WHAT IS A FLUTE?

THE TYPICAL NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE

THE SPIRIT SUMMONER

THE MUSICAL PIPES OF PREHISTORY

NORTH AMERICAN FLUTES AND THEIR EVOLUTION

NATIVE AMERICAN MUSICAL SCALES

COMPARISON OF SOUNDS

MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES, AND ARTISTRY

RELIGIOUS CONNOTATIONS

TABOOS AGAINST WOMEN

Illustrations

The Bamboo Pipe (FT1) and How to Play It (PM1)

Playing the Diagonal (PM2) and the Notched Endlown Flute (PM3)

The Notched Endblown Flute (FT3)

FT4, the First Slot Flute, and the Mechanism for It's Successor (FT5)

FT5 and the Mechanisms for FT6, FT7, and FT8

The Typical Mechanism for FT9 and FT10

FT8, FT9, and FT10; the Later Models