The idea of listening to music while meditating is very common. This probably goes back to more then just relaxing. Typically the idea of listening to music would be completely out of the question. I don’t know of any Buddhist lineage that allows any music to accompany them. This is a very modern spin on meditation, but its a very good one. Listening to the right kind of music can...
Read MoreThe Fujara is over five feet long, a flageolet style fipple flute. It is the deep-bass folk flute of Slovak shepherds. This instrument is hand made from wood of the upland deciduous trees. It is best described as a solo overtone flute in bass position. The Fujara has only three fingering vents, and the height of tone is decided by the strength of in-blown air. This beautiful instrument is...
Read MoreThe overtone flute is a type of flute designed to play the upper harmonics, usually above two or three harmonics. That being the most practical limits of woodwind instruments. Overtone flute tubes have a relatively long resonating chamber, this encourages the instrument to resonate with higher harmonics. This makes the instruments more difficult to play, or very quiet when trying to play...
Read MoreMeditating is getting bigger and bigger, people now understand the benefits and are joining in! The newest thing to do while meditating is listening to music. I bet your wondering, “Why music?” Well a very interesting fact is that sound is easily absorbed by your mind. So when you play a calm toned sound while meditating, your mind absorbs it and creates a picture of the same...
Read MoreThe Tambin come in several different keys from E, up to Bb. However, the most common found ones are; F, F#, G, Ab and A. They make a complete diatonic scale, starting from the lowest note of the second register ( the 3rd of the scale) and finally going up to the sixth register of the scale. These flutes are usually constructed from a conical vine found in the forests of Guinea, the largest end...
Read MoreThe recorder is a very well known and popular part of the woodwind musical instruments, in a group known as fipple flutes or the internal duct flutes. These whistle like instruments include the tin whistle. The recorder is an end-blown, the mouth of the instrument is constricted with a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple. It is told apart from the other flutes of the family by having seven...
Read MoreThe Irish flute is a very simple system, transverse flute that plays diatonic (Major) scale as the tone holes are successfully covered and uncovered. Many flutes from the classic era, and some of the modern day flutes include metal keys and other tone holes to achieve complete and partial chromatic tonality. Do to this flutes wooden construction, direct key less fingering, the simple system...
Read MoreThere were numerous places of flute making in Germany, and various types of the well known simple stem flute. For example, a Freyer flute and a Piering flute are very similar in design. With these similar looks and playing qualities, the flutes are almost identical. Both instruments were made around the same time period. (Freyer ) (Piering) The two flutes each have eight keys with their G# key...
Read MoreMusic has always played a big part in the lives of Native American people. One of their most prominent instruments is the flute. The earliest found flute was in the fifteen hundreds. It is believed to have first originated from the Southeast and Southwest of the United States. No artifacts have ever been found in the Southeast but plenty were found in the Southwest. A Native flute was typically...
Read MoreThe Plains flute is constructed in the same way that any normal Native Flute is. The difference being that the Plains Flute either has a spacer added, or a channel is carved into the block of wood, to form a thin flat airstream for the whistle hole. This allows for a greater control of the flute and for more expertise to be applied when using it. Being used correctly, the plains flute can...
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