All of these videos help put me into a better mind set Charlie. I know this is an old video, but I hope that you might see this, and know that you're having a lasting positive impact on another human being. Thank You.
My friend. I have truly enjoyed your videos. I am a disabled man who cannot safely work with power tools. But I can use a rotary tool. I have been working out how to complete the different cuts and adjustments needed to use a rotary tool and hand tools to complete either bamboo or PVC flutes. Your videos have been wonderfully helpful and I appreciate you sharing your craft with us. Bless you my friend.
John Beaver Thanks John! You can certainly make a great flute without power tools as many of our ancestors did! We have a few vidoes available for working without power tools.
Chris I extremely enjoy your teachings. Please before I can go ahead I need to learn a song on my pvc Cherokee Mimi flute . Before I am able to continue to make another flute I like to learn how to play a song on each and every one that I complete. This is my way of learning and remember int though my dyslexia. Thank you and please never stop your great journey. Thanks for your time. Holly
Thanks ,,for taking the time off to makie this video,I hope you an your lovely family have a great holiday season, but I'm not cutting you any slack ,I'm still ordering 12 Thousand kits in mid Dec,, ,I bet you started to sweat,, haaaaaaa only 12 kit's ,thanks again
It's hard to pick up the intonation of a high-toned flute unless you're right up on it. Most of our tiny flutes are in the key of A or nearby although not purposely tuned.
Hello Charlie. Just to let you know that both the flutes arrived fine (customs charges hit me hard with this shipment that they didn't last time but hey, can't win them all). Anyway, Darcey's 'mini flute' is wrapped and under the tree so it'll be bed time here in the UK shortly waiting for Santa to arrive, so for now my friend, all my best to you and your wife and the kids for Christmas, God bless and be safe. Simon
Charlie Great Stuff bro! Now for trouble shooting. I have made 20 of these and still can not figure why I can get no real sound. My instinct say it's between the block and and supply and sound holes. Here come the questions when drill the sound hole how close to the "node" are you. conversely the same question for the supply hole? Next How big are finished, 5mm squared, 1/8" ? What is the angle of the node from the supply hole to the track? Lastly how flat is the block do you leave any curvature to it? Sorry for the multiple questions just trying to learn thanks in advance for your time
Charlie, one again your presentation, displays, types of tools for making mini flutes was well planned, inspiring, and easy to follow for a novice like myself. Just one question; The air and whistle track burned on the larger flutes should be burned in shallow, similar to your mini flute example?
Hi Charlie, I’m gonna try my first flute today. I have a few long pieces of bamboo that has a 3/4” outside diameter and an internal diameter of 1/2” Which flute would you recommend making out of this? Would the mini flute and the hole dimensions work ok? Thanks again for all your work. Carlo.😃
Have you ever considered making Chinese flutes? You're so accurate with your Native American flutes, I'd be curious to see how well you could make a home-made Dizi or Xiao. Granted, they are more difficult to use, it'd still be a really fun project to witness.
Steven Toth I have a Xiao and a Te at home and I did copy my Chinese language teacher's Xiao. Mine has a place to wrap the bamboo paper on it, though I usually keep tape there.
BlueBearArts Tape is definitely more convenient, haha. And for some reason I had a feeling you would dislike the thought of other woodwind instruments. You seem very strong to your Cherokee (I think you said Cherokee) roots.
Thousands of years ago the Cherokee people traveled the world and met many other cultures. Anyone who opposes one culture over another still has some growing to do. We all have something to learn from one another and many times during the learning process people find something that they truly love and it's difficult to hate anything that you truly love.
BlueBearArts Very, very, true. Opening up to those who are different is rule #1 to being a good person. Those who close them out, as you have stated, still need to grow up for once. So, with all that aside, will we ever hope to see videos of Dizis and Xiaos sometime? Or other Chinese/Asian flutes, as well? Definitely don't stop with your Native American flute videos because they are excellent, but adding more variety to your selection couldn't be a bad idea. Especially since not a soul sells these Chinese flutes in America.
Steven, we have a lot of plans in the works for some very different flute videos and some of the Chinese flutes are on the list. Thanks for watching and for having an open heart/mind.
+sniperwolfjs sometimes we use one that is 3/4" and other times we just use a burning tool to flatten it. Honestly the burning method works better for such a small flute.
Great question! Certainly it does not have to be. There are those today who make flutes with a empty chamber above the sound hole before the partition. Transverse silver flutes are a fine example. For tone quality however, in my opinion, I believe it is best to put them on the link.
All of these videos help put me into a better mind set Charlie. I know this is an old video, but I hope that you might see this, and know that you're having a lasting positive impact on another human being. Thank You.
Thank you my friend! There are times that the world spends a great deal of negativity my way and I appreciate your encouragement.🙂
My friend. I have truly enjoyed your videos. I am a disabled man who cannot safely work with power tools. But I can use a rotary tool. I have been working out how to complete the different cuts and adjustments needed to use a rotary tool and hand tools to complete either bamboo or PVC flutes. Your videos have been wonderfully helpful and I appreciate you sharing your craft with us. Bless you my friend.
John Beaver Thanks John! You can certainly make a great flute without power tools as many of our ancestors did! We have a few vidoes available for working without power tools.
Thanks for the mini lesson! I love my new mini flute 👍The hi D (named Heide of course ) is easy to play, these even more so.
So glad you like it! Keep up the great playing that I know you're doing!
@@BlueBearFlutes More like Magic Bear Flutes
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Chris I extremely enjoy your teachings. Please before I can go ahead I need to learn a song on my pvc Cherokee Mimi flute . Before I am able to continue to make another flute I like to learn how to play a song on each and every one that I complete. This is my way of learning and remember int though my dyslexia. Thank you and please never stop your great journey.
Thanks for your time.
Holly
Very cool, sounds great! Thank you for sharing.
You are an amazing teacher. Thank you for sharing culture and expertise. Best!!
Thanks Lisa!
These are great I made 2 for my grand kids and they love them Bing
Working on one right now, I just hope I get it right....Thanks Charlie.....God bless.....!
Lindo trabalho, muito obrigado! Tenho aprendido muito com você.
Thank you. I now know that I'm making my air tracks too open. Michael
Remember, "big" is a matter of perspective. You can fine tune it however!
great job amazing you tune with ear ,cool,Merry Christmas and happy New year (Y)
Thanks ,,for taking the time off to makie this video,I hope you an your lovely family have a great holiday season, but I'm not cutting you any slack ,I'm still ordering 12 Thousand kits in mid Dec,, ,I bet you started to sweat,, haaaaaaa only 12 kit's ,thanks again
:)))))
Did I miss what key this flute is in? I used my Boss tuner while you played. It looks like it might be C. Thanks for the measurements., Michael
It's hard to pick up the intonation of a high-toned flute unless you're right up on it. Most of our tiny flutes are in the key of A or nearby although not purposely tuned.
Hello Charlie.
Just to let you know that both the flutes arrived fine (customs charges hit me hard with this shipment that they didn't last time but hey, can't win them all). Anyway, Darcey's 'mini flute' is wrapped and under the tree so it'll be bed time here in the UK shortly waiting for Santa to arrive, so for now my friend, all my best to you and your wife and the kids for Christmas, God bless and be safe.
Simon
Charlie Great Stuff bro! Now for trouble shooting. I have made 20 of these and still can not figure why I can get no real sound. My instinct say it's between the block and and supply and sound holes. Here come the questions when drill the sound hole how close to the "node" are you. conversely the same question for the supply hole? Next How big are finished, 5mm squared, 1/8" ? What is the angle of the node from the supply hole to the track? Lastly how flat is the block do you leave any curvature to it? Sorry for the multiple questions just trying to learn thanks in advance for your time
Many thanks and Merry Christmas
Charlie, one again your presentation, displays, types of tools for making mini flutes was well planned, inspiring, and easy to follow for a novice like myself. Just one question; The air and whistle track burned on the larger flutes should be burned in shallow, similar to your mini flute example?
Yes, very similar to that but much smaller.
Always wanted a video like this :D Thanks and great video btw :)
Thank you!
Good video I learned a lot .DO YOU EVER GIVE AWAY YOUR MINI FLUTES TO SAMPLES.
Hi Charlie, I’m gonna try my first flute today. I have a few long pieces of bamboo that has a 3/4” outside diameter and an internal diameter of 1/2”
Which flute would you recommend making out of this?
Would the mini flute and the hole dimensions work ok?
Thanks again for all your work.
Carlo.😃
Sir can you add to the list the Arabic flute (ney) it has a really amazing sound just like the ones you make
+Samir Zahreddine I will be doing some world flute videos in the future. Thanks for making this request!
Afternoon. I've made a Cherokee mini flute out of pvc. Know I would like to learn to play a simple Native song. Can you help?
i have a small flute like this one that cracked from the mouthpeice to the first hole. how would i go about fixing this?
Have you ever considered making Chinese flutes? You're so accurate with your Native American flutes, I'd be curious to see how well you could make a home-made Dizi or Xiao. Granted, they are more difficult to use, it'd still be a really fun project to witness.
Steven Toth I have a Xiao and a Te at home and I did copy my Chinese language teacher's Xiao. Mine has a place to wrap the bamboo paper on it, though I usually keep tape there.
BlueBearArts Tape is definitely more convenient, haha. And for some reason I had a feeling you would dislike the thought of other woodwind instruments. You seem very strong to your Cherokee (I think you said Cherokee) roots.
Thousands of years ago the Cherokee people traveled the world and met many other cultures. Anyone who opposes one culture over another still has some growing to do. We all have something to learn from one another and many times during the learning process people find something that they truly love and it's difficult to hate anything that you truly love.
BlueBearArts Very, very, true. Opening up to those who are different is rule #1 to being a good person. Those who close them out, as you have stated, still need to grow up for once.
So, with all that aside, will we ever hope to see videos of Dizis and Xiaos sometime? Or other Chinese/Asian flutes, as well? Definitely don't stop with your Native American flute videos because they are excellent, but adding more variety to your selection couldn't be a bad idea. Especially since not a soul sells these Chinese flutes in America.
Steven, we have a lot of plans in the works for some very different flute videos and some of the Chinese flutes are on the list. Thanks for watching and for having an open heart/mind.
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What size forsner bit are you using? Thanks Joe S.
+sniperwolfjs sometimes we use one that is 3/4" and other times we just use a burning tool to flatten it. Honestly the burning method works better for such a small flute.
+BlueBearFlutes Thanks I'll keep that in mind. Keep up the awesome vids.
hey nice video but im from denmark and i dont understand inch i thinkt u maby can make a drawing and send it to me whit centimeters insted???:)
Why don't you just google it :)? One inch is about 2,5 cm, though. So the flute is about 2,5 dm.
first instrument I learnt to play was a trombone
A good video but pictures are not too sharp 😢
This video is 12 years old. I do have newer ones with newer cameras that you may prefer. 🥴
You should visit woodprix website if you would like to make it by yourself I think.
Does it have to be on the link? 😐
Great question! Certainly it does not have to be. There are those today who make flutes with a empty chamber above the sound hole before the partition. Transverse silver flutes are a fine example. For tone quality however, in my opinion, I believe it is best to put them on the link.