Native American Flute Fundamentals
a guided journey to flute mastery.
Learn the Native American Style Flute: From First Breath to Expressive Playing
This course gives you a complete foundation in the Native American Style Flute, whether you’re picking one up for the first time or ready to deepen your playing.
We begin with the essentials: how to hold the flute comfortably, how to shape your breath, and how to play the scales that form the heart of the instrument’s voice. Once you have a steady, relaxed tone, we move into phrasing. You’ll learn to shape melodies so they breathe and flow, then bring them to life with embellishments such as slides, trills, and ornaments that give your playing its character.
Thinking about buying your first flute? A full section covers how different flutes are made, what separates a well-crafted instrument from a frustrating one, and exactly what to look for so you can choose with confidence.
As your skills grow, I’ll show you how to combine embellishments into fluid, expressive passages. You’ll also be introduced to the drone flute, also known as the double flute, which adds a sustained harmonic layer beneath your melody for a rich, meditative sound.
What you’ll learn:
Holding the flute, breath control, and scales Phrasing songs with feeling Adding and combining embellishments Choosing a quality first flute Playing the drone (double) flute
No flute yet? I build custom beginner and advanced flutes at ElementalFlutes.com, so you can start with an instrument made to suit you.
I have been making the Native American Style Flute for over 10 years and teaching others to play for more than 6 years.
I teach students to master the fundamentals and then explore the possibilities of the flute to bring them to there fullest expression.
Foundations
- Fundamentals
Songs
- Playing Zuni Sunrise
Techniques & embellishments
- Embellishments
Playing for the joy of it
Play freely and comfortably for yourself, whenever you feel like picking the flute up.
Building a sound healing practice
Hold space with sound — steady breath, sustained tone and intentional pacing.
Playing with others — circles and jams
Play in key with other people, listen actively and trade phrases.
Recording and releasing my own music
Capture clean takes and shape them into finished pieces you can share.
Performing for an audience
Play confidently in front of people, from a single song to a full set.
Your goal decides which modules are required — the rest stays open if you want it.
Short check-in recordings and a longer recording at the end of each module are listened to by a coach trained on Dustin's own critiques, so the notes you get back are physical fixes you can act on today.
Dustin also offers personal critique in 1-minute and 2-minute and 5-minute sessions — your recording, listened to and answered by them.
$59 a month — the same for every teacher on Resonatta.
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