Wojciech Usarzewicz

Praktyczny, ilustrowany podrecznik nauczajacy budowania fletow indianskich zarowno ze zwyklego drewna, jak i z galezi. Podrecznik prowadzi czytelnika krok po kroku od doboru drewna, poprzez suszenie, po budowanie komor, klejenie i strojenie instrumentu do skali pentatonicznej. Wszystko opisano w bardzo szczegolowy sposob tak, by czytelnik bez problemu byl w stanie samodzielnie zbudowac flet indianski.

"The Art of Flutemaking" is a complete, step-by-step, illustrated guide to building Native American style flute. The author, Wojtek, published many tutorials on flutemaking on his free website, and after being asked by many readers to turn the tutorials into a book, "The Art of Flutemaking" was born. The book guides the reader through each step on building a flute, from choosing materials such as branches or construction lumber or even bamboo, through measurements and carving of the main chambers, to building the sound mechanism and tuning the entire instrument. This book will teach the reader everything that allows the person to create a fully functional Native American style flute, tuned to minor pentatonic scale. The author explains how to build the flute using simple hand tools and affordable materials, but also provides information about the use of power tools in the flutemaking process. Even if you don't have huge machines, you can still build a flute. All of this is supported by photos, images and illustrations.With the help of this book, every person will be able to build a Native American style flute.The book also contains instructions on flutecare and it teaches how to play the Native style flute, in case the reader never played this type of instrument.

"Calm Forest" is a songbook for beginners and intermediate players who wish to learn how to play Native American flute. The book starts with introduction that covers breathing and playing techniques. Then, it explains basic decorations such as grace notes or thrills and describes the pentatonic scale of Native flutes. In addition, "Calm Forest" contains 20 original songs in tablature notation. Simple graphical instructions explain which holes must be covered on a flute to play the songs in proper order, there's no need to read music notation at all. Each song is linked so you can listen to real recordings for free as well, which can further help you with learning the art of Native American flute.