Calm Forest: Native American Flute Songbook

Easy to learn with this book because of the tablature images. It’s easier to learn compared to reading notes. The book starts of easy and as you go it progressively gets more challenging with the songs. I believe even if you are not musically talented in anyway like myself ypu can learn to play the Native American flute

I read the book in 10 minutes. Then I went back and worked through the lessons. This has taken me months and I’m getting better. Enjoy the book and it’s honestly best on a screen where you can see images clearly. The music is beautiful with practice and the book is very helpful.

Even though I have had a lifelong love of music my passion for playing musical instruments has only been for the last ten years. In my senior years I have learned to play numerous instruments such as the flute, recorder, hand drums, harmonica, and numerous percussion (Clave, Maracas, and Bongos etc.) musical instruments. I recently became interested in learning how to play the native American flute and sent for this very interesting 78 page soft cover book (Calm Forest: Native American Flute: Learn to play Native American Flute by Wojciech Usarzewicz and Flute Craft) which I purchased on Amazon. This book was written for beginners and intermediate players and even though I have some experience playing various kinds of flutes I found this book to be informative and easy to learn how to play the Native American kind of flute. This manual covers an introduction to the Native American Flute, music theory, the basic principles of playing the flute; the pentatonic scale up and down, improving your music. It also has various songs you can play with the Native American Flute. You can also check on line for some examples of this music. If you desire to learn the basic principles of playing the Native American Flute this may be a good book to begin your study. Rating: 4 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Chair/Seated Tai Chi/Qigong/Yoga stretching for seniors and the physically challenged).

If you are a total beginner, this book will get you started. It might be a challenge for the beginner who is accustomed to playing from Nakai Tablalture. It also might not be for a group who want to play together. Trying to use it in a group showed us how differently we all interpret the music and it took some work to come to a consensus on rhythm and ornamentation. If you want to play from the heart, but need a melody provided for you, this is the book you want. It leaves you free from the confines of written rhythm notation. The grouping of flute diagrams points you in the direction of rhythm, but you are not only free to make your own decisions, you have to. I like it very much. There are links provided so you can hear the songs played, but some of them are played very differently from what is written.

Make sure you pick the right flute. If you have large or small hands that could make a difference.

This was great. Purchased a long time ago

I was disappointed that the songs are only in tablature notation, which are difficult for me as a musician to read. I wish it was in musical notation.

Needed some calming sheet music. Good buy

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Calm Forest as the name suggests, this is a brilliant easy book for a beginner like me. Thank you. T.

Ein schönes Lehrbuch für die Native American Flute. Alle Songs sind auch als mp3 ladbar, so bekommst Du ein gutes Gefühl für Dein eigenes Spiel. Vielen Dank

Après avoir reçu ce livre plus tôt que prévu, il m'est difficile de cacher ma joie. Avec une tablature clair et facilement compréhensible pour les débutants comme moi, ce bouquin est une véritable oasis . Je commençais à déséspérer de ne pas trouver de véritable ouvrage me permettant d'apprendre à jouer de cet instrument sans avoir à prendre des cours de solfège ou de copier d'autres musiciens sur youtube. Je le recommande à tous ceux qui souhaitent se lancer dans la flute native!

Background...I'm in my 40s...in the UK and ordered my first flute and picked it up a week ago. I ordered this book for inspiration and I must say it's great! No it doesn't have distinct instructions on how long to hold each note and which ones to vary breaths on etc...but that's the joy for me. It's inspiration not instruction. If I want so further guidance I can navigate to the website to listen to the tunes played by someone else, but I personally am finding beauty in making the notes into my own tune. For the price this book is great.