Blue Bear Flutes - How Long Should the Track or Air Chamber Be When Making a Native American Flute?

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@lazytomcatranch
@lazytomcatranch Ай бұрын
Here I am, tracking down another piece of the puzzle. l)J
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Ай бұрын
@lazytomcatranch i have put so many puzzles together already and have shared all of the results in my videos! We make thousands of flutes today and ship them all over the world!
@lazytomcatranch
@lazytomcatranch Ай бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes Your instructional videos are amazing, and I hope to buy Your book very soon as well. I am paying particular attention to the tools, equipment, and items used in Your method involving the gluing of the two halves of the flute together prior to turning it. I will also most likely buy one of Your flutes soon, though what I really want is a low bass flute, and bass flutes are the most expensive everywhere I have looked. Thank You so much for Your videos, I am watching them one after the other at this point to learn, much as I did decades ago when learning from Bob Ross how to do landscape oil paintings. May You walk gently through the world and know it's beauty all the days of Your life. l)J
@VisualVoicePhoto
@VisualVoicePhoto 5 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing your lifetime expertise Charlie! Every time I watch your videos I better understand why I am on this journey. I am ordering a flute from you today!
@garrisonsheffield9583
@garrisonsheffield9583 Ай бұрын
Wish I could like the video a thousand times. Very appreciated perspective.
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Ай бұрын
@@garrisonsheffield9583 I appreciate that so very much! You can go and like my hundreds of other videos If you want!
@jeannemyers489
@jeannemyers489 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the continued education about our flutes Charlie. It helps us novice flute owners better understand the function of our flutes. It can help make us better players too! 🎵
@craftinganewworld1674
@craftinganewworld1674 Жыл бұрын
I use orange beez wax polish on my flute tracks. I put a dab on and set the flute in front of a heater until the wax has melted in the bamboo. After it's melted, I use a bamboo tool that's fire hard, and very smooth to pressure polish the track. Gives me a really smooth track. 🙏 Your videos are very helpful, and I appreciate you sharring. ☀️🌟
@naiman4535
@naiman4535 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your wisdom and experience in flute making with us, Charlie! As a flute maker myself, I can definitely say that the Slow Air Chamber is the most controversial part of the Native Flute. Some say that it enhances or makes special breath effects on the NASF possible, but I feel that this could be due mainly to the wide bore diameter in relation to the air column length. As for the length of the track or flue, I used to make my tracks longer, but now I make them shorter because I feel that the shorter the track, the less of a chance there is for turbulence to creep into the air stream - but maybe burning the track in is the best way to solve that problem, regardless of the track length. The air that passes down the track or flue has often been called a laminar air stream, and because it is a single, solid flow of air, it seems like the narrower that you make the track or flue, the deeper you can make it; conversely, the wider the track or flue, the shallower that it has to be made. Heck - there are so many complexities involved in making the whole sound production mechanism that many flute makers feel, myself included, that once you hit on something that works for you, by all means, stick with it, and don't change or modify it unless you really have to.
@johnmartin9090
@johnmartin9090 11 ай бұрын
I've made the pvc flute with your great information and instructions. Can't wait to create a bamboo flute in the near future. I have beautiful and large bamboo on my land.
@independentmind1977
@independentmind1977 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Charlie for sending me this way from Reddit. This is a great companion to the book
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
Ironically my friend, the videos came first before the book! Of course we have made so many videos since then but it is what inspired it's writing. Thanks so much for checking us out!
@Country_Jedi
@Country_Jedi 15 күн бұрын
If Charlie says it doesn't matter then that is good enough even for an over analyzer like myself. My Blue Bear Flute sounds amazing and I hope soon to try my hand at making one myself also. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience 👍
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes 15 күн бұрын
@Country_Jedi Thank you fellow Jedi! I have a video planned that we will make within the next two weeks that you will absolutely love! Please be sure to watch out for it! It will be one of my videos of "...by hand with only XYZ tool"! (a surprise!)
@agoogleuser3787
@agoogleuser3787 Жыл бұрын
Cool new video!!
@josephnebeker7976
@josephnebeker7976 Жыл бұрын
Sometimes the most informative video for people who think everything matters is to say, "Not everything matters"!
@ColeMu
@ColeMu Жыл бұрын
I did binge a good deal of your videos and managed to make a flute out of the bamboo growing in my yard after 4 tries. Sadly it chose to keep splitting so my quest continues in making them. But thank you for all of this information.
@ChrisLeeW00
@ChrisLeeW00 Жыл бұрын
I have had similar trouble with bamboo harvested fresh. I have heard from other makers that the bamboo should be seasoned, either by allowing it to dry on a shelf for a few months, by running it over a fire or torch until it lightly browns, or doing both before removing any of the inner nodes and turning it into a flute. Cutting holes while its still green seems to be a gamble with wood and bamboo from what I’ve seen.
@simonbar7665
@simonbar7665 Жыл бұрын
Big like
@TheBottegaChannel
@TheBottegaChannel Жыл бұрын
I always heard of the slow air chamber called the back pressure chamber and had it explained to me as " it functions similar to how the air bladder of a bagpipe works, allowing for a steady play session.", but that's only from info gleaned off of online research. That said, amazing video. I'll have to remember the info for my next prototype.
@paulsolovyov2403
@paulsolovyov2403 Жыл бұрын
Wow this is the best flute KZbin channel. so far the most detailed and elaborate explanation and analysis thank you you've made my day. There is one thing what if we make the track in a triangular form so that the entering point is two or even three times wider than the regular sized exit point to increase it's volume (in the proper meaning) so there's more air contained and processed entering the wide entrance and then being pressurized when it comes out the narrow point. Of course in this case the track length should be bigger. perhaps it might compress the sound make it more stable or sharper... I have to try it right now) have to go thank you
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
Your idea is similar to what I do on a daily basis however my triangle is in a different direction. I advised you to try it and see what happens! 🙂 Thanks so much for watching! (M😉)
@robertopalladini7543
@robertopalladini7543 Ай бұрын
Gracias Charlie....
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Ай бұрын
@@robertopalladini7543 De nada mi amigo! Gracias por escribir!
@mikegillihan9944
@mikegillihan9944 Жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks! I love what you’ve done with the Googol flute. I can’t imagine streamlining your process to the point that you can sell an item of that quality at that price point, that must have taken a lot of work. Amazing.
@ArminHirmer
@ArminHirmer Жыл бұрын
very interesting, as usual
@sethwinegar
@sethwinegar Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video Charley, I finally feel at peace with understanding the air chamber. Darn thing made me not rest at night with all the confusing information out there.
@elkbud9572
@elkbud9572 Жыл бұрын
Thanks from France 🙏👍
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
Merci mon ami! N'oubliez pas de regarder mes autres vidéos !
@chicodecoster
@chicodecoster Жыл бұрын
Thanks 🙏 for sharing my Brother.
@deborahlevey8527
@deborahlevey8527 4 ай бұрын
Hey Blue Bear Flute ,it's me again , Debbie do ,I made some flutes out of bamboo like you showed us .fixing to buy a lathe machine n table top saw.hoping I can learn step by step how to make a American native flutes ,with your help ,I know I can do it....❤
@radagastjones9339
@radagastjones9339 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for continuing to share your knowledge about these wonderful instruments. I've been a student of yours for many years, but about 5 years ago I took a path that led me to building cigar box guitars, ukuleles, even violins and dulcimers. I needed this short reminder in order to start making flutes again. I have missed the joy the flutes brought, not just to me, but others as well. I am very grateful for the gifts you have shared with us all, Charlie.
@reiki11
@reiki11 Жыл бұрын
Charlie! Thank you for your explanation of airflow. Love my Googol!
@francescop5767
@francescop5767 Жыл бұрын
thank you Charlie..you are the best
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
Thank you my friend for watching!
@duaneroberts8753
@duaneroberts8753 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video Charlie, you've answered a very important question.....yeha noha....
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
You're welcome my friend! Of course the question may be there however don't get hung up on it. The reason I didn't make this video for such a long time is because it is not a super important part of the process.
@harleyv1969
@harleyv1969 Жыл бұрын
Charlie I have watched quite a few of your videos, (you have a lot) and I followed your instructions in every aspect that I could. The flute turned out fantastic sounding and pretty cool looking, even, but what I really learned is that if you make the bore bigger and out of round on purpose just to see what happens then the hole pattern is now a 'your on your own' from here out situation. The super glue and sawdust is very handy, works better and easier than I thought it would. It saved my flute and I learned a lot by just going for it. Tremendous satisfaction in the end result 👍thanks for all your videos you make, God bless!
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
Hey my friend, thanks again for your kind words! Coincidentally I do have a video on what to do if you change the size of the inside of the flute and how it affects your hole pattern. Its title is something like how to change a pattern to fit your flute. If you can't find it, email me. 😄
@harleyv1969
@harleyv1969 Жыл бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes excellent! I'm going to find it 👌😁
@nelsonpalmer4831
@nelsonpalmer4831 Жыл бұрын
Thank you once more for clarity
@wade4452
@wade4452 4 ай бұрын
Thank you as always. Blessings
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes 4 ай бұрын
@@wade4452 You're welcome! Thank you for watching! Keep an eye out for the next video, it's going to be amazing!
@larryshortridge5094
@larryshortridge5094 Жыл бұрын
Very valuable information, thank you.
@peterpeersman4931
@peterpeersman4931 8 ай бұрын
so wonderful the way you play
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes 8 ай бұрын
🙏😊🙏
@mattbe2337
@mattbe2337 Жыл бұрын
Hi Charlie. Thank you so much for excellent information in this and all of your videos I have watched. I received your book on making flutes at the beginning of January and am loving the process of making an instrument I am teaching myself to play. Thank you and Jessie for your excellent tutorials.
@ajtaranto1989
@ajtaranto1989 Жыл бұрын
I was driving by a cucumber field the other day and right in the midst of the field there was a Nun doing squats. Had to take a double take, I have never in my life seen something so suspect, have you? That silly enough for ya :) Thank you Charlie for signing the book I bought from you, Ive made many times the cost of that book with the knowledge I gained from it.
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
😅🤣😂
@weswalker1208
@weswalker1208 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for everything you do
@idontlikeit.7822
@idontlikeit.7822 3 ай бұрын
The best advice ever….just play the flute….long ago and far,far away the Scotsman that taught me blacksmithing would say, don’t be a chicken, Hit it!
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes 3 ай бұрын
@@idontlikeit.7822 🙏🏼😄🙏🏼 Great Advice!
@artemi-music
@artemi-music Жыл бұрын
thanks a lot for this video, it was interesting to know about your experience.
@tomcartmill401
@tomcartmill401 Жыл бұрын
Charlie: That makes sense and feels right. 😁
@RickyD1968
@RickyD1968 Жыл бұрын
Awesome Video !!!
@royboggs3849
@royboggs3849 Жыл бұрын
Thnx Charlie! You’ve been extremely helpful! 👏👏👍👍👌👌👌👌
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much my friend!
@kentalaga8450
@kentalaga8450 Жыл бұрын
Excellent topic Charlie! When I began my flute making journey I often postulated about the importance of the slow air chamber and if it's needed at all. Other flute makers I've talked with, about my skepticism the SAC, told me that it is necessary for the flute sound quality and the dimensions of their idea of the perfect and necessary SAC. I've experimented with different lengths and widths of the SAC and I didn't notice any dramatic change(s) in the sound quality of the flute. I've made flutes with the embouchure/mouthpiece being the SAC or vice versa, again of various lengths and diameters and they play and sound pretty darned good. I guess it all comes down to what works for the individual flute maker and making flutes that play easily and sound pleasant to the ear.
@imadharrouk3766
@imadharrouk3766 Жыл бұрын
Thank you again and again!!
@Tamaquashad
@Tamaquashad Жыл бұрын
Hi Charlie, First thanks for everything I’ve made a ton of flutes since first emailing you a few years back, I’ve also been the only flute player for my tribe and you have been a massive help. I’ve been a lurker on many flute forums and such and never actively involved, but I seem to always come back to your videos and teachings as they seem the most traditional/logical in my eyes. Anyway, what is your opinion on some of the opinions about traditional flutes being tuned Diatonically, I’ve seen some posts of people claiming they’ve visited museums and found old flutes with diatonic tuning and would love to hear your thoughts!
@ChrisLeeW00
@ChrisLeeW00 Жыл бұрын
A resource I found online is in flutopedia, search “Map of Native American Flute Tunings” (I would post a link but I’m not sure KZbin allows it). This page has a chart of different tunings both historical and modern. Hope that helps!
@americanpatriot2979
@americanpatriot2979 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Charlie. A'HO
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching my friend! Please be sure to check out our other videos! And more to come!
@AlbertMoore-e8z
@AlbertMoore-e8z 6 ай бұрын
Please explain what's inside the flute as far as under the track and how should the blow hole end be ?
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes 6 ай бұрын
I briefly explain what it is in a river cane flute here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h364iGVnn6eAjsksi=GtgA-zcnDKqsMUkX And you can see it in a wooden flute here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5SbfGOkmreCeJo
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes 6 ай бұрын
I believe I've used the word "partition" in about 90% of my videos, however the word is sanemos with "plug", "blockage", a "stop" or "restriction".
@williamjohnson476
@williamjohnson476 Жыл бұрын
Another excellent video :) I would love to see your approach to making a rim-blown type flute and a transverse flute (like the wooden ancestor of the silver flute, fife maybe?). I am running into more references and depictions of these types of Indigenous Flutes.
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
Hey my friend, sorry I made you wait all this time for that video! 😁 I have been promising myself I would get to it ASAP and so I will. As you probably already know it's much harder to play those types of flutes than it is to make them!
@williamjohnson476
@williamjohnson476 Жыл бұрын
​@@BlueBearFlutes Haha, what's years in the grand scheme of spirit? Glad you're still givin'er Charlie and look forward to experiencing the right time for the video to come out :)
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
@@williamjohnson476 I hope you're doing well my friend and always look forward to hearing from you!
@AlvinHanson1708
@AlvinHanson1708 Жыл бұрын
Cool
@AlvinHanson1708
@AlvinHanson1708 Жыл бұрын
I read pine is the best wood material that doesn't warp like oak or cedar.
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
I would not necessarily say that Pine does not warp or that cedar does. Honestly often times it has to do with where the knot holes are.
@bread-ih9lm
@bread-ih9lm 7 ай бұрын
Slow air chamber seems like it would have advantages to circular breathing. Flutes and recorders are a bit harder to do the technique with. Aside from that it probably would make your air usage more balanced and go further.
@wildernesboy
@wildernesboy Жыл бұрын
Alright Charlie, How about showing us how you make your acorn,turtle, snake ocarinas?
@alexdenton6586
@alexdenton6586 Жыл бұрын
Does the contact form on your website work?
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
Absolutely! I just tested it myself. If you contact me through it, usually I reply within 24 to 48 hours. In other words, if you message me on the 29th, I will likely message you back by the 31st.
@jerrycandelaria8845
@jerrycandelaria8845 Жыл бұрын
Hey Charlie I actually have two questions I wanted to make my own out of whatever piece of wood but I noticed does the sound hole or shaft tube have to be larger if you have a larger girth pipe my second question is I noticed on the sound block is it better to cut into the sound block to make the groove or to cut into the pipe to make the groove between the air hole in the sound hole or experiment between both
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
I believe this video may answer both of them. Let me know! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZzOXoSQe5Kjj68
@aetheralmeowstic2392
@aetheralmeowstic2392 Жыл бұрын
You know, one thing I was wondering is if it'd be possible to develop a version of the Native American flute with a full Boehm key system.
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
You certainly could! I have made just about one of everything! The only reason I don't offer everything is simply because I like to stick with original!
@nicolautuleise
@nicolautuleise Жыл бұрын
Hi Charlie, First of all I'd like to thank you for all the videos and all the input about making Native American flutes, without you I would not be where I am now as a flutemaker. I have an issue for which I only find very few ressources online and I was wondering if you can help and/or make a video about: my workshop is in the cellar and now (being in winter in Germany) it is quite cold there (around 10 degrees Celsius): How do you tune a flute at this temperature so it is in tune at room temperature? Is there some kind of formula? One thing I found on your facebook group is that the tuning varies by 3 cent for every 2 °F (being around 1 °C) of difference. So in my case 10 degrees colder = -30 ct? Is that correct? Quite a long comment now 😅. Thanks for your help!
@RidgeRunner5-
@RidgeRunner5- Жыл бұрын
Hello Charlie, hope you and yours are doing well. Question, can the sharp edge of the sound hole be too sharp?
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
No however if you are getting jumping octave and other signs that it is too crisp, very lightly bevel the edge of the track as it goes into the sound hole. I do have a video on this. Please email me and let me know how it works for you.
@amandabates4539
@amandabates4539 2 ай бұрын
I have been a woodwind player for almost 40 years. Unfortunately, I am a mixed breed of races, so my native ancestors family has been lost before I was born. Because of that, they can’t help me with my Native American flute. I would have loved connecting to my Crow, Blackfoot, and Sentinel family in this way. That’s half of the flutes Joy, that I feel I could have. Aaaanyway….Question: does there need to be an angle in either hole, for the air to split and create the best sound, in your experience? Like angling of the holes vs. straight vertical trajectory
@adolfharleydavidson4544
@adolfharleydavidson4544 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, and could you tell us the measurement of the last hole up to the inner tube (sorry, I have translated it with google) I try to make one of your flutes but they don't work for me, I don't know if it will be when translating into centimeters
@yvancoissieu7390
@yvancoissieu7390 2 ай бұрын
Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo. Peut être pouvez vous me renseigner : quelle est l'angle du biseau de la flûte ? 45 degrés, 40 degrés, 35 degrés, 30 degrés ? Il me semble que cela a une très grosse influence aussi sur la qualité du son lorsque le flux d'air vient se partager sur le couteau. Merci pour votre réponse 😊❤.
@Chris_the_Muso
@Chris_the_Muso Жыл бұрын
The term you are looking for in respect to what the track is supposed to do is "linear flow". It won't matter how long the track is, providing it is long, smooth and straight enough to ensure linear airflow when it his the labium. It is the linear flow speeding up as it breaks into turbulent flow when it hits the labium that creates the tone. I've been working on one inch for my Irish whistles, but that is just an arbitrary figure that gets the job done so I can concentrate on the more difficult questions...
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
I guess it goes to show, even after making over a million flutes, there is still something new to learn. I'm just wondering if there is like a club or group or something where people think up these new ways to describe the simplicity of a historical musical instrument!
@Chris_the_Muso
@Chris_the_Muso Жыл бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes Yes, the club is called Physics. Physics can't make a better sounding flute or whistle but it's great for understanding how a flute works, and communicating the basic bits like how the sound is created or understanding why we do things the way we do. It's the understanding that can lead to a better flute, whether it comes from decades of experience or a physics book. Another way to think about it is that the same physics can describes any similar instrument whether it be a flute, a pipe, a whistle or an ocarina. They are all the same even if they have different shapes and in most cases different tuning and pitches.
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
@Chrisamic @Chrisamic You'll have to forgive me as I was speaking of the clubs with which I belong. Unfortunately there are few if any members. Two of these such clubs are called "logic" and "language." I will admit that the language club has a vote up at present to change the name to "communications" however I haven't voted quite yet. In any case, I may have mentioned something in my last comment with regards to "millions of flutes". You're completely correct in that I have met numerous people over the years who have used the language of physics to design flutes though they have failed miserably. Myself, without using this language at all (physics), have created a great many flutes as well as a life around said creation of such flutes. I have used these skills to teach millions of people around the world to do the same. I do have a question for you to pros at your next club meeting however, is any of this even possible - that which I have described to you - without a membership in your club? It could be perhaps that this particular club that I have created doesn't discluded or discourage those who don't speak your language? Just a thought. 😁 *also a little extra note... if physics can't make a better flute, please remind me of the reason to use this language at all if not for the sole purpose of the disclusion of new members?
@Chris_the_Muso
@Chris_the_Muso Жыл бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes Ha, we belong to the same club, just different branches. Science is logic in as much as I don't believe anything without proof. Common sense also dictates that science doesn't know much about music, or the spiritual connection we have with it. A computer can design a flute but at best it will be just a flute shaped object. It's the artist that turns a flute design into a musical instrument for a different type of artist to play.
@almendratlilkouatl
@almendratlilkouatl Ай бұрын
​Actually you come across very rude with those comments, Its always new age boomers who wanna stick with their half truths and reject new knowledge, the opposite of our ancient native vision of life @@BlueBearFlutes
@RucoMedia
@RucoMedia Жыл бұрын
Can't the track be sealed with beeswax preparation?
@_.-GRATEPHIL_.-
@_.-GRATEPHIL_.- Жыл бұрын
✨🙏✨🎵🌳🎶=😁
@BlueBearFlutes
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
Lovely my friend
@juliocesarechevarria8008
@juliocesarechevarria8008 Жыл бұрын
amigo podría poner los subtítulo en español gracias desde Argentina
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