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Concept
Native American flute
Summary
The Native American flute is a musical instrument and flute that is held in front of the player, has open finger holes,
and has two chambers: one for collecting the breath of the player and a second chamber which creates sound.
The player breathes into one end of the flute
without the need for an embouchure.
A block on the outside of the instrument
directs the player's breath from the first chamber—called the slow air chamber—into the second chamber—called the sound chamber.
The design of a sound hole at the proximal end of the sound chamber causes
air from the player's breath to vibrate.
This vibration causes a steady resonance of air pressure
in the sound chamber that creates sound.
Native American flutes comprise a wide range of designs, sizes, and variations—far more varied than most other classes of woodwind instruments.
The instrument is known by many names. Some of the reasons for the variety of names include: the varied uses of the instrument (e.g. courting),
the wide dispersal of the instrument across language groups and geographic regions,
legal statutes (see the Indian Arts And Crafts Act),
and the Native American name controversy.
Native American names for the flute include:
tâhpeno
bĭbĭ'gwûn
ćotaŋke
do'mba'
Šiyótȟaŋka
bícusirina (Teguima language)
achipiquon (Lenape)
Tchá-he-he-lon-ne
Alternative English-language names include:
American Indian courting flute,
courting flute,
Grandfather's flute,
Indian flute,
love flute,
Native American courting flute,
Native American love flute,
Native American style flute (see the Indian Arts And Crafts Act),
North American flute,
Plains flute,
and Plains Indian courting flute.
Names in other languages include:
Indianafletn
Indiaans-Amerikaanse fluit
indiĝena amerikano fluto
Siyotanka
Indianerflöte
Papa ʻAmelika ʻohe kani
ネイティブアメリカンフルート
인디언 피리
Flet indiański
Пимак
By convention, English-language uses of the name of the instrument are capitalized as "Native American flute". This is in keeping with the English-language capitalization of other musical instruments that use a cultural name, such as "French horn".
Official source
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