The Art of the Native American Flute

By R. Carlos Nakai and James Demars. Part 1 includes Tunings, fingerings, performance technique, tablature, style, history, standard notation, traditional ornaments, care and maintenance of the Native American Flute. Part 2 is 16 transcriptions of songs from Nakai’s recordings, and part 3 is an analysis of Nakai’s role in Native American culture as a recording artist and performer by ethnomusicologist David McAllester.