The Basic Anasazi Flute Scale
A look at the
scale
of the Ancients
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The
Basic Scale of the Anasazi Flute The
Anasazi flute, currently recreated by Michael
Graham Allen, is starting to gain popularity among
players of the modern "plains" style Native
American flute. It's haunting sound and ability to
maneuver through the overtones of the harmonic
series creates a very seductive sound. Since more
people are becoming interested in them let's take a
closer look at how the basic scale is set up on
this flute and how it differs from the modern NAF.
A
DIFFERENT PENTATONIC SCALE Let's
listen to examples of both these scales starting on
F#.
by
Scot August
First here is a quick look at how a Anasazi flute
is held. As you can see the lower half of the
mouthpiece end of the flute is set in the middle of
the jaw. The player blows across the top part of
the rim with the flute held at a 45û angle. We'll
take a closer look at this later. For now let's
take a look at the basic scale.
The
Anasazi flute, like the modern Native American
flute, has a pentatonic scale as it's basic scale.
However, it's not the NAF's minor version of the
pentatonic but the major version. A pentatonic
scale has five notes (from the Greek pente: five)
plus the octave.
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Recordings
by
Scott
August
