Play the Trees! An Introduction to the Native American Style Flute by Ward Jene Stroud

A step by step introduction to playing the flute in an intuitive manor, taught by a world renowned flute performer and carver Ward Jene Stroud. Learn some of the History and Magic of the Native American Style Flute. Scales, finger positions, breathing, and so much more! Learn to play the horizon like sheet music!
Filmed on location in Sisters Oregon.

[@ryandonahue285]

When you told the story of the Monk and how how told you to play the tree line and water current... That just changed everything for me.

[@ZEN-qb1lu]

Me too. So simple yet profound

[@NandiniGulati]

This is why I got the Native American fluting and learning to play it.

[@johnw65]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences. My 1st NA Flute came from another frustrated Cherokee who's grandfather also refused to sign the Dawes role. He made it from 3/4" pvc and it's very durable. Impervious to moisture or heat and has played the morning song through many sunrises in many campgrounds...

[@Meg-yd9zo]

"I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."-Christ Jesus. All of nature has a voice! Thank you for sharing this lovely video.

[@brandirose7689]

beautiful ward stroud

[@lindareese4579]

Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank!! Thank you!!

[@slimpickins9124]

A very beautiful lesson, thank you.

[@lilylegacy-zierer7397]

Play the trees. What amazing advice! It's helping me lift my flute playing to a new level of meditativeness and connect with nature as I play. Thank you for this video. Miigwetch

[@albertomadrono6214]

Thank you so much from Spain. The monk´s words were also send through you to the future. The long list of people that benefitted from them, thanks to you is endless as you can appreciate. 10 years after you posted the video is this calm morning that I found by chance your channel! The inspiration of nature for the music is just extraordinary and most wellcome! I have heard similar explanation (but much less precise) from didgeridoo/yidaki players instructed by native australians. I did not quite understand it at tha moment, but I feel that thanks to you I understand the meaning. Suprisingly, people from very far apart who have played wind instruments have come to similar conclusions and filosophies! Lets hope that the monk´s words will keep on traveling through the years and reach more and more people... Best regards, and appreciation! Alberto

[@WardStroud]

We are all one … Thanks for the kind words and for hearing them my friend…

[@michelnagumaqmorton]

I have been making these flutes for 27 years , thank you for playing and demonstrating so well the beauty that is

[@woodworkerdaniel6394]

Thank you for teaching.

[@bhacosta1]

HAW WATCHING NOW💻 NICE NIGHT 🌙

[@valeriesotiropoulos9720]

such beautiful music and beatiful words too

[@WardStroud]

Valerie Sotiropoulos Thank You for the kind words and spirit...

[@TheMtnmamma]

Wow thank you for sharing all of that

[@bettysuesliger821]

I've been looking for a way to express how spiritually uplifting and emotional revelant the flute is to me. You have done it eloquently. Thank you.

[@TheBorderlined]

You're a Great Spirit. Namaskar 🙏

[@JGajet-nrg]

The message from the monk touched me, I will forever use it and pass it on. Thanks !!!

[@audreyvanwey4583]

This has allowed me to take my flute playing to a new level. Thank you so much for sharing your gifts with us. And I love the tree line / shore line advice on playing from nature. And it really resonated with me when you said our voices are flutes and our hearts are drums, and that we send out healing to the world through our own vibrations. Pretty powerful stuff. Amazing video. Thank you!

[@gerrilondot9038]

Thank you. I will sit on my hill top. And play the hills around me. It will be a new voice.🍂🌼🍁🌾

[@shells4u1]

I have no words, just love and appreciation❤

[@windridr66]

Thank you for this.

[@rebekkaekaterinisidihakis]

Just recently picked up my first Native American flute, thanks so much for the advice on how to turn to Mother Nature for inspiration! Playing this instrument really feels like coming home:)

[@WardStroud]

Rebekka Sidihakis yes... Home to the heart...

[@rebekkaekaterinisidihakis]

Ward Stroud Hi Ward, so true! Channeling our inner children

[@NotComplicit]

The word “selah” is found throughout the Psalms and comes from the Hebrew and means: ‘Rock’ or ‘Cliff’. Imagine yourself on a cliff overlooking a valley. You are supported, or lifted up, by the rock, or cliff, and you come to ‘see’. There are many moments to pause there on the cliff… and you are quiet… and come to appreciate… and to understand. The Tibetan monk you tell of, spent many moments on a mountain top and came to see. Thank You for letting me stand on your mountain top.

[@trailokyasundari]

Beautiful presentation!

[@thathandpanlady4510]

Awwwwwwww…..look at you being all cute and young here!! 💕 ….. I actually went out and “played the trees” at sunset last night … thought of you ….. maybe next time I’ll record it! Later dude … hugs… 🤗🛸🎶💕🦋

[@carlosbarinaga6869]

you are a beautiful soul. Thank you very much.

[@denaheck1506]

Multi talented. Love your playing, & watercolor & brusho & photography, & so much more.

[@benjaminschaffer5955]

Brought tears to my eyes. Thank you brother

[@yordanvivanco8990]

Really nice explenation. thanks a lot.

[@normabussey2254]

That was so beautiful, the music & wisdom....thank you. 💜

[@ruthgoodenough8685]

How absolutely beautiful Ward. Thank you so much. What inspiration to look to nature as our music score. Bless you.

[@patriciaburke2401]

You are so generous to share this information and such beautiful thoughts with us. Your music is soothing to the soul. You do seem to have an angelic quality! We need more kind and gentle souls in our world. Thanks so much for sharing your insights and experiences with us!

[@rick.d]

This is the best intro video of all time. To anything. Thank you so much.

[@searcher5912]

That is such a Wonderful idea playing the tree line🏕🌲🌵🌲🏜Thank you so much❣️That’s really a beautiful idea🎼

[@WardStroud]

Searcher 59 such a beautiful journey the flute path...

[@arttravelsmusictravels4lif438]

What an amazing story thank you for sharing you really help me change the word ugly the flute🫶🏽

[@Madina-bi4kd]

I am going to play to the trees. I loved that story. Thank you for explaining how to do it.

[@gidomingues5930]

So beautiful! Thank you for the teachings. It was the inspiration that I needed to reconnect with my flute.

[@ShantiTrish]

Thank you magic of love. Just bought a low D flute. I bliss out every time l play it. 😘🙏👌

[@EibhlinBray]

This was so profoundly beautiful. Thank you so so much, Ward. Deep Bow. Wow the landscape music chart!! I will never forget that. What a gift!

[@richardtuttle8814]

Thank you for this beautiful and uplifting lesson. You

[@Sashaman-DSR]

Thank you! I really love Native American Flute. I love listening and playing ...

[@scarlettking82]

Awww. I miss my flute,,,

[@darrenboyd6967]

I stopped to hear you play and get some tips. But the words of the monk were an unexpected gem of wisdom that really resonates. Thank you

[@Hawise1]

Beautiful, thank you for sharing this with us xo

[@6huckbobbinspin108]

Beautiful!

[@judycolebank3214]

Such a beautiful message. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@icy_skywalker631]

Thank you so much for making this great video! My grandfather recently gave me a six hole native american style flute, and this video taught me how to start playing it.

[@michaelcawdrey8300]

Thank you for sharing this. Your video is overflowing with intelligence, artistry and gentle wisdom.

[@alexwilliam6655]

Epic. Thank you 🙏

[@sumacdude]

Thanks!!!! Very nice. Great music lesson!!!!

[@chaunceylocklear3661]

Thank you! Gratitude!

[@RustyGunn7]

Thank you, I learned something today.

[@sallcc]

Wow beautiful! All in one video, all the beauty spoken of a native flute. You are amazing! 😀 🌹

[@springbooth3547]

Beautiful teaching . Your final saying made me tears! Thank you !

[@iamthat7351]

Beautiful video, thank you!

[@heidihope7721]

Thank you so much for sharing Ward :)

[@BarryGrueter]

Very inspiring, thanks so much for sharing with us all 🤍🙏

[@springbooth3547]

He is so good at it ! I like his teaching !

[@jerryschaefer8880]

Love this sound❤️❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕💕

[@donnahughes-barton9737]

What a beautiful video and message! Thank you

[@barrywilliams2008]

Thank you so much for that inspiration I'm very new to the flute and I now have something to work on thank you ward much appreciated

[@howiecampbellmusic]

Really enjoyed your approach to music and life. Thank you. Your instruments look and sound beautiful.

[@Trentsblog]

Thanks for this heart felt introduction to the NAF. I am just beginning to learn how to make a flute and love the look of your flute.

[@rachelconnor2327]

Beautiful :). Thank you.

[@richhalmuth160]

Man this was amazing Your flutes are beautiful and they sound fantastic

[@Conquered.lifeFl]

beautiful!

[@CosmicTruthTeller]

You are a WONDERFUL teacher!!! 🎶🎶🎶 And your flutes are BEAUTIFUL 🥰

[@dustyclamper56]

Reading nature to play how marvelous! 🙏🙌💕

[@kerrynelske119]

One of the most beautiful and impactful videos I ever seen, in my life🌿❤️

[@robertsmith9998]

that was a very interesting and informative video thank you Ward I learned a lot from it

[@Deqster]

Good to see you join the tube, Ward! I hope you're happy and healthy and still paying a lot of flute! -Dylan H

[@springbooth3547]

I am just thinking that I can play “people , “ I played music on street , see taller people , is higher notes , short people is low note . Or play different people postures. Life is amazing ! I am going to buy a flute .

[@traceywhitney1272]

Wonderful intro. I just ordered a flute, and this helped so much. Thank you.

[@ebkgj4987]

Thank you.

[@mandarinlearner]

Thank you for showing how to cover the holes...I have short fingers and am finding learning the flute to be a challenge. I totally love your explanation on how to draw music from nature. Once again, thanks from my heart

[@lilymcalister1825]

WoW! What a beautiful "story". Thank you for sharing such a beautiful gift. I will never not hear the trees, thanks to you, thanks to her. She lives on in more people than she will ever know. Thank you many times over. I recently received thee most beautiful flute I have never had the pleasure of playing or knowing. I will forever treasure it. The beauty it brings to my eyes, my ears and my heart. Special thanks to Butch Hall, the creator. Special thanks to you for this beautiful video!💜💜💕🌷🎶

[@mercywalschek2695]

Thank you for this video. You answered my questions as to what I was doing wrong.

[@timtim6850]

This was...nice

[@joyceplymill5237]

Thank you! That is what came into my heart as I watched your video. I am just beginning my flute journey. I just wanted you to know that you have blessed me. Thank you hardly seems enough to say, but it comes from my heart, deep inside me. God be with you always!

[@Tai_bio.90]

What a precious lesson!! Thank you a lot for this. I'd like to express my gratitude from here in Brazilian amazon to the brothers of the north.

[@WardStroud]

Taiguã.90 thank you. We are all one...

[@marcusp.9147]

i just ordered my flute and started playing a few nights ago. i feel as if it brings me peace of mind when i play it. thank you for this awsome video. and the lesson.

[@brandirose7689]

i had to move away to take care of my sister with cancer and now im taking care of my mother, i will never forget, the beautiful music you played

[@bobbyb7127]

God bless and take care of you and yours on yalls journey, Vela!

[@brandirose7689]

@@bobbyb7127 thank you! i will always remember seeing you, and hearing your beautiful music!

[@egserrano19]

Edwin from Costa Rica. Very inspirational !!! You my friend lifted my spirit !!! I will get my flute and practice once again !!! I-am a beginner . Thank you for sharing!!! God bless you and all our Native American Brothers !!!

[@LarryShone]

Beautiful

[@lindathompson195]

Thank you that was so very interesting. I listened very carefully to all your words. I also play Native American flutes. I have several of them. I am drawn to them by their beauty and beautiful sound. I have played them for more than ten years now. Thank you for explaining them so well. I did not know all these facts before. I will try playing the sky lines. I also play Irish flutes and recorders. Music is a wonderful thing and very healing. Thank you for your talk I can see you are a very wise sincere man who has discovered one of the many secrets of life. God has Blessed you.

[@moshiachhasawakened6781]

I made one in A from a 25mm aluminium tube. Sounds pretty loud with tons of overtones. So a very rich and full sound.

[@margitweren2003]

Wauw beautyful spoken!!🙏🌲🌳. Holland

[@Thisthingcalledlifeis]

Thank you

[@madwitch9977]

I have just bought my first flute, its beautiful and I loved finding this video. Play the trees is just what I need as a tree and earth witch, to celebrate the elements and to communicate with nature and hopefully not frighten away the birds! Could you tell me what the Native American words for wind in the trees is please ? Many thanks for sharing your beautiful music🙏

[@usernamemykel]

Perfect production. Liked & subbed. I'm here because a NAF is being made for me. I have 14 tinwhistles/pennywhistles/Irish whistles and one Quena. It's time to have a n NAF

[@EtzEchad]

I looked at many beginner flute videos, and this is the first one that actually explained what the sixth hole is for! All the others just said that you should keep it covered up. Thank you so much! BTW, your example of Amazing Grace is wonderful. That is a song I definitely want to learn some day.

[@WardStroud]

David Messer enjoy the journey...:)

[@theluckyeaglesplate2781]

This is one of the most amazing video dedicated to the native american flute I saw :) thank you, you seem to be a really nice, kind man with a lot of peace in his heart spreadig it across the world through your art with music and paints ♥

[@thathandpanlady4510]

😊 … I know him and he IS everything you said and more! 🛸🎶🦋

[@theluckyeaglesplate2781]

@@thathandpanlady4510 that is a really nice confirmation :) did you do some duet with him?:)

[@thathandpanlady4510]

@@theluckyeaglesplate2781 … Unfortunately no ..not yet, but hopefully we will the next time we cross paths! He’s the one who talked me into getting my first flute! 😊🛸🎶🦋

[@theluckyeaglesplate2781]

@@thathandpanlady4510 nice :) are you enjoying it? :)

[@thathandpanlady4510]

@@theluckyeaglesplate2781 Well, I’m a handpan player first and foremost .. I play every day … but at least once a week I pick up flutes for a change of pace … not very good at it but slowly getting there!! 😊🛸🎶🦋

[@sheri3337]

amazing thank you

[@heididespradel7619]

Great! Thanks!

[@gabewilsonlovelightharmony8843]

So. inspiring.

[@feuerbussard]

Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge, whatching your video and listening to what you have to say makes me calm and it feels somehow like healing. I instantly bought 3 of your CDs and I hope it iwill be fine for you if I learn how to play some of your wonderful songs and play ithem not only for me but also someday to others who like to listen to this kind of music. Many thanks again Sir. And greetings from Germany.

[@WardStroud]

BirdmannTutorials / Feuerbussard I’m honored and grateful... many blessing my flute friend...

[@pcprimeevil]

thank you sir

[@TheWanderer0110]

beautifull

[@HYLY_PRODUCER]

The Bob Ross of flutes.

[@WardStroud]

That may be the most beautiful complement I’ve ever been given ! thank you so much;)

[@HYLY_PRODUCER]

@@WardStroud you’re so welcome Ward. Keep shining your light 🌱☀️ I live in Ireland and was going to buy a flute online. Do you have any recommendations on a good price point for one?

[@razial5745]

Thank you for this. Seriously thinking of buying my first flute. Been looking at high spirits magic key of G flute.

[@WardStroud]

Perfect first flute key. Will fit almost any size hand and low enough for mediative connection... enjoy th Journey. It is a very beautiful one.

[@Invisible_Hermit]

This is a wonderful video. I've been playing for a little over a year, and see myself (at the age of 55) as a perpetual student. I only wish that I was surrounded by such beautiful countryside as was shown in this video. Life in the city.... it's a soul killer. That flute you are playing on is gorgeous! You said you make them? How can I purchase one?