Blue Bear Flutes Native American Flutes - Different Diameter, Same Key

[@stonesiege1697]

I haven't tried a 6 hole flute yet, only the 5 hole flutes. I have made about 10 bamboo flutes by watching your videos. I had to make a lot of mistakes and about 10 went to the garbage before I got them right with your instruction and inspiration. I'm lucky to have a bamboo grove in the back yard. Thanks for all the videos., you have been my sensei and mentor along the way and I constantly go back and watch your videos for techniques/ inspiration for making without many power tools other than a hand held drill and a dremel. One day I hope to get some of your burning tools , I see your offer a 1/4" one. Keep doing what your doing. Thanks again.

[@pickinfun6941]

I appreciate all that you do! I still laugh about feeling star struck when I called in about an order and Charlie was the one I spoke to, such a good person.

[@MatoCaska]

I'm always appreciative of everything you share. I DO keep the 5th hole covered up most of the time because that was how I learned to play it. It made my tiny brain happier to think of only 5 holes instead of six. Since then, I've played the "extra" hole on many occasions and it provides something VERY different for the listeners as they aren't "used" to hearing that sound from me. I guess it has become a "trick" for me!

[@peterjerome6299]

Hey there Charlie, Im just a fly on the wall on these videos of yours, Ive been making flutes for 6 years thanks to your youtube channel.

[@BlueBearFlutes]

🙏🏻😀🙏🏻 Thanks so much for watching! Please be sure to watch for the next video about to come out!

[@kennethrank9489]

Thank you. I have recently purchased two flutes and have been experimenting. Very relaxing for me.

[@christophegautier7634]

I am absolutely in love with these beautiful instruments. I don t know what it is about the flutes that calms my soul. Thank you for being so willing to share this beautiful part of our humanity.

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Thank you for your kind words my friend!

[@DashGlitch]

As far as I am aware, the word volume (amplitude) is derived from the size of instruments. Larger instruments ofcourse having a louder amplitude, the word volume was adopted.

[@young1939]

I purchased a five hole flute in the key of G from Blue Bear flutes.. It is wonderful and easy to play. Charlie is a master of making flutes. Thanks again Charlie. 👍🥰

[@enriquecancino7519]

I have made quenas in my younger days and had never tried to make a NAF, until I found a very special piece of bamboo in Hawaii that I made into my first and only NAF I've made for myself. The first thing I noticed on the piece of bamboo was the incredible diameter of the wood both outside and inside. Huge by my standards and the diameter of the other flutes I own. So, when I started burning the fingering holes I wasn't ready for the sound I found inside the bamboo! When I finished it and played it my wife said to me: "that one is special." It has a haunting sound that I cannot describe in words. Let me just say that the people who have heard me play it say the same thing: it has a haunting sound that you feel on your chest and stomach. It is tuned in low Em and now understand with your explanation in this video why it sounds so different from my other low flutes and especially, my aromatic cedar flute in Em also. Thanks so much for your videos; I really enjoy your explanations and demonstrations. Peace, Charlie, and thanks for what you do to expand the knowledge and artistry of the NAF worldwide.

[@FluteladyJH]

I found it very interesting.

[@BlueBearFlutes]

@@FluteladyJH be sure to check out my next video!

[@sherylwanlass6921]

I’m just starting to play these and that cedar wood is gorgeous! I really enjoy all your videos, Thanks.

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words! Please be sure to like, subscribe and share!

[@jamesmcnamara7484]

I find your videos very interesting, recently I found a bamboo grove and am planning to harvest some flute material. Thanks!

[@ArminHirmer]

awesome and informative as usual, great work

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Thank you so very much my friend!

[@florencewolfe7690]

I can see why you love the sound of the cedar six hole flute. It has an absolutely Beautiful sound❤

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Ironically, I can make a five-hole version sound the same way. Likewise, other flute makers' 6 hole flutes don't sound like that or play like that!

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Thank you, thank you!

[@randomnotes]

All my flutes are 5-hole Blue Bear flutes - except one. I play with a group of people who all use "modern" 6-hole flutes, so I got myself one just to try it out. It sounds nice, looks very fancy, but super expensive and heavy. I do spend a lot of time converting 6-hole tablature into 5-hole, but in absolutely no way does using a 5-hole flute impede my playing. Blue Bear flutes sound beautiful, are light-weight (easy on my possibly arthritic wrists), and not to be crass but the price is right!

[@drewwhitaker315]

Wanting to build a few for the experience (I have your Goggole, and and F# I just got today!). I found this, and most of your videos, FUN to watch and lotsa great info. Thanks for al your effort!

[@BlueBearFlutes]

@@drewwhitaker315 More videos on the way, too!! Thanks for watching and for your orders!

[@chrismawby8186]

Always interested in those gems you share with us Charlie. I made a 10" long, 1/2" diameter flute out of bamboo. Decided to make it as a plug type instead of the bird. I'd been working on the Cherokee whistles experimenting to see for myself where the crossover from whistle to flute occurred. Anyway, what I came up with has somewhat blown my experiment ... the range on this plug type flute/whistle is from F5 to B6! I'd expected it to plateau out at around G6.

[@oscarzuniga6981]

I know Zero about flutes but I want to learn about it in order to make some for my grandchildren who are now learning music in elementary. I’ll be watching more of your videos to learn about distance and diameters. Thanks! Oscar

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Thanks Oscar! I'm glad to hear that you'll be making these for your grandchildren! This is the kind of thing that grandparents need to do for their grandkids today! Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help.

[@tomtomlin3408]

Always educational and entertaining ...

[@michelnagumaqmorton]

Little Blueberry people :o) great video , thank you ! I make the six hole by the douzen 20 years ago , but now only one at a time ! . I have also made the 5 holes before and nothing to it , however the 4 hole 2 octave was a great one to discover , unbelievable , I am still working on it . I agree with you almost 100 % of the time , soothingly new to actually hear someone who knows what he is talking about. My most inovative discovery yet is the tappered shoot out Big to small from the wall to the first hole where it then sqeezes in and then back out a little,( tappered inwards) all the way to the last hole where it goes in a little again and then back out and then tappers again down to the bottom usually needing to cone out afterwards for fine tuning . Still learning ... thanks for your video ! PUMPED :O)

[@BlueBearFlutes]

That's cool. I used to make river cane flutes by the thousands, but today few. Likewise, when I learned of how false the modern 6-hole flutes were, I quit making them, then studied them and found the true version and began making them. I continued to make 5-hole flutes because that's what everyone was playing anyway.

[@881buddha]

Hi Charlie, I put rubber plugs in the 3rd hole from the top of my six hole flutes. The only five hole flute I own is a Blue Bear flutes, river cane flute that I bought from you over ten years ago. It has a purity to it that none of my other flutes, and they are nice flutes, has. Please continue to be the inspiration that you are to us that you have been for so long. Steve Edwards, UK 🎅🏻🙏🏻✌🏻✖️

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Thank you my friend! I appreciate you! Please stay tuned for more new videos soon! Also, great to hear from you!

[@kce6960]

i really love the videos explaining the science/math/"magic" that makes the flutes sound differently also i love the history videos to be fair, there are not many of your videos i dont like, so thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with us

[@TiredSpam]

I always appreciate your videos and always learn something new. I started playing a few months ago with a six-hole flute and just made my first bamboo flute with five holes. Here's the reason I like the six hole flute, I feel like it gives you more of a range to be expressive and creative with playing. Having been involved in music for many years, one of the things I strongly believe is that it is supposed to be as free as possible to create new Tunes. With the five hole flute I feel a little restricted whereas with six I know I have that opportunity to sometimes surprise myself with what I come up with. That's just how I feel on the question you asked, everyone has different opinions and likes or enjoyments. No one is wrong, it is just all up to personal preference and what feels right to each individual. That's what creating art is all about.

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Thank you for your opening statement! With regards to anyone being wrong or not, historically, flutes were made in a certain way. This made them play a certain way, anyting made not in that way and called a Native American flute or technically wrong. Why would a race of people who were stereotyped for not wasting a single piece of Buffalo, drill a hole and then keep it covered up most of the time? The truth is, they didn't. The people who are making the modern 6 hole flutes today are using the pattern in accurately. If you haven't yet, please check out my numerous videos on six hole flutes. I know you have some idea of what I think about them however you may not have seen my proof yet. Also bear in mind that I always call those modern 6 hole flutes. This is of course in direct contrast to what I consider to be traditionally made 6 hole flute which I do offer and have countless videos on of me playing. Feel free to check this out. Thanks again for watching.

[@burlinrobinson6018]

​@@BlueBearFluteswhich one of your flutes would work best with a dulcimer in key of d?

[@BlueBearFlutes]

@burlinrobinson6018 sorry for not responding to your other message sooner. If I recall your dulcimer is in the key of D Minor? If so then either an A minor chord D minor flute would be perfect! I would choose the A. All of my flutes are in minor pentatonic scales. 🙂

[@burlinrobinson6018]

@@BlueBearFlutes thanks so much for your help. I really appreciate it. I enjoy all your videos and your insights

[@robertusmaximus1911]

The majority of my flutes are cedar (High Spirit Flutes), and they sound great. I use the sixth hole all the time, and I consider myself a newcomer to the flute. However, I play guitar, bass, mandolin, cello, keys, and more. I think the material the flute is made out of does make a difference in the resonance and agree the size matters (the bass flutes are my favorite). I guess that's why I like cedar so well (soft wood). I have a flute made of walnut and another of quilted maple. The sound seems harder from those type woods. I just ordered an Elemental Flutes triple drone made of walnut (F#4). It sounded great in the videos. So I'm curious to compare this one to the drone flutes (doubles) I already have. By the way, the drones are fantastic and are really fun to play. Thank you for the great video, I enjoyed it!

[@phyllisdelre4608]

I really like your videos. I may just have to get a google flute. I like you Charlie.

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Thanks for the order just now! Please be sure to like, subscribe and share my hundreds of videos on playing and making Native American Flutes!

[@AJames1106]

I’ve been considering buying a Native American flute for years. I am a classically trained flute player. I appreciate so much your approach to playing and teaching. I’ve nearly watched all the videos on your how to play and became tearful when you were talking about composition. Being a personal who loves music and the different sounds but felt I wasn’t academically enough to compose my own it was incredibly encouraging. It is my hope to purchase an instrument soon. Thank you for your video’s and sharing your knowledge. I’d love to know more about the traditional playing. If there are any resources for that information can you share (if you haven’t already… if you have I’ll find it).

[@slowerpicker]

Great video!

[@F_M_600]

The sound of your last 5 finger flute with the bright wood is absolute perfect for me. Year, i am looking around your videos to learn how to make my own one myself. It makes no sense to fly one around the hole world^^ You gave some really good info around over the years. Thanks for everything. I am missing just a tutorial what diameter and what distances of holes must be used for what sound with an example in video. SHURE !!! In fact you are selling this flutes. Absolute ok ;) And you are givving many more information around as many others. So thank you again. In the end it will be not possible to build my own one with this tone. Better to say: It will not be possible to say without many trys to catch the right tone. I learned that building a flute is more complicated and need many years of try & error, instead of yust doing it ... Ok, in germany it is not possible to buy something like this. I will look forward on other channels for more detailed instructions and examples of sound ;) Someone out there will help me to get my own one ;) Thank you for every info you gave out in the last years ....

[@BlueBearFlutes]

I do have additional videos on various sizes, tones and finger placements. I also have a book available with all of the measurements. Thank you for watching!

[@F_M_600]

@@BlueBearFlutes Really? I have to search definitively more in you channel. Did you have a link to your book? Is it available in the EU? Thank you for your answer!

[@BlueBearFlutes]

@@F_M_600 😄👍 www.bluebearflutes.com/product-page/the-art-of-native-american-flute-making

[@F_M_600]

@@BlueBearFlutes Perfekt! Thank you. This book will be mine in the next time ;)

[@ralphherrick596]

Any info from you is worth time to learn...thank you

[@trailofundead]

I think you have to quadruple the volume for each octave lower. If the small flute is 1/2" ID and 7" long that gives about 1.4 cubic inches. If the medium one is 3/4" ID and 13" long that's 5.7 cubic inches. So the big one will be something like 1 1/4" ID and 20" long = 24.5 cubic inches (I only had to fudge the numbers slightly but it seems to work!)

[@wayneyoung8647]

@BlueBearFlutes Very interesting as always. I have both 5 hole (Blue Bear) and 6 hole (others) Native American flutes. I have always found the modern 6 hole flute an enigma. According to common knowledge, the shakuhachi is the basis of the scale used in the modern Native American flute and it’s only 5 finger holes. I don’t understand the need for the 6th hole. Especially since it was not always so. I have a Native American Flute made early in the career of he who shall not be named and it is an A minor pentatonic with just 5 holes. It is favorite from that maker.

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Hey Wayne, that's a great comment! Thank you so much for posting it. As I have mentioned on other videos you may not have seen yet, the assumption that the Native American flute is based on the shakuhachi has to do with the arrogance/ignorance of a particular flute maker who considers himself the father of the Native American flute scale. This is quite a boast coming from someone who's not even native american. Likewise, it is quite ignorant because he is basing his assumption on a very misrepresented pattern. I do have videos about this. Thank you again for watching and for your post!

[@terrylair4239]

Wow always great info and demo, because of your videos Ive made many good 5 hole flutes and a dozen or so good walking stick flutes an out of them 3 or 4 really hit the spot for me. Anyway back to the reason Im commenting is now Ive GOT TO make some 6 hole flutes now, so thanks alot [sarcastic] haha just kidding but back to work I go on these 6 hole flutes lol. Seriously thanks for encouragement, your 6 hole flute sounds great

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Thank you for your kind words. I do have videos on making 6 hole flutes but not the crazy kind you have to keep the third fingering covered! Those are called five hole flutes.

[@Chris_the_Muso]

Well KZbin is recommending your videos to me a lot since I started researching how to make whistles and flutes. The word "volume" is kind of interesting. Normally English words can be traced back to their french or latin roots, but in this case the origin of the word can be traced all the way back to proto-italic, maybe 2,700 years ago. The proto word was "Wolwa", meaning scroll, round, or something that is fully encompassed by the "round". It's actually amazing that the meaning has changed so little even if the word itself seems a bit different. Volume: all of the book, All of the computer hard drive, all of the space inside, or all of the sound. Basically, it means everything there is of that one thing. By extension it's also a way of comparing two "volumes". Turn the volume up, the volume of your mug is bigger than mine and so on. Regarding flute bore... For any given key there is an "optimum" bore size. The Irish whistle making community has don't quite a bit of work on this, but where it has tripped me up is where a flute I made with a larger bore (more mellow tone) has difficulty reaching the higher notes in the second octave. The higher notes just don't want to resonate. I wanted to make a D, but it would have been better off if I'd made a C with that material. (and I kind of knew that at the time). Volume of the flute bore, it's not actually "volume" that gives the resonant frequency. I know, "logic" says it should be but it's not. If you calculate the volume of two 'D" pipes, the one with the larger bore is also the greater volume. Volume increases exponentially with bore size, whereas the pitch does not, even if you have decreased the length a little bit. I just did this test today and am as disappointed as you probably are. The easy answer is not the correct solution. The real answer is that the length of the flute is one half wavelength of the resonant frequency (the key you are in) however the bore influences the speed of the sound through the flute and therefore the wavelength. To put it another way, a narrow bore flute "squeezes" the sound wave and projects it forward, requiring a longer bore for the same resonance, but it's not related to the volume of the bore in any practical way. Regarding your red cedar flute... The larger bore googol *should* have a more mellow tone because of the bigger bore size but it does not. Part of the answer appears to be the red cedar. I've noticed I get a different quality of tone also with a different fipple (mouthpiece including the labium and window) design. A thicker labium produces a thicker tone, a larger chamber under the labium a more mellow tone likewise. I have the advantage where I can swap fipples on an Irish whistle and pick the one that works best, and it's been a bit of a learning experience. How well the second octave works can be altered by changing the window size for example (but can't save my oversize D).

[@BlueBearFlutes]

My deep understanding of algorithms aside, it almost feels like KZbin wants me research, not you. Otherwise, I am upstream of most flute knowledge.

[@tomcartmill401]

Yes That resonates with me. 😁

[@Danbass34]

Muchas Gracias por tus videos, siempre muy interesantes. Abrazo desde Uruguay 🇺🇾. ¿Hablas español?? 🙂🙏🎶🙌🥇🎶

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Gracias mi amigo! Si!

[@grantcrawford391]

My flutes were built to cover the fourth hole. That’s how I learned and I’ve discovered that cross fingering and alternating between scales, I can access some pretty incredible melodies! 😊it had allowed me to get comfortable with the minor pentatonic scale first, and slowly explore the chromatic scale. When I teach beginners I teach them to “marry” the ring finger to the flute. After they are familiar and comfortable with the main scale, I start showing them the first cross finger between the fourth and fifth note. It has been successful to teach this way. Do you create your 6hole flutes in a way where you need to take off every finger in a row to access the minor pentatonic scale? If so does the six hole represent the 7th not of the scale or the octave above the root octave? Thank you for your time and knowledge 🙏🏼

[@burlinrobinson6018]

What key flute pairs well with dulcimer in key of d?

[@agg221]

Having recently discovered this style of flute, your explanation of the original six hole/small diameter flute makes sense. I am in the UK and looking at making something out of our native elder as a single piece rather than splitting and joining, but the pith diameter is rather small, so I will need to bore it out. A perfect piece of elder has come my way which is of suitable diameter and straight enough to do this, but it is long enough to make something of deeper pitch than G (for playing with other people F or C would be easier). Whilst my wife is about to order me your book, I will need to bore it before the book arrives to make sure it doesn't split on drying. Hence the question - whilst not historically found, have you tried making lower pitch early style six hole flutes? If you have, do you keep the diameter at 1/2" whatever the pitch, or do you scale diameter with pitch? I am trying to figure what diameter to go for as the technique I will use only allows me to pass through once - I can't start at 1/2" and widen it later. Any thoughts appreciated.

[@BlueBearFlutes]

An amazing question, I must say! I actually used to sell "lower tone" traditionally tuned 6 hole flutes! Made in various diameters, their patterns are in my book! 😉

[@GoatessaMoon]

amazing!

[@lvd55555]

I've watched several of your videos and have recently been attempting making one and I've got some learning to do ! I am fighting colon cancer and it sounds like healing to me ... I love your videos and they mean a lot to me ... I currently have a problem with the one I'm making , can I ask you what I'm doing wrong?

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Please contact me through my website so that you will be able to send me a picture.

[@lvd55555]

@@BlueBearFlutes thank you sooo much will do!

[@stonesiege1697]

What are the finger hole measurements on your G , 6 hole flute. I would like to try and make one out of bamboo. Thanks in advance. Another great video.

[@KEITHPARRIS2949]

that lovely re cedar flute instantly made the hair on my neck arise , non of the others did , the only other one that still does it to me is the one you crafted for me several yrs ago , it has seen me through some rough and some good times but still lifts me , I have a question please , I have a largish peice of rosewood in a beautiful deep red , before I start cutting it what would be you thoughts on its value as native style flute ? thanks as well for all your videos they truly educational , and very correctly sometimes sarcastic which I love , thanks again Charlie .

[@WeberBaker]

Let’s confuse the issue even more. The set of bound books can be a volume like a set of encyclopedia volume one through 26. It is also a collection of periodicals, often determined by year as in one of Time magazine.

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Unfortunately, I tend to read the whole encyclopedia to everybody too! 😅

[@davidglynnguitars8119]

Vary interesting video. It's kinda sad you had to explain your usage of the word guys when referring to the flutes. I need to step up and try making a flute. I think it would be both fun and educational. Maybe a flute would sound good with the Cigar Box Guitars I build. Thanks!!

[@richardstephens3174]

I've wondered how you manage not to drop the six-hole flute when you have all six holes open. With a five-hole, I use the finger where the other hole would have been to hold the flute when I open the rest. I watched you play and still don't see how you kept from dropping it. I haven't made hundreds of thousands of flutes like you, but I have made several hundred by now.

[@donstoob]

GREAT

[@lastprism147]

How far could you take the principle of changing diameter and width? For example, I only have access to ~0.5" diameter bamboo right now, but I want to make mid-range or bass flutes. Is that possible, if I have a very long piece of bamboo? Or would the quality of the sound suffer? Thanks for the informative videos as always!

[@BlueBearFlutes]

That is a great question. Ideally, a 1/2 inch diameter inside will produce a flute in the range of A. I actually have a video of me making a six-hole mid A flute on that scale. Truly however, it is actually pushing it. To produce a much better tone, a mid A is best made on a 3/4 inch diameter inside.

[@tomcartmill401]

@@BlueBearFlutes Yes,I have found that with the longer 1/2 inch or 13mm bore flutes it is hard to place the tone holes in reach or not so large as to be hard to cover. That is when making lower tone flutes.

[@Chris_the_Muso]

Oh, and to add to my previous long comment. The five hole native american flute is the pentatonic minor scale as you said 3-2-2-3-2 intervals. If all the other notes are the same then that "sixth" hole should be a flattened fourth: 3-2-2-1-2-2. If the minor pentatonic in C is C, Eb, F, G, Bb and back to C, that extra note would be Ab. Ab is part of the F minor pentatonic scale F, Ab, Bb, C, Eb, F so having a hole for Ab gives you access to the F minor pentatonic scale also except for the fourth note on that extended scale, and I suspect you can get that too with cross fingering. Admonishments not to use that sixth hole might be to do with learning the scale in the key the flute is in before moving on to other scales and cross fingering. It probably shouldn't be universal advice, it depends on the individual player.

[@BlueBearFlutes]

"Can be" and "could be" are my response. Otherwise, "modern 6 hole flutes are made incorrectly" will always be my stand on the 3rd fingering.

[@terryleewayman9942]

I am getting ready to attempt making a flute. I had noticed you burning in the sound holes and the channel. the sound holes look about 5/16 diameter and the other tool looks like it started out life as 1/4 inch bar. upsetting the end to just under 5/16 wide, once the flat side is put in place the size should end up the correct length. I want a 7/8 to 15/16 hole in the flute. I am looking to make the flute in the key of G bass and I have no idea where to place the holes for a 5 hole flute. this is more to see if I can make a flute that sounds good that I made. basically I am mostly interested in making the tools that you have to burn the slot and diameter of the holes. I want to make a half round chisel to carve the flute by hand. getting older my eyes are not as good as they once were main reason I want the larger diameter

[@JeannetteScranton]

I bought a six hole flute and found it somewhat difficult to have my finger pads cover the holes properly would closer spacing work or less diameter of the flute...?

[@BlueBearFlutes]

@JeannetteScranton The "modern" 6-hole flutes have a fingering that you have to keep covered all the time and that doesn't help either. As for being able to cover the fingerings, I do have a video on that which may help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHPLZnyMlpqDg8k And kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGrWaH2Qp5WtotU

[@michaeldonahue-qc9ug]

Hello How Do I Go about Buying One of Your Fluids? Very Much Interested I Am 86 Years of Age Have a Heart Problem since 1983 Just Now Was Given about a Year Ago Prostrate Cancer Not Looking for Sympathy or Feeling Sorry for Myself Just Love the Sound of the Flu Very Mellow and Satisfying I've Been Watching You Now for Couple of Days And I Would like to Purchase a Flute and See How It Goes.

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Hopefully I mention it at the beginning and end of my videos. You can find my website at bluebearflutes.com and if you have any questions, feel free to contact me there.

[@stevetellez5091]

5/7/24 I made a six hole flute for my grand daughter and she can’t finger the bottom two holes so she only plays the top 4. So I made a four hole and she still likes to play the six hole with only 4 holes she numbered the holes 1 thru 4 and writes down random sets of 4 four numbers to make songs

[@burlinrobinson6018]

What key flute pairs well with dulcimer in key of d

[@stevenbunch1623]

Curious as to the tuning difference on the cedar from a usual 6 hole flute. Hole size or spacing ? Also is that in a book or just your own knowledge? I'm an old musician that just got bit by the flute bug . Thanks for your videos 😊

[@pollyon]

i am a penny whistle player, so i really don't understand why people would make a flute that requires you to keep a hole covered the whole time, always got my brow raised up ha

[@idontlikeit.7822]

Don’t believe everything you hear

[@POVMTB1]

what formule do you use to calclulate the sound hole location ?

[@yvancoissieu7390]

Bonjour. J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites👌. Je cherche à fabriquer une flûte. Si j'ai compris, c'est la longueur de la lèvre du sifflet (là où l'air se fractionne) jusqu'à l'extrémité de la flûte qui donne la tonalité de la flûte quel que soit le diamètre intérieur du tube de la flûte. Si ce n'est pas cela je suis preneur des indications. Merci à vous ❤👍pour les vidéos et bravo !

[@WeberBaker]

This is information I have tried to find out for a while. My question is what are the limitations of this (I know there are)? I’m trying to word an example. Given that the volume of air in the two G flutes you showed is the same but one is longer and has a smaller diameter, there must be (?) a mathematical relationship between those two things - length and diameter. So if I want a bass flute like the A you showed, how big would the diameter have to be to make the whole thing ¼ to ⅓ shorter than it is? And is that possible?

[@deejaybenzien3807]

hi Charlie i made a bamboo flute following your outdoor tutorial. however the last note hole on the bottom is higher than the others. should i cut off more of the end? i thought maybe its too long. also how hard do you blow because if i blow gently it has that nice low raspy sound but if i blow hard it sounds high whistle

[@BlueBearFlutes]

There are a couple of different things that can cause this problem. If you will contact me through my website, I should be able to look at a picture of it and tell you what's going on. Otherwise I'd recommend making the holes slightly larger. Don't cut anymore off. 🙂

[@deejaybenzien3807]

thank you for your reply . instead I've watched many of of your Videos and tutorials. I managed to fix my one by moving the flute block a little bit down As my sound hole was cut too long because of an overcut i made during the process. I have made quite a lot of different bamboo flute using your methods Different sizes different keys some wacky sizes with very low or very high keys And they are getting better and better every time and sounding so mystical thank you so much.🔥🐻

[@CurlsnCaramel]

❤

[@larrynipstad1647]

What does it mean a key G # mean, the # 4 mean??

[@BlueBearFlutes]

"Sharp"

[@larrynipstad1647]

So you mean it's saying G Sharp!?

[@BlueBearFlutes]

@larrynipstad1647 Right. G# = G sharp, likewise you will see numerous people write Ab for A flat. Have you seen this before?

[@larrynipstad1647]

For Blue Bear, No I haven't heard or seen that. So how would I say that for my flute G # 4? Thanks

[@BlueBearFlutes]

@@larrynipstad1647 that's probably meant to be called a G-sharp in the fourth octave.

[@dennissaab69]

Cant get any whistle sound from my whistles.... only my blowing like the wind is making noice but not any freaking sound... am i blowing ot wrong? How do u blow in it? I just blow like kissing and blowing 😅

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Well, that's a great question. Keep in mind this isn't my only video and if you're making a whistle that's one thing but if you're making a flute that's another. Of course I could prescribe a video for you to watch but it really depends on if you're making a whistle or a flute. Likewise, you'd be welcome to contact me through my website if you have any questions. I would suggest starting at my channel and going back through some of my other videos.

[@dennissaab69]

@@BlueBearFlutes ty for the answer :D i am making a flute I hollpwed out a stick to 14mm . Made a blocker in 1 end so u got the blow room and then the air goes up a hole. Into an air "block" which have a narrow line for air to go to the flute hole where it schould hit the airsplitter>

[@BlueBearFlutes]

@dennissaab69 this is one of countless videos I have on the subject: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4qvgoyefZKrerssi=KgHZnlPBfoxw_SYN I hope that it helps.

[@dennissaab69]

Would be awsome with an updated video of the link you provided for 11 years ago :D i think ill try with bamboo next as thats the closest to what you are using Do u have any blowing technique? When the air splits it should provide some kind of sound so am i not deep enough on the sound block ? I guess an updated video would be awsome :) trying to make a flute for my kids. Am low on money so have to craft stuff by myself and the sounds from flutes is so relaxing - would be an awsome gift and would provide mind healing :) ty BlueBear i really enjoy your videos

[@BlueBearFlutes]

@@dennissaab69 I will be making an updated video of that one but it has been the bread and butter for every flute maker since I made it. I do have countless other videos and if you contact me through my website, and send me a picture of the track and Sound Hole area of your flute, I could tell you what is going on with it. I'm confident I already know what it is and hence the hundreds of other videos on the subject.

[@ROY-COLLEY]

I have heard someone say about Google Flutes . Do you mean you have to go through Google to buy one ? Im a little confused sorry Charlie. Just one more thing please. I have a some PVC pipe ,its 1inch inside . Could i make a G or F# from that Charlie ?

[@BlueBearFlutes]

No actually that would be copyright infringement if I called him a "Google" flute. It's actually spelled Googol, which is the word referring to the number that the above company used to name their business after. The number Googol represents a huge sum and if you read the description on my website for this flute, you'll see that I would have to sell nearly that many of them to compete with all of the cheap imported knockoffs being sold by people today as Native American flutes. Likewise, I actually have a KZbin video specifically about this instrument and why I call it that. www.bluebearflutes.com/product-page/googol

[@kimnichols1169]

Honestly I prefer the 5 holes I think there easier to make play

[@lenval555]

thats insane, i on, to build my own, but unfortunately the videos are all non Metric (not inch but cm) sad ge

[@BlueBearFlutes]

The sad thing is that your blöd Esel says all my videos are like that. I've been doing this my entire life, do you think that you are my first ungrateful heckler? You ARE sad, very sad.

[@NateM-s8f]

I heard about a flute maker who uses the name "Blue". He likes to beat up women, and has already been to prison for it once. Spent time in Australia. Has issues with him mommy.

[@BlueBearFlutes]

I can tell we're going to be friends