This section of pages make up the Flutopedia Song Book. Most of these songs are scored using Nakai Tablature with Finger diagrams.
The songs of a people furnish an entranceto their inner life, which, if we would understandthem, we cannot neglect. This isespeciaI1y true of a barbarous people, whoseoutward life is rough and forbidding. It isnot enough for us路to note their uncouth dressand rude ways. Such curiosity-shop knowledgeis neither complete nor just, because itis not sympathetic; being content with observing the life of habit, it does not reachthe real life, the life of feeling.
Taking the truer method, we find the Dakotas to be menand women of like passions with ourselves.And they in like manner find in music andsong their greatest means of emotional expression;either in the stirring songs of thechase or of war, or the p1aintive melodiesof love, or the weird chants of their sacred mysteries.
— Stephen Return Riggs [Riggs 1869]
Aside from its scientific value, this music possesses a charm of spontaneity that cannot fail to please those who would come near to nature and enjoy the expression of emotion untrammelled by the intellectual control of schools. These songs are like the wild flowers that have not yet come under the transforming hand of the gardener.
— Alice C. Fletcher [Fletcher 1900]
Of course Blue Bear Flutes' 5 hole flutes play the same amount of notes as any other 5 or 6 hole Native American flutes and are what I personally recommend for anyone wanting to play Native American Flute today! If you are a beginner Native American Flute player, this is great for you since you will be learning to play one of the easiest. Music for Native American Flute, Volume One is a collection of 40 pieces from all over the world. The music is set in the Nakai system of tablature notation (Nakai TAB) as well as standard music notation, and all of the pieces have fingering charts beneath the tablature.
There are many books of transcribed music, as well as web sites that provide sheet music – far more music than is in the Flutopedia Song Book:
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- Robert and Julia Gatliff's FluteTree.com web site.
- The Louisiana Native American Flute Circle web site, maintained by Paula and Byron Ellis.
- Traditional Native American Indian Song Collection web site.
- Christmas Songs and Duets ([Sarasvati 2015]) – available in PDF under a Creative Commons license.
- The hardcopy songbooks listed in the Songbook References page on this site.
It's not my goal to replace these resources or duplicate their efforts. My direction is to connect the songs with their history and stories.
So, browse through these songs (you can use the buttons on the top-right to go through the songs alphabetically) and check out some of the stories and songs. (Of course, some are still under development.)
Alternately, here are the songs loosely grouped by rough categories:
Historical and Archaeological
These songs have a history that pre-dates the written history of Western andNorth American indigenous cultures.They are included in Flutopedia because I have found them to be interesting from the perspectiveof the historical development of human musicality.
Traditional Native American Songs
These melodies are directly from or (as best I know based on documented evidence) are stronglyrooted in traditional Native American melodies. These songs include some songs from the Indianistmovement that have traditional roots.
- Wendeyaho (Tinhanama)
The Indianist Movement
I consider these songs to be part of the Indianist Movement. Some have roots in traditional NativeAmerican melodies and were harmonized or heavily modified by the arranger, and some areoriginal, non-traditional melodies developed by the composer.
In this category, you can also check out the transcriptions and comopositions by Thurlow Lieurance that are available in PDF format ([Lieurance 1913a]).
Original Compositions
- Blue Feathers — Christopher Alan Mink
Americana
These songs have roots in traditional American folk, country, or rhythm and blues.
Cultural Folk Songs
These songs are folk melodies from world cultures:
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- Pokarekare Ana (Maori)
Popular Music
These songs were composed (relatively) recently:
Hymns, Carols, and Devotional Chants
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