Making a Native American Flute in 5 Minutes Revisited

[@the_wind_sings]

Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge! You've helped me immensely on my flute-crafting journey! PS - Was that superglue you were putting in the track around the 9 minute mark?

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Yes! Thanks for watching!

[@standswithfish]

Made a couple of the simplest flutes (pvc) a while back. Working on a pvc adapter to hold two together, one without holes to play as a drone

[@g10118]

Love the sound of the frogs, spring is arriving! Thanks for the upload! Takes me at least 2 hours to get a semi-functional flute going if I'm lucky

[@paultaylor3915]

Fantastic love your videos

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Thank X 1M!

[@UnifedCreation369]

Thanks for the upload Charlie, love the craft of all of your flutes and they are very reasonably priced!

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Thanks for your kind words my friend!

[@ganjaman8001]

Hey Blue Bear thank you so much for all your video, I'm a French new flute maker and you really help me and take me win a lot of time.

[@BlueBearFlutes]

😁 Thanks for watching!

[@FREEZER4000]

WOW! Yes , you have been making them for 35 years ! I'm trying to find one in the key of B , I was on your site looking but could not find that key . If you do , please let me know . Thank you

[@BlueBearFlutes]

I've made one similar in 2minutes/30seconds! You should check out my "making a flute blindfolded" video!

[@BoWhitten]

I loved the sound of the flute singing when you burned the air trough the second time. it sounded like wind bowing far off. I knew it would be a good flute right then.

[@scottvarley3823]

I just watched this video at 2x speed, so you made the flute in two and a half minutes.

[@Valiam.84]

Your videos are great! I would like to build a flute like one of yours and if I can I would like to ask you a few questions. Is there a way to predetermine the base note of the flute (the one keeping all the holes closed)? Are there, for example, tables or formulas that, depending on the length and diameter of the flute, will suggest what its base note will be? Thank you!

[@BlueBearFlutes]

There are calculators galore online. They usually don't work very well for calculating the distances or sizes of flutes although this is what they're supposed to do. The best way to determine the sounds of a flute before making it is by following the patterns in my book. 😉 They all come from hands-on experience not theories.

[@Valiam.84]

@@BlueBearFlutes Thank you!

[@williamstrome5271]

magic hands Charlie hop chee mI great video

[@quietlistner7329]

Beautiful Sound! Great Flutes

[@bebe60602]

Nice! Interesting 😀 I go to sleep with Native American flute music, no other accompanying instrument, just flute . I feel so peaceful falling asleep to soft flute music and I feel it is taking me to another dimension while I’m sleeping, like in wide open places. ❤️🙏

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Careful visiting those other dimensions! I can tell you from experience sometimes you may not come back! 🙂

[@puppypower3325]

6/7 years later and I still have my river cane flute 🤗🤗🤗🤗😍

[@eliora9108]

Can bamboo be drilled w a drill press like this as well?

[@TomRiddleMeThisSpock]

That was awesome! I finally, after half a decade, have a job that let's me buy an occasional luxury. I'd like it to be one of your flutes. Are there any river cane walking stick type flutes available?

[@BlueBearFlutes]

🙏Thank You! 🙏 through the years, we have designed and redesigned our flutes so that they could be the best. That having been said, we discontinued River cane flute sometime ago because the general public isn't aware of how to take care of it as well as the flute maker might. Of course we still offer walking sticks today which I'm working on as we speak however they are made of a much more durable and easier maintained would. In my opinion they sound much more incredible as well! www.bluebearflutes.com/product-page/copy-of-pine-native-american-flutes

[@ROY-COLLEY]

Amazing

[@harleyv1969]

So in tune right off the bat!

[@susanpelletier41]

Wow! Very impressive!

[@fredfreiberger7878]

You are a true craftsman

[@thomaspope797]

Is there a plug inside the the flute or just a straight tube 🤔

[@BlueBearFlutes]

I do have hundreds more videos which answer this question and so many more. No plug in the bottom, a partition is under the block.

[@lisastinyvanbigliving5261]

Times are tough, other wise i would purchase from u today! And the tools u used r not currently in my tool shed,! Lol But the time will come, and ill be patiently waiting for my ordered flute! 🙏❤✌💪

[@lisastinyvanbigliving5261]

And ohhh...gotta have the hoodie too!😉

[@summerbreenichols6509]

Bought one of your flutes an so happy I did ty help me reconnect with my ancestry

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Thank you! 🙂

[@dianeknox6049]

😊❤ goodman, Respect from Canada 🇨🇦

[@BlueBearFlutes]

@dianeknox6049 Thank you for watching! I know you've seen a lot of my others but please keep checking out my videos! We have some new ones coming out that you might really enjoy!

[@rubeegeorgealset6412]

Wow, how does the mechanics works , how dose puting a piece of cane above 2 holes produces sound???

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Please watch come of my other hundreds of videos on making the flute! So many other details!

[@bebe60602]

Not coming back from wide open places does not sound that bad 😀 I watched your video on the different flutes, their size and sound. I am not attracted too much by the sound of the tinny ones but my favorite seems to be the one in the key of D which you mentioned as your favorite or one of your favorite but less accurate, because of the spread of the fingers? I just wondering if it is suitable for a total beginner. I do not have very long fingers, medium length I guess. I mess around with my Ukulele and have learn a few chords but that is pretty much the extent of it. Practicing scales now and arpeggios. The flute in D is pretty long, but does it matter? Is it OK to start with this one? I also like the one in the key of G. Which flute is it at the beginning of this post video I am commenting on right now?

[@jbott57]

AMAZING

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Thank you my friend! I hope you and your family are doing well!

[@emilemakram7816]

Hello I bought a quena flute from Amazon but it's not tuned, little bit flat from G Can you help how to make it tune Do I need to increase the end hole or open a 7th hole Please I need ur help specily I'm living at Egypt and no one her has experience in this kind flute

[@BlueBearFlutes]

Hi Emile, that's a great question! I appreciate you asking for my help. It is true if you trim a little off of the end or open up the bottom hole a little it will make it sharp, not flat. However, most importantly, a quena has a tone which is tuned mostly by your embouchure/mouth so it is possible for you to make it play sharp without changing anything on the flute. Please feel free to contact me through my website and email me a picture of it so I can give you more information.

[@theagency13]

Do you make any oriental style flutes?

[@federicobacher]

Hi ! great video ! Could you help me with the hole position? is 43, 50, 58, 68, 73, 83% ok? so i can hole my flute, thanks !

[@BlueBearFlutes]

@@federicobacher that's a great question I do have video specifically to each flute size and making the fingerings for such. I would like to let you know that depending on the diameter and length of your material is going to determine where the fingers should be placed.

[@federicobacher]

@@BlueBearFlutes total lengh 47cm, internal diam 3.3 cm, ext diam 4.5cm Thanks!

[@BlueBearFlutes]

@@federicobacher total length of the flute chamber or the entire flute?

[@federicobacher]

@@BlueBearFlutes entire flute 47cm enbrochature or whistle hole 38cm

[@inutheextraterrestrial8872]

Hi there, could you please answer my doubt, is it possible to fix a mouth piece to a bamboo made native flute

[@فاطمةالعبداللطيف-ق9ش]

شكرا 🙏🏻

[@Theborderlined]

impressed

[@ChokonenNde]

On the hunt for materials so I can make myself a new flute.

[@20Hikecdt23]

I cant find where yo email hence this question on one of your ecellent videos.

[@BlueBearFlutes]

There's a contact form on my website. (posting an email address online attract spammers) 🙂👍

[@dagonit77]

Make me a 4 min flute ... Take my money please 😉

[@BlueBearFlutes]

My 20-30 minuters are much better! (Up to 2 & 3 hours)

[@kdus]

It takes thirty years to make a spot on F# in less than five minutes 😀 straight on the intonation is way better than some models I've seen of the most (in)famous brand of NAF, called "tall soul" or something like that 😉 congratulations again Charly

[@scribblingjoe]

I’m counting your time as 3 minutes 15 seconds.

[@BlueBearFlutes]

😁😁 Have you seen my blindfolded video yet?

[@scribblingjoe]

@@BlueBearFlutes not yet. Imma check it out now.

[@danielthewildlandfirebehavioor]

Wado

[@fredfreiberger7878]

You are a true craftsman