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Native American Flute Song Book
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 entrance to their inner life, which, if we would understand them, we cannot neglect. This is especiaI1y true of a barbarous people, whose outward life is rough and forbidding. It is not enough for us·to note their uncouth dress and rude ways. Such curiosity-shop knowledge is neither complete nor just, because it is not sympathetic; being content with observing the life of habit, it does not reach the real life, the life of feeling. 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. 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:
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 Alternately, here are the songs loosely grouped by rough categories: Historical and ArchaeologicalThese songs have a history that pre-dates the written history of Western and North American indigenous cultures. They are included in Flutopedia because I have found them to be interesting from the perspective of the historical development of human musicality. Traditional Native American SongsThese melodies are directly from or (as best I know based on documented evidence) are strongly rooted in traditional Native American melodies. These songs include some songs from the Indianist movement that have traditional roots.
The Indianist MovementI consider these songs to be part of the Indianist Movement. Some have roots in traditional Native American melodies and were harmonized or heavily modified by the arranger, and some are original, 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
AmericanaThese songs have roots in traditional American folk, country, or rhythm and blues. Cultural Folk SongsThese songs are folk melodies from world cultures:
Popular MusicThese songs were composed (relatively) recently: Hymns, Carols, and Devotional Chants |
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