This is not the first video we have released using old methods of flute making, but as a refresher here it is again. Let us know what types of videos you would like to see! Visit us at www.bluebearfl...
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@degenwow3 жыл бұрын
BlueBear is the best guy when it comes to native american flutes.
@BlueBearFlutes3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! You're appreciated
@zaksweet19553 жыл бұрын
Today I learned 2 things: how to make a flute out of river cane & that bedbugs can dissolve your heart. Time to burn the whole house down now.
@rev.bobertbockstop70572 жыл бұрын
I was born on a large farm in Western Pennsylvania three miles from the West Virginia border. Two distinct sounds lulled me to sleep each night from my birth to the time left the farm at the age of 21 when I moved back to London to stay with my mother and after that to Oslo, Norway where I joined the service. Those were the sound of the great, large air blowers hauling oxygen deep underground to the Robena number three mine a few miles from the farm. The blower looked like a giant megaphone laid on its side in the middle of a field at the mine site. The sound might be called loud but not in the way of a horn or clanking machinery; it was more of a whooshing sound that was actually comforting to listen to as I fell asleep. The other sound was what you described made by large and tiny frogs of all types chirping, chattering in chorus along with other creatures including all kinds of insects like crickets, locusts and more. These two “noises” were the symphony that helped me to sleep each night. I heard this sound so long in my life that to this day I still hear them inwardly down here in Texas where I live now. But these sounds are echos of the past and not here in reality where I live in suburban Dallas. My mind calls them up some difficult nights when I need them to calm my PTSD which often rises up to pester me with bad memories of combat and more horrors that I experienced when I was in the Norwegian Jaegerkommandoen and sent into Serbia and Croatia in the early 1990’s in an attempt to put a stop to the ethnic cleansing of innocent people including children by Serbian army regulars. The farm is long gone now and those gentle ghosts of my family are also gone but they are with me often at night as they bend, sigh, laugh, and cry in my dreams. These sounds and early memories help me to fight off those terrors and atrocities of war. Thank you for helping me remember this today as I watch your excellent flute making video. I have access to a stand of mature bamboo on my property that I am going to use to attempt flute making that you have inspired me to try. The world right now is so filled with unpleasant noise and bad-hearted meanness. I am a musician having played guitar since I was five years old and one of the degrees I earned after the service is in music theory. I still play guitar though arthritis limits my speed and facility on the instrument so I am going to try the flute: That is if I can make a couple of them that sound good and in tune. I am not entirely confident that this will be the case. 🤣 Thanks again. I subscribed to your channel and will tell others who might be interested in the subject. Also, sorry for any typos or unfortunate auto-corrects. I type fast and inaccurately and am loathe to go back and look for mistakes. Great channel. Peace and happiness to you and yours from an old, wounded, haunted and reluctant warrior.
@BlueBearFlutes2 жыл бұрын
Thank you kindly my friend! Please keep me posted on your progress of your flute making journey and email me through my website if you have any questions or needs. It is absolutely wonderful hearing from you! Thinking of going to visit Norway soon myself! There is always peace, too my friend. You just helped me with it this morning! Thank you thank you, and through our hundreds of videos I hope you find your own flute making endeavors!
@IVIercurian5 жыл бұрын
Hey Charlie, thanks for your great work on my Scarab totem!! Love your work.
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
I am so glad you liked it! Thanks for watching this video.😀
@richardrhodes96647 ай бұрын
Back again after several years. My first flute just cracked. Have a piece of bamboo that’s been drying for a few years now that’s ready to go. Thank you for being a continuous source of knowledge!
@BlueBearFlutes7 ай бұрын
Thank you for coming back!!!
@Robertrampt5 жыл бұрын
I have watched alot of vids on this subject and for me yours is the most entertaining and imformative of all the ones I've watched. Thank you for these and keep them coming.
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
Certainly one of my favorite KZbin comments to date! Thank you for watching my friend!
@mymythology87992 ай бұрын
Great video dude! thx for sharin it with us!
@BlueBearFlutes2 ай бұрын
@@mymythology8799 thanks for watching! Please be sure to share this video with everybody you know and check out my other hundreds of videos!
@mymythology87992 ай бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes I ll for sure
@westonfurman3833Ай бұрын
I'm very impressed, and motivated! Thank you for your video. I'm going to take this and enhance my fire time. ✊🤠🤙
@MarkPowell-e1i2 ай бұрын
Love this thank you.. you are still a very talented person and inspired me to get better with my flute
@BlueBearFlutes2 ай бұрын
@user-ui5qq2vs3b 🙏🏼Thank you!🙏🏼 Keep a lookout for my next video, it's going to be very interesting! 😀👍
@susanbailey364 жыл бұрын
I love the spring peepers they are one of the sounds I eagerly await every year as they are a sure sign of coming spring.
@smithy15783 жыл бұрын
Same
@Mwwright799 ай бұрын
This is awesome. There is a rivercane break on a creek where I like to fish. I will be giving this a try this spring if I can find any large enough. There is a lot there that is perfect for arrow shafts, but the big pieces are few and far between for some reason.Thank you.
@BlueBearFlutes9 ай бұрын
As always, be careful! And good luck! Thanks for watching!
@sorehair70755 жыл бұрын
Nice vid! Its cool that you can go out into the woods and find stuff to make a musical instrument out of
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
Wait till you see the the video coming up where I make flutes out of things not so natural! 😁
@jamesfinocchio43823 жыл бұрын
You are wearing the Bob Ross pin... And to be honest, this video was very Bob Ross-esque. My wife was like "when did Bib Ross make flutes?" This is a super huge compliment in our household. I'm new to your channel, and I am hoping to purchase a flute from you soon. I had a flute when I was a child. One day it went missing. My mother told me, "When an instrument or stone (I used to collect a lot of drums and a lot if stones like Lapis and Tiger's Eye, among others) goes missing, it is because your time with it is done, and it has returned to the Universe to be gifted to another who has need of its healing properties." I thought that was a beautiful way to see it. I'm nervous about buying a new flute now that I am 41, but I feel like it is time. I am so glad I have discovered your channel and your social media and your website. You will hear from me soon, I hope.
@BlueBearFlutes3 жыл бұрын
You will do great! This is the easiest instrument in the entire world to learn how to play. Thank you so very much for the kind compliment. When I was just a little older than you, I began to study French. And these days cependant, je m'en sors plutôt bien. So, you're never too old!
@occamsrazor79396 ай бұрын
That was very interesting.
@BlueBearFlutes6 ай бұрын
Please be sure to check out my hundreds of other videos on making and playing Native American flutes! Thanks so much for watching!
@NP-vz7ef3 жыл бұрын
I can just watch this video again and again. I could even just sit there with you guys in the cold and keep practicing how to make a flute with just a pocket knife. This video is my impetus to go, get a bamboo cane and start making a flute. Thank you for this beautiful and informative video. I'll definitely subscribe.
@BlueBearFlutes3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it! We have lots of others and even more on the way!
@NP-vz7ef3 жыл бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes I'll check your videos. Thanks :)
@danahoecker3308 Жыл бұрын
I learned a lot from you and not only about flutes but about life too... I know I can always make a flute anywhere ...
@cesarvidelac3 жыл бұрын
Totally loved it. I am chilean, we have a form of bamboo that could serve to try this. Love your channel, thanks for sharing!
@chialara53025 ай бұрын
Very cool thank you!
@BlueBearFlutes5 ай бұрын
I have another video where I hand carve a hardwood flute which is coming soon! Be sure to subscribe so you get to see it! Thanks for watching!
@dickdock47835 жыл бұрын
Just wonderful...Thank you Charlie!!
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for watching my friend! Some other really great new videos coming soon!
@pauloalima1740 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much dear friend. Very cool, i go make my instrument now too here in Brazil, see you later. Bye gratifull
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching! Please check out my other videos!
@naechtlichesgift4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video very relaxing to watch thanks.
@BlueBearFlutes4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@metal-lm6ue8 ай бұрын
Amazing
@BlueBearFlutes8 ай бұрын
Thank You!
@BrianTownsendFundy5 жыл бұрын
Your video certainly demonstrates that it is entirely possible to make a flute without a lot of fancy tools. But you do need to know exactly what you’re doing. It is very impressive you were able to eyeball the finger hole placements and get it to play in a recognizable scale. Great video and I enjoyed the commentary along the way.
@peterpeersman4931 Жыл бұрын
Very beautiful
@michaelnicolaou27072 жыл бұрын
You are the Bob Ross of wood works and fluits
@slowerpicker5 жыл бұрын
Very inspiring! I really like these minimalist videos.
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
More to come my friend!
@jom65085 жыл бұрын
Intelligent keep up the good work. Thumbs up Charlie
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Jo! Keep watching for some very cool new videos coming out soon!😁
@chialara53025 ай бұрын
Was not expecting bamboo in that forest!
@BlueBearFlutes5 ай бұрын
It's actually indigenous river cane. They are related however.
@dimitrizaugg69052 жыл бұрын
This is the most amazing content thank you brother for this
@BlueBearFlutes2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching my friend! Don't forget we have countless other videos! Please be sure to subscribe and share!
@Devonx7772 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this
@BlueBearFlutes2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Be sure to subscribe and share!
@cliveabbey5786 Жыл бұрын
Love your Bob Ross badge cleaver artist, just as your also a great flute maker
@vickikgibson9470 Жыл бұрын
I love making native flutes! I wish I could get ahold of some of that stock you are using! LOL Not here where I live in Canada...darn!:) Cheers and thank you for keeping a wonderful tradition alive and well!:)
@sluggysworld469 Жыл бұрын
thank you i like learning
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
You bet dude! Thank you for watching!
@sluggysworld469 Жыл бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes im gonna try and make one now wish me luck
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
@@sluggysworld469 be careful!
@donnaporter39892 жыл бұрын
This is so cool, Thank you for sharing.
@tasogare0no0umi5 жыл бұрын
Hey Charlie! I'm a new viewer of your videos, but I adore them! This was very nice to listen to, hearing your stories and local knowledge while I learn (reminds me of my own father lol). You're incredibly skilled and I appreciate the work you put into your videos for all of us!
@tasogare0no0umi5 жыл бұрын
And I just realized you're down here in the same state I am! Maybe that's why all your videos gave me such a homey feel :)
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much again!
@SeshbyStephSymbolicJewelery10 ай бұрын
Very cool 🪶
@BlueBearFlutes10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! Remember I do have hundreds of other similar videos you might enjoy!
@billyjoedenny5 жыл бұрын
awesome vid charlie , great tips billy joe
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Billy! Wait until you see the next videos we have coming out!
@irishwanderer42064 жыл бұрын
oh yeahhh! i made a cherokee whistle out of some elderberry it plays and has some tuning issues but it's the first one i kept and didn't snap thank you for these videos and the links you shared to me .
@BlueBearFlutes4 жыл бұрын
🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@brendarueda84607 ай бұрын
Im from louisiana, we hear everything making a noise here, a lot of bulfrogs, the gators sound like a bull making a low grouwling sound and the babies make a sqeeking sound like a bird, then mama gator will hear baby and come real fast, a flute can be an alert noise for help but the music is better.thanks going to bed with the chickens (means early), love the louisiana noise, it all stops when danger approaches like a storm, everything takes shelter.we are Choctaw, but from North West Louisiana, Shreveport /bossier, barksdale air force base, thanks .
@brendarueda84607 ай бұрын
We are choctaw
@BlueBearFlutes7 ай бұрын
@brendarueda8460 In that case, hey cousin! I too grew up listening to the sound of alligators and have raised many of them from the time they hatched! (we had a couple of them over for dinner last week!) I will be posting a video very very very soon where you can see what it sounds like when one of them sings! Thanks so much for watching!
@shamanicdreams97013 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. Very inspiring. Soon its going to be spring here in Finland and i will go to forest to make some flute experiments. 😆
@BlueBearFlutes3 жыл бұрын
Be sure to check out my hundreds of other videos! And subscribe! 🙂 Thank you for watching!
@nvdawahyaify5 жыл бұрын
When I make futes with just a knife, I use a lighter to burn off the little fibers. The lake behind you is a beautiful color.
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! I usually don't use just a knife to make flutes because we have too many of them to make these days! It was a lot of fun making this one however! I did consider using some nearby rocks or something else to smooth the fibers on however I didn't bring a lighter with me.😁
@Tuttodunfiato.N.A.F2 жыл бұрын
Hi, this video is beautiful. Thank you But don't you season the cane before processing it?
@BlueBearFlutes2 жыл бұрын
That piece was of an old lot. You should check out some of my other videos on making flutes with river cane.
@Tuttodunfiato.N.A.F2 жыл бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes Ok I certainly will. Thanks a lot for your great videos, man. Alessio from Italy
@sitaratanjaritzheim87853 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot🙏
@agoogleuser3787 Жыл бұрын
Love the sound of frogs and crickets at night. Moose rutting , in close proximity to camp...not so much...
@AdventuresInWetShaving5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video Charlie, thanks! ;) #Heart
@dariofernandocordobazambra25293 жыл бұрын
Gracias saludos desde colombia
@BlueBearFlutes3 жыл бұрын
Si, de nada hermano! Gracias por ver. No olvide suscribirse.
@ЧеславРадюль Жыл бұрын
БОЛЬШОЕ СПАСИБО. ВЫ ПОСЕЯЛИ В МЕНЯ УВЕРЕННОСТЬ
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
🙂👍
@ArminHirmer5 жыл бұрын
hehe great and not too shabby :D
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much my friend!
@flutes_and_gusli2 жыл бұрын
Классные!
@BlueBearFlutes2 жыл бұрын
спасибо!
@CountryCatholic2 жыл бұрын
Can you make one with hardwood? I live in Indiana where there’s not really any river cane.
@BlueBearFlutes2 жыл бұрын
Hey, that's actually the next video on my list. There is however tons of river cane/bamboo in your area!
@tomcartmill4015 жыл бұрын
G'day Charlie. Have you tried not making a flat area for the track and using a piece of cane sanded to suit the round of the cane, and shaping the block? Did that make sense?
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
It's funny you mention that Tom! I was actually thinking of doing it for this particular flute build and right up until the point that I made that flat area, was still considering it. One of my good friends Billy makes all of his flutes like that and another good friend Will makes quite a few of them the same way. They are both old school Creek Indian Flute makers.
@tomcartmill4015 жыл бұрын
BlueBearFlutes. I came to that thought after wrecking a few pieces of Bamboo. In frustration I made a flute without making a flat area for the track . It is the best flute I have ever made.
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
@@tomcartmill401 the main reason I decided not to is that it's difficult to drill a nice clean round hole with a pocket knife for the sound hole for that or even a square one through such a thick area of cane. Maybe next time my friend!
@varieamcgarrah79534 жыл бұрын
Charlie... Where did u get that button????
@lilymcalister18254 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable that someone would abandon a property because you can hear nature. But then again, stupid is what stupid does. Good that they leave it to those of us that can appreciate it!!🌷
@BlueBearFlutes4 жыл бұрын
😉
@philipptanglmayer91485 жыл бұрын
Hy, Greetings from Switzerland, I am a huge Fan of Native american culture, I want make a native american flute by myself, but there is something I still not understand, maybe you made a video about this already, but how look like the mouthpieces, especially if you make a flute from river cane, is the mouthpiece the same size like the rest of the cane, or did you make it some way smaller? Thanks a lot for your great videos, keep going. Regards Philipp
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
Hey Phillip, that is a great idea for a video. I have made tutorial videos on how to play River cane flutes with large open mouth pieces versus wooden flutes with small mouth pieces. Having said this a video showing the difference between the two is a great idea! Thank you so much for watching and keep looking for new videos coming out soon!
@philipptanglmayer91485 жыл бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes Hey Charlie, thanks for the fast answer, So I will look for the videos you mentioned, and of course for all of your new Videos, I am looking forward to all new videos you will make. Keep going, you make great art. Greetings from Switzerland
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
@@philipptanglmayer9148 thank you my friend and of course you are always welcome to email me with questions too.
@ZEROBASHI2 жыл бұрын
অনেক ধন্যবাদ আপনাকে
@lilymcalister18254 жыл бұрын
This is great!! I've been wanting to make one and now I see that I actually can...and I will. You are right, it will be very soon.....like tomorrow!! Thank you for sharing!! 💜💕🌷 p.s. why do you put your hand up in the end. Hoping you don't mind my curiosity. LilyMarlaina
@BlueBearFlutes4 жыл бұрын
Just my way of saying goodbye! Thanks again for your kind words!
@agoogleuser3787 Жыл бұрын
They should do a woodworker vs meatcutter "cutoff" if you will... see who gets more nicks!!
@JosesGarage101 Жыл бұрын
Hello there! Great video 👍. Iam a Spanish dude living in Sweden and i really like to make my own native Americans flute. What wood do you recommend me and what size is the most comment one because I know there are different size for just any instrument, just look at the strings instrument from violin to doble base 😊. In Sweden we don’t have the bamboo type of wood if that is maby the best option of wood you would recommend me? Hope to hear from you soon. Keep on with your yt videos 😃👍🪈
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
Hi, thank you my friend for your kind words! Historically these instruments were usually between 1/2 inch and 5/8 of an inch in diameter. There were some of varying sizes outside of that however those were the common. I do have hundreds of other videos which will help you with more information as well. Please let me know if you need anything else!
@JosesGarage101 Жыл бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes ok good to know :) the length don’t mather much? 45cm maby? What is the Measurement of the 5 finger position? I probably need to translate that to cm. Can you give me the link we’re you go true that please 🙏
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
@JosesGarage101 hey my friend, I'm sorry if I misled you. The length does matter however as far as what materials you can find in a certain diameter, that's a good place to start. Best place to find out other sizes would be from my KZbin channel or my book. kzbin.info or bluebearflutes.com
@JosesGarage101 Жыл бұрын
Hi Charlie. I got today from a friend 2 bamboo tubes long ones but iam not sure what type of va ok it is but it seems to me that it is a bamboo for pan flutes. I’ve send you a pm on fb. Have a nice 👍 😊
@mrEtuthian5 жыл бұрын
34:12 amazing !
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@perrycomo79845 жыл бұрын
Maybe if you don't make the air track but use a peace of concave material for the block it would work
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
It does, that is what time was talking about in his comment. It is just easier to do that with more modern tools than a pocket knife. I will be making a video on that subject this week.
@bm34427 ай бұрын
👏 👏 👏 😊❤
@anansiman4 жыл бұрын
Where are you able to find cane stalks growing in nature?
@BlueBearFlutes4 жыл бұрын
Actually having lived all over the U.S. and part of Mexico, there are few places that I was unable to find it! It's just a matter of looking coupled with knowing what to look for. 🙂
@Dragonsbrath Жыл бұрын
So I've been really puzzled lately trying to figure out the sound hole. Then it hit me like a hornet to the forehead that you cut the two sound holes on each side of the center rib that's left in there that you leave so the air goes up and across. Man I'm no flute builder by any means but I believe this is going to help . Great video
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
Hey thanks, but I have about 5 or 6 videos on doing that alone that may help you even more!
@Dragonsbrath Жыл бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes Thank you. Man i love your videos. I'm going to get there eventually just have to get over these dumb worms.😁
@groovybuddha6673 жыл бұрын
Kudos the cameraman sacrificed himself to the mosquitoes for this masterpiece 🙏🏻
@eaglestarmartin64748 ай бұрын
Like the button.😄
@BlueBearFlutes8 ай бұрын
😄
@juniorplay87422 жыл бұрын
Oi urso azul tudo jóia com você que esteja tudo bem contigo.
@BlueBearFlutes2 жыл бұрын
Obrigada meu amigo! Boas festas!
@Jesuswinsbirdofmichigan Жыл бұрын
TimeKnTheSwampHowFondAreTheMemory's. Thanks for sharing time, blood, talents, and huge thanks to the best camera operator, whoDidntChatter,Bitch,Just was&Was-not. YoureTheBestFriendAnyArtistCouldHopeToHave! SS✝.
@ramblinevilmushroom5 жыл бұрын
while skipping around i landed on the part where you said "The old ones carry a bacterea that desolv your heart" and i nearly shit. i though you were talking about the bamboo! i spent the day with my mouth on old bamboo making flutes D:
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
Not "old ones", but rather "kissing bugs" (masked hunters, the mother of bedbugs).
@victorbazooka43273 жыл бұрын
is it hollow all the way through? Cool video - If you make the flute using a flint or something NOT robot made, it would be magical. This is also really cool, thus it has robots involved in the story of making.
@BlueBearFlutes3 жыл бұрын
Please check out many of our other videos on flute making (and subscribe?) so you can find the complexities of that partition area. It's quite important and not all the way through. I did record a video where I used a flint and I wore a headdress too but you can only see that one in a vision or a special stone, not your phone! (no robots)
@victorbazooka43273 жыл бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes I freaking love you. Thanks! Yea the mouth to mouth method is difficult in this time. Free the earth with beautiful sounds, love, trees and animals. (Our Library have a pc, my only robot is the clock on my oven) You got a subscriber my friend.
@michaelsabiu81552 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, I can't understand English very well, I'm using a translate. can I please know how long is the bamboo flute and which is the right tone? I have tried many times sounds is very good to listen but is not the right tone sadly
@BlueBearFlutes2 жыл бұрын
I have other videos on the specific measurements and tones. It depends on the size of the bamboo. Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help.
@michaelsabiu81552 жыл бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes The flutes are about 40 cm long, the width of the hole to support the mouth is about 1.30 cm-2 cm.
@michaelsabiu81552 жыл бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes and 5 central holes more or less about 7 mm
@michaelsabiu81552 жыл бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes thank you!
@michaelsabiu81552 жыл бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes And the sound is good to hear, but is stoned, there is a scale. And the sound isn't airy as I thought..
@monk2502 Жыл бұрын
Joyfull.....we're is my pocket knife
@marchingmatt36743 жыл бұрын
You look like my dad
@BlueBearFlutes2 жыл бұрын
Luke, I am your father!
@kerryeganGSH Жыл бұрын
How to make a bamboo flute
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
I have several videos on that
@TalbyKitty3 жыл бұрын
👌❤️🎵🎵🎵
@hellzfirex3 жыл бұрын
I sharpen all my whittling knives sharp enough that if I hit my thumb like that it would have hit bone 😮
@BlueBearFlutes3 жыл бұрын
You know, wild mustangs can feel a gopher hole under their foot, shifting weight to their other feet as not to break a leg...
@sorehair70755 жыл бұрын
I love the Bob Ross pin! I still enjoy his vids! Lets go out into the happy forest and take a happy little piece of river cane and sit down by a happy little pond and make a happy little flute with our happy little pocket knife and listen to all of the happy little frogs that live here sing their happy little song!
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
Your comment makes me happy Mark!
@whateverlol27675 жыл бұрын
Also - it's 3:30 in the morning, why did I decide NOW is the best time to learn this?? Lol
@young1939 Жыл бұрын
I think the bug is what we also call an assassin bug, but can't tell without a close up look. My master's degree was in Entomology. This has been a very fascinating look into what the Native Americans did to make flutes without modern tools. I was really curious about how they made the sound hole. Charlie, your videos are always so educational. Love my googol flute that I received about a week ago. Thanks.
@whateverlol27675 жыл бұрын
I'm always looking for ways to connect with my ancestors, and making an instrument sounds really hard, but I love challenges.
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
You can do it! We have lots of videos from simple to very complex, and I would suggest starting with our PVC 4-hole whistle. It's one of my favorites!
@andrewprahst25293 жыл бұрын
Connect
@whateverlol27673 жыл бұрын
@@andrewprahst2529 I try, but I also dont want to intrude in areas that I might not be welcomed. Which is understandable. So i tend to stick to more private studies and education.
@nomudnolotus61293 жыл бұрын
@@whateverlol2767 Go outside, enjoy what our Mother Earth has to offer. Hop that fence or find conservation areas set up by your local representatives. Otherwise you will never fully understand what natural beauty grows all around you and worse yet if you choose not to you'll be letting others imprison your own true nature. Love&Peace to you friend 🧘♂️ 💚🌏☯️
@Devonx7772 жыл бұрын
Divines smile on you friend
@sthulander111 ай бұрын
Do you create other spacings of holes, other than a minor pentatonic scale? Maybe a Major pentatonic? There are many differing kinds of 5 note scales, depending on your purpose. Curious. Love this video. Do you use the name ''Bear'', as well, sir? My great, great grandmother's name was ''Bear''. She hailed originally from the northern latitudes of Norway - the Sami people. I never met her; just a stoic B&W portrait of a transplanted indigenous woman. I wish I'd met her. She became Anglicized - a ''good'' christian woman that, still, this side of the family ignored for generations, in memory. This saddens me. Did you notice at 'Standing Rock' a few years ago, when the tribes came together - as prophesy, in protest, gathered 'round the sacred fire - its 'vortex' reaching to the heavens (shaman) - 3 Sami women from Sweden or Norway, came to join this spiritual gathering. They came dressed in full, colorful dress, and were warmly welcomed. I'm a drummer/musician who loves Native music and rhythms, and other forms of music. I'm living in Fairfield, Iowa - home of about 2,000 practitioners of Transcendental Meditation. Does river cane also grow in the midwest? Is that Bob Ross on your button? Each late summer I greatly look forward to the collective sounds of tree frogs and crickets. You're right-on, the rhythms are varied and in 'surround sound'. I like to call these sounds, the ''summer sleigh bells''. . . one of the most mesmerizingly tranquil sounds in nature. To sleep at night with the window ajar is wondrously healing. Rhizomes - such as ginger, etc. I cook with ginger. Thanks, man. Love your Bob Ross voice and natural wisdom. The finished sounds and tuning of your handmade flute is perfection. On my 'virtual' keyboard, I've got a B minor pentatonic mode. btw - I also listen to 'classical' Indian flute music called Ghandarva-ved music. Some of these masters are astonishing.
@liamirelander4221 Жыл бұрын
i bought a native flute from the Andes and some others from there as well its different from your flutes but i did the same thing i copied the flute onto pvc but i changed hole sizes and the last finger hole and in the end theres a piece that is a choke i made the hole in the choke bigger with all them changes and no way to tune it it is my favorite flute of any i am interested in your flute with this air hole block thing instead of the notch i play now i will provably buy your book
@juniorplay87422 жыл бұрын
Aqui é dificil achar taboca para fazer uma flauta pífano e o único bambu que tem por aqui que poderia fazer uma flauta daria para fazer uma flauta Shakurashi uma típica flauta Japonesa.
@BlueBearFlutes2 жыл бұрын
A cana-de-Arundo donax cresce em todo lugar!
@juniorplay87422 жыл бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes mesmo assim aqui em minha cidade o que mais tem é bambu que poderia ser usado para a flauta shakuhashi e esse tipo de material que você descreveu é um pouco difícil de por aqui.
@richard-music535 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this outstanding instructional video. I have viewed a few of your others where you are working in your shop. From those I can see that you are a master of your craft, yet you take the time to demonstrate the simpler older methods and show that a very similar end product can be achieved using those methods as well. Beyond that, you encourage us to try to make one of these flutes ourselves, and ensure us that we would be quite likely to succeed if we tried. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us who are interested in Native American culture. I recently became aware of your efforts via the channel of Far North Bushcraft and Survival, where Lonnie has made instructional videos on Native American flute making as well. I appreciate how you, in the same manner as Lonnie are willing to provide these clear instructional videos for everyone's benefit.
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking us out my friend! I appreciate your kind words!
@hipdogdsv3 жыл бұрын
frogs, crickets, cicadas all part of the symphony day and night here in Texas. It would be weird without them.
@FuttBucker42069 Жыл бұрын
Thumbs up for the Bob Ross pin =D
@beardyuk74583 сағат бұрын
Thank you mate.
@BlueBearFlutes2 сағат бұрын
@beardyuk7458 You're very welcome my friend! I do have other videos like this one that you might be interested in.
@kaltland765 Жыл бұрын
Please .. is there a natural rigid wall/node between the 2 hole chambers? I mean .. I need to remove all natural bamboo nodes BUT this one between the sound holes? Is that correct ?
@BlueBearFlutes Жыл бұрын
Yup. If you have any doubts, I have lots of other videos on the subject.
@hipdogdsv3 жыл бұрын
Just noticed the homage to Bob Ross, lol!!! Greatness. I had no idea about those stink bugs, yuck.
@userfixit5 жыл бұрын
Very impressive and of course ‘ Not too Shabby at All’ You are an Artist and Expert at your Craft. Bob. Athens. GA
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
"I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." ~Thomas Jefferson Thanks for watching my friend!
@Metalingots3 жыл бұрын
I start worrying when all the frogs suddenly go silent.
@BlueBearFlutes3 жыл бұрын
They've been getting a lot more quiet these days!
@oldbones91625 жыл бұрын
Always enjoy your videos. Can one use that invasive bamboo for flutes? It grows everywhere along the Tule here.
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! You can make flutes out of just about anything and especially invasive species! :)
@klown832 жыл бұрын
I doubt you will see this comment considering this video was released quite some time ago but I recently found out that I have Ottawa in my ancestry and the Ottawa was adopted into the Cherokee tribe after the smallpox epidemic due to dwindling population numbers. However, I was always interested in Native American flutes long before I knew anything about my Native American ancestry. I can remember growing up that my dad would make "cane" poles for fishing for us kids and I am assuming it was made from this same river cane stuff but I can't remember the last time that I've ever seen any here. I live in Eastern Kentucky so I don't know if it just stopped growing here or if I just don't know what I'm looking for. I'm looking into getting a nice Native American flute at some point in time but right now I lack funds and this seems like a great way to possibly start. Is there anything I should look out for when searching for the river cane?
@BlueBearFlutes2 жыл бұрын
There is definitely a lot you should look out for! Especially snakes and spiders! Aside from that, be sure to check out my video on collecting River cane and other materials. 🙂 Thanks for watching Bobby!
@klown832 жыл бұрын
@@BlueBearFlutes a smart guy would probably just buy a flute from you and I will, eventually, but living on a budget means I need to try something free out first, lol.
@BlueBearFlutes2 жыл бұрын
@@klown83 In my earlier years, I certainly would have (and did) started out the same way for the same reason! 🙂
@ZEROBASHI2 жыл бұрын
অনেক ধন্যবাদ আপনাকে
@matdowdall2 күн бұрын
Awesome
@Silverado824813 жыл бұрын
pretty cool
@Redarkrome5 жыл бұрын
Siple Amazing! You are a great! Greeting from north west Italy. Dario
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Dario! Look for more cool videos coming soon!😁
@raymondkngegba10 ай бұрын
Perfect,guy! Love it. Thanks very much for that brilliant idea. Great.
@BlueBearFlutes10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@joshuatichota50463 жыл бұрын
I have loved the Native American flute for a while. I need to see about making one so that I can learn how to play it
@BlueBearFlutes3 жыл бұрын
We have lots of videos on that!
@kobeashi56692 жыл бұрын
Holy shit dude, guess I clicked on this vid to hear you ramble not to learn how to make a flute.....
@BlueBearFlutes2 жыл бұрын
Your mom clicked on this video and she said you can't learn anything anyway.
@enochsanderson1412 Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much 🙏
@carlosarmandoruiz91765 жыл бұрын
Gracias Charlie, lo que haces es como magia ... y mi navaja sigue sin filo...jajaja
@BlueBearFlutes5 жыл бұрын
¡gracias mi amigo! este cuchillo suele ser aburrido! 😂