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Shamanic Music and MedianewRobert (Ekos) Rothafel - In MemoriamThe Native American FluteThe pages below are postings regarding the Native American Flute. The Origin of the Flute(from The Native American Flute Book by Bob Edgar)told by Carol Proudfoot Edgar. Ancient stories and stone carvings indicate that the flute, like the drum and rattle, has been made and played for tens of thousands of years. These instruments have always been considered gifts from the Spirits. Oral tradition often conveys the circumstances under which these gifts came to the people. Details of the stories vary since the Spirits of the land vary (types of trees, birds, animals). This story comes from the Lakota Sioux. Cedar flutes of modern design are thought to have been used first by the Sioux. Kokopelli(from The Native American Flute Book by Bob Edgar) How to play the FluteA little primer on how to play the Native American flute. It is derived from a more detailed book I wrote and does not require ability to read music. It is "by the number". This primer is also available as a pdf file. To get it, download this link: fluideguide In Safari on a Mac, clicking on the link simply opens the file. If you want to download the file you need to hold down the control key while you click and then select 'download linked file'. new!! Playing the Native American FluteThis series of pages offers short videos on how to play the Native American flute.Clip 3 - How to play the native american pentatonic scale Four Shamanic ChantsHere are four shamanic chants that are often sung at shamanic gatherings. In addition to the words I have included the music with fingering for the Native American flute. The scores are from my flute book. you will also see a music controller whic you can turn on and off to hear the chant played as a midi file. My most treasured fluteA picture of my most treasured flute, Made by Hawk LittleJohn, accompanied by a sound file of me playing Hawk's flute. The Faun SongThis song came to me at a ceremonial burial of a faun, killed by dogs, at Westerbeke Ranch in Sonoma, CA. I am playing Hawk's Flute. The drawing is by a participant in one of Carol's workshops. The Tibetan Bowl pageThis has been at our site for some time. It is a picture of Carol striking the Tibetan Bowl at a sunrise ceremony in the Mojave Desert several years ago. The bowl is used quite a bit in shamanic ceremonies. The sound file (of me striking the same bowl) should activate automatically. It repeats endlessly. Take a moment to meditate here! To get more than one bowl playing, click-hold on the background in your browser to open more windows (open frame in Explorer, new window with this frame in Navigator). Drumming up the SunA slide show of a Drumming Ceremony to greet the Sun. Images and sound track are from a reatreat in the Mojave desert. In which Piglet is entirely surrounded by water.Me (Bob) reading the first bit from Chapter IX of Winnie the Pooh. This was my favorite childhood book. For me the story has shamanic overtones. The central image shows Piglet looking for help. At the right is an animated gif of pooh struggling to right himself on his honey pot ship he called "The Floating Bear" as he goes for help. In the background, Christopher Robin and Pooh are going to rescue Piglet in "The Brain of Pooh". The media "events" posted here, movies and sounds, were made with Apple's Quicktime. If your browser does not have a quicktime plugin, you may not be able to hear the sounds. You can download Quicktime, for Mac or Windows, free from Apple at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ |
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