when they come out so nice it must be a nice feeling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Botch Posted December 29, 2007 Members Share Posted December 29, 2007 As both a woodworker and a musician, I'm impressed as hell! Good job, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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