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The current popularity of the replicas of the ancient Anasazi flute amidst members of the Native American flute community present a heap of interesting challenges for the Native American flute (NAF) enthusiast. The main divergence comes from the nature of sound production of the dissimilar flutes. Traditional NAFs owe their mouthpiece structure to the European recorder or penny whistle due to the fipple which splits the air column creating the sound. As the NAF developed, a two-chamber scheme with a little air channel directing the airflow became the standard. The Anasazi flute replicas are examples of a much earlier, less technical system of using a mouth-guided airflow, or embouchure, as the means of sound production. The early NAFs scale and tuning systems varied. There was a biometric method based upon boring holes sameness to distances of respective points of the player’s hands, as well a heap of tunings much like the major scale of recorders and penny whistles. Sometime in the 1950s-70s the standardization of the pentatonic scale became the intimate sound that has attracted humans to the flute. The relative ease of sound production and delighting sound of the pentatonic scale ensures quick success for the musician and non-musician alike. In contrast, the Anasazi-style flutes require that a tone be formulated by training the mouth muscles to direct the sound all over the front edge of the top of the flute. This divergence is at initial difficult for a lot of humans since sound is not mechanically developed by simple blowing, but is invented much like blowing throughout a soda bottle. A bit of muscle memory and trial and error (and a significant amount of practice) is necessary before a consistent sound may be obtained. The other divergence amongst the two flutes is that the basic scale pattern of the Anasazi flute is a pentatonic major scale. That is more or less of a simplification because by utilizing other fingerings a more plaintive, minor sound may likewise be produced, but the main harmonic basis of the flute is a pentatonic major. Although the two flutes are dissimilar in construction and playing technique, the two may without doubt be played together as will be discussed in a future article. |
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