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In this lesson we are going to add some new techniques to your flute playing. Remember, to master these techniques requires a certain amount of repetition. Don’t let yourself fall into the practice trap. Keep a sense of lightness and play in your heart. Then even the effort needed to attain proficiency will seem easy and even enjoyable. With that said, we will start with Pitch Bending.


Pitch bending
Pitch bending means to change notes slowly. You glide upwards or downwards in pitch with a sort of continuous shift of tone. This is different in feel than the abrupt shift from one note to the next, which you have done so far. When you do a bend correctly, the pitch slides up or down. It doesn’t jump or have any abruptness. You do a pitch bend on the Native American style flute by lifting or lowering a finger slowly. It is done with either a sliding or pivoting motion of the finger. Personally I prefer to slide my finger forward across the flute to the left to bend up. I slide the finger backward (from left to right) as I slide down. You raise the finger gradually as you are sliding it across the hole bringing the tip of the finger up and off the hole. When you do this correctly the hole opens gradually instead of all at once. It takes a little experimentation to get it right, so play around with it until you start to hear it happening. Then, practice with it until it becomes refined. A great variety of changing pitch patterns is possible. Try some faster, and some very slow. Pitch bending will add a highly effective tool to your repertoire.

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from How to Play the Native American Style Flute, released April 7, 2008

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Bill Leyden is a prolific composer of ambient music and an accomplished modern-day interpreter of the Native American-style flute.

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