NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE CREATION WORKSHOP

Students will learn Tsalagi (Cherokee) style Native Flute creation and how to tune each note individually in order to produce agreeable melodies. Learning how to make this style of  flute will connect one to nature, inviting its creator to bring the flute into the woods to sing with bird song, the sound of  wind, water, wildlife, the source of all music.

Connections to  distant cultures, and music can be felt, and understood  through the  flute’s universal type of tone production, and available scales/modes, enabling its maker  to  learn and create music from cultures found on every continent.

All materials/tools will be provided, each student will be able to make their own handcrafted flute (from PVC included in the price of the festival ticket (or for 20€ per participant from Bamboo) within the workshop’s time limit, learn a new skill that can be applied to the construction of flutes from cultures around the world. Each student will have the choice to make a right, or left handed flute. The cultural significance of this type of flute, and its connection to nature, will be discussed in addition to the demonstration of traditional flute songs, and a briefing on music theory for this style of traditional flute.

Course is led by Lakota Longwalker, multi-instrumentalist, composer, stone sculptor, Native flute maker, beaded jewelry artisan and teacher based in Helsinki, Finland. Longwalker's nationality is Tsalagi (Cherokee) nation.

Language: English

The workshop is open to all ages, genders, and abilities.

Details TBA