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LARRY QUESENBERRY
"I learned to make Native American flutes by watching Raymond Red Feather’s video, “Working with the Heart of the Wood.” After a year and two hundred flutes, I have developed my own style. Primarily I use poplar, cherry, walnut and hard maple woods to fashion my flutes. I carve a traditional bird fetish on each one. All of my flutes are tested with a chromatic tuner and are a low G or High F. Anything else is unacceptable. I do not find it necessary to fine tune the flute. When you tamper with the playing holes, you compromise the aesthetic quality of the flute, and gain very little. If you place the holes correctly, make them the right size, make the walls of the flute the correct thickness, make the roost level and place the reed at the proper angle, the flute makes a lovely, haunting sound and makes beautiful music. Over the years I have learned to play Teton Sioux music on my flutes. And while anyone can “play” the flute to make a sound, it takes a special person, dedicated and determined, to master the playing of the Indian flute at its highest level. The journey is enchanting.”
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©2007 APPALACHIAN ARTS CENTER OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
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