Learn to Play the Native American Style Flute: Discover Your Heartsong - Softcover

Sarasvati, Ami

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798988351801

Publisher: Prana Healing Arts, 2023

Synopsis

The Native American style flute is a musical instrument anyone can play! 

Discover your heartsong on the flute with this book. Welcome to a beautiful journey This little book is the perfect place to start your journey of learning to play the Native American style flute (NAF). No musical experience is necessary. In fact, for many people, learning to play the NAF is their first experience playing an instrument. This book will guide you through the basics of playing your flute right away.

For those who want to continue building their skills, this book provides plenty of material to do that.

Book contents include:

• Common bad habits to avoid from the start

• Discovering your heartsong as a personal practice

• Playing from the heart, the alpha and omega of the NAF journey

• Best practices for playing the NAF

• Pranayama, the practice of breath control, another benefit of playing the NAF

• Basic musical notation and how it relates to the NAF

• The Welcome Song and other songs to learn with audio examples

• Nakai Tablature instruction worksheets built right into this book

• An Extended Scale Reference Sheet showing all available notes and intervals

• Lakota Courting Song duet arrangement to share and enjoy with your flute friends

• A chart on how to play the NAF with guitar chord progressions

• Mode 1 and Mode 2, as well as the minor and relative major keys for each flute

• Online resources and access to video examples of how to play with others

• Much, much more!

Welcome to a beautiful journey.

See part of the book as a flip book on my website.

About this title

About the Author

Ami started playing the Native American style flute in 2012 after hearing a recording of Song for the Morning Star by R. Carlos Nakai at a metaphysical bookstore. The sounds were enchanting, as any aspiring flute player can attest. After acquiring a couple of flutes and reading through several books, Ami decided to learn to play this instrument in earnest. Having played and studied piano as a child, Ami was able to understand the fundamental capabilities of the flute quickly. She studied through online lessons with several excellent teachers, recorded courses, flute schools, certification as a therapeutic musician through the Music for Healing and Transition Program, and the Musicianship and Leadership program of Music for People.A few years later, Ami decided to teach beginners locally in New Hampshire. Needing a curriculum for her students, Ami combined her love of writing and her skills as a desktop publisher to create the first version of this book for her local students.This book was first printed at a local copy shop in 2013. Ami taught in-person group lessons locally in Manchester and Concord, NH. The classes were popular and tons of fun. In 2016, Ami published the book on Amazon and IngramSpark. Now with thousands of readers near and far, the book serves as a tried-and-true resource for the beginning player. May it guide the reader through a beautiful journey with the flute.About the AuthorAmi Sarasvati is a Certified Music Practitioner (CMP), teacher, and author of books and online courses on the Native American style flute.Credentials: Teacher and author of books, ebooks, and online courses: Learn to Play the Native American Style Flute series. Lessonface Teacher of the Year in 2020 through 2025 teaching individuals and groups to play the Native American style flute Certified Music Practitioner through the Music for Healing and Transition Program Faculty, Module 3, Music for Healing and Transition Program Graduate of the Music for People Musicianship and Leadership ProgramHer life's purpose is to help people learn to play the music they love, offering a rewarding personal hobby and a lifelong tool for self-expression and personal growth.For more, visit amisarasvati.com today.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prana Healing Arts
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798988351801
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 64