Learn to Play the Native American Style Flute: Discover Your Heartsong

The Native American style flute is a musical instrument anyone can play! 

Discover your heartsong on the flute with this book. Welcome to a beautiful journey This little book is the perfect place to start your journey of learning to play the Native American style flute (NAF). No musical experience is necessary. In fact, for many people, learning to play the NAF is their first experience playing an instrument. This book will guide you through the basics of playing your flute right away.

For those who want to continue building their skills, this book provides plenty of material to do that.

Book contents include:

• Common bad habits to avoid from the start

• Discovering your heartsong as a personal practice

• Playing from the heart, the alpha and omega of the NAF journey

• Best practices for playing the NAF

• Pranayama, the practice of breath control, another benefit of playing the NAF

• Basic musical notation and how it relates to the NAF

• The Welcome Song and other songs to learn with audio examples

• Nakai Tablature instruction worksheets built right into this book

• An Extended Scale Reference Sheet showing all available notes and intervals

• Lakota Courting Song duet arrangement to share and enjoy with your flute friends

• A chart on how to play the NAF with guitar chord progressions

• Mode 1 and Mode 2, as well as the minor and relative major keys for each flute

• Online resources and access to video examples of how to play with others

• Much, much more!

Welcome to a beautiful journey.

Ami started playing the Native American style flute in 2012 after hearing it at a bookstore. The sounds were enchanting as any aspiring flute player can attest. After acquiring a couple of flutes and reading a couple of books, Ami decided to learn to play this instrument in earnest. Having played and studied piano as a child, Ami was able to understand the fundamental capabilities of the flute quickly.She learned through online lessons with several excellent teachers, recorded courses, various flute schools, getting certified as a therapeutic musician on the Native American style flute, as well as Music for People training.A few years later, Ami decided to teach beginners locally in New Hampshire. Now with a need for a curriculum book, Ami combined her love of writing and her skills as a desktop publisher to create the first version of this book for her local students.This book was first printed at a local copy shop in 2013. Ami taught in-person group lessons locally in Manchester and Concord NH. The classes were popular and tons of fun. In 2016, Ami published the book on Amazon. Now with thousands of readers near and far, the book serves as a tried and true resource for the beginning player. The curriculum has also been developed into a fully recorded video course. See the website for more information.Ami moved to Arizona in 2018 and began teaching exclusively online.At the time of this writing, Ami offers private and group lessons which still use this book. May it guide the reader through a beautiful journey with the fluteAbout the AuthorAmi Sarasvati is a Certified Music Practitioner (CMP) and is the author of the books and online courses, Learn to Play the Native American Style Flute, Musician's Heart Journey, and Musician's Practice Journal. She teaches people how to play the Native American style flute online and how to actually practice music using her Musician's Practice Journal method.As a CMP since 2016, she is experienced in playing bedside for the ill and dying in a hospital setting and senior living communities. As a group facilitator, she conducts engaging activities for senior living communities, particularly in the area of dementia. She has witnessed, again and again, the healing power of music for both the individual and the community. Ami is passionate about facilitating transformation through musical pursuits as well as long-hand journaling.Credentials: Teacher and author of books, ebooks, and online courses: - Learn to Play the Native American Style Flute (learntoplaynaf.com)- Musician's Heart Journey and Musician's Practice Journal (musicianspracticejournal.com)Lessonface Teacher of the Year in 2020, 2021, and 2022 teaching private lessons & groups to play the Native American Style Flute and Musical Practice Personal Training.Facilitator of community music-making events specializing in assisted living communities including memory care facilitiesCertified Music Practitioner through Music For Healing and Transitions ProgramFaculty teacher of Module 3 for Music For Healing and Transitions ProgramAccredited T'ai Chi Chih(R) InstructorCertified AromatherapistReiki Master TeacherMusic For People (Year 2)HealthRhythms FacilitatorHer life's purpose is to teach people to play the music they love as a rewarding personal hobby, offering a tool for self-expression and personal development.