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Minor Key Native American Flute Songbook

" Sometimes to be of service to others, we must play songs that they know and cherish. Playing your own songs is where it begins. Playing from one's own heart is but a step along a greater journey. Playing to the hearts of others is another. "

The following melodies are grouped by different cultural groups, activities, and traditions.

Britain (England, Wales, & Scotland)

• Bear Dance ( lower pitch version )
  Bear Dance ( higher pitch version )
• Cader Idris (with chords)
• Here Away There Away ,
  also known as Wandering Willie
• The High Road To Gairloch
• My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
• Scotland the Brave , one of the unofficial anthems of Scotland, and a traditional Scottish song for bagpipe.
• Skye Boat Song (with chords), the traditional melody which became the Outlander Theme.

Camping & Scouting

• Canoe Song
• Firm bound in brotherhood
• Scout Vespers , sung to the melody
  of O' Christmas Tree and O' Tannenbaum
  Scout Vespers
  (elaborated by Dan Perra)

Canadian

• Land of the Silver Birch
• O Canada

Christmas Hymns & Carols

• All My Heart This Night Rejoices
  (soprano, easy fingering)
  All My Heart This Night Rejoices
  (alto harmony, requires half-hole)
  All My Heart This Night Rejoices
  (alto harmony, using a trill)
  
• Angels We Have Heard On High
• Away In a Manger
• Baloo, Lammy
• Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
  also known as Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle
• Carol of the Birds (two flutes)
  Carol of the Birds (colored for two flutes)
  Carol of the Birds (high part)
  Carol of the Birds (low part)
  
• Christ Child's Lullaby
• The First Noel
• Fum, Fum, Fum
• Gaudete ,
  also known as Rejoice
• God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman (without half-holing)
  God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman (requires half-holing)
  God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman (using trills)
• Good Christian Men, Rejoice (without half-holing)
  Good Christian Men, Rejoice (requires half-holing)
  Good Christian Men, Rejoice (substituting a note)
• Good King Wenceslas
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
• The Holly and the Ivy (requires half-holing)
• The Huron Carol ,
  also known as Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
• Hush, My Babe
• I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
  (without half-holing)
  I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
  (requires half-holing)
• In The Bleak Midwinter
• Joy To The World
• Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent (solo)
  Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent (embellished)
  Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent (duet)
• Noel Nouvelet
• O Come All Ye Faithful
• O Come, O Come Emmanuel
• O Little Town Of Bethlehem
• O Holy Night
• O Tannenbaum ,
  also known as O' Christmas Tree
• Ode to Joy
• Only A Manger Bed ,
  also known as Mizerna Chicha
• Pat-a-Pan
• Silent Night (solo)
  Silent Night (duet #1)
  Silent Night (duet #2)
• Still, Still, Still
• We Three Kings of Orient Are
• We Wish You A Merry Christmas (duet)
• The Wexford Carol (without half-holing)
  The Wexford Carol (requires half-holing)
• What Child Is This ,
  also the melody of Greensleeves
• While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

Classical

• Adagio
• Ave Maria (without half-holing)
  Ave Maria (requires half-holing)
• Largo
• Rondeau

Chants & Meditations

• Door of My Heart

Dance Tune

• On the Bridge of Avignon ,
  a traditional French, children's dance
• Nonesuch
• Star of the County Down (as a Waltz)
  Star of the County Down (as a Reel)
  Star of the County Down (as a Jig)
• Swing and Turn, Jubilee

Folk & Western

• Beautiful Dreamer
• Careless Love
• C. C. Rider
• Cotton-Eyed Joe
• The Cruel War Is Raging
• Go Tell Aunt Rhody
• Go Tell It To The Mountain
• Greensleeves (with chords)
• Happy Birthday
• The House of the Rising Sun
• The Red River Valley (1) (Robert's version)
  The Red River Valley (2) (John's version)
  The Red River Valley (3) (Julia's version)
• Shady Grove
• Shenandoah
  Shenandoah (simplified rhythm with chords)
• Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
• Streets Of Cairo (1)
  Streets Of Cairo (2) (transposed up)
• Streets Of Laredo
• This Old Man
• Wayfaring Stranger
• Yankee Doodle
• Yellow Rose of Texas

Hymns & Spirituals

• All Night All Day
• Amazing Grace (with a trill)
  Amazing Grace (transposed up a Minor 3rd)
  Amazing Grace (using the Hold-4 fingering)
  Amazing Grace (substituting a different note)
  Amazing Grace (substituting a melodic phrase)
• Be Still My Soul
• Bunessan
  also known as Morning Has Broken
• Christ Livith In Me (requires half-hole)
  Christ Livith In Me (using a trill)
• Come Thou Fount
• Dona Nobis Pacem (with chords)
• Doxology (requires half-holing)
• Goin' Home
• Grace Greater Than Our Sin
• Have Thine Own Way Lord
• He is Lord
• Holy Holy Holy
• How Great Thou Art
• It Is Well With My Soul
• Jesus Loves Me (requires half-hole)
  Jesus Loves Me (transposed up a Minor 3rd)
• Just As I Am
• Look Ye Saints! The Sight Is Glorious
• O Come, O Come Emmanuel
• Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus (requires half-hole)
  Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus (using a trill)
• We Must Be Holy
• We Would See Jesus (using a trill)
• When the Saints Go Marching In

Irish

• Down By the Sally Gardens
• Londonderry Air ,
  also the melody to Danny Boy.
• O' Carolan's Farewell To Music
• Rathlin Island
• Skibbereen

Japanese

• Sakura Sakura (without half-holing)
  Sakura Sakura (requires half-holing)
  also known as Cherry Blossoms

Jewish

• Dodi Li,
  also known as My Beloved
• Ha-Tikva (requires half-holing)
  Ha-Tikva (with trills)
• Hava Nagila (requires half-holing)
  Hava Nagila (up a Minor 3rd)
  Hava Nagila (another half-hole version)
  Hava Nagila (without half-holing)
• Hinei Mah Tov
• Sh'ma Yisrael

Lullaby

• All The Pretty Little Horses
• Brahms' Lullaby
• Coventry Carol,
  also known as Lullay
• Gartan Mother's Lullaby (with chords)
• Suo Gan, a Welsh lullaby
• Toutouig, a Brittany lullaby
• Wium, a Pueblo lullaby

Maori

• Pokarekare Ana, a love song

Native American

• Cherokee Morning Song
  also known as Wendeyaho,
  Cherokee Morning Song (simplified)
  
• Dakota Love Song #1
• Dakota Love Song #2
• Duck Dance
• Firefly,
  based upon transcripts
  of Frederick Burton from 1909.
• Inkpataya (higher pitch version)
  Inkaptaya (with Hold-4 fingering)
  
• Morning Star,
  based upon transcripts
  of Frederick Burton from 1909.
• Omaha Prayer
• Song for Grandfather
• Zuni Sunrise Call or a simplified version
  based upon an arrangement by Carlos Troyer from 1904. Another much beloved version was sung by Chester Mahooty with a different rhythm.

Original Compositions for NAF

• First Steps by Mark Rosenbaum
  First Steps (embellished)
• Lonesome in the Rain by Mary Munarin
• Lubbock Lullaby by Peter Phippen
• Lullaby for Little Bear by Mary Munarin
• Midnight Snow by John Sarantos
• Moonlight Serenade by Tony Sawyer
• Palo Verde Kind of Day by Mary Munarin
• Song of Hope by Mary Munarin

Patriotic and US Armed Services

• America the Beautiful (embellished)
  America the Beautiful (without grace notes)
• Army Goes Rolling Along   ( The Caisson Song )
• Battle Hymn of the Republic
• Coast Guard Song   ( Semper Paratus )
• Marine's Corp Hymn
• Navy Song   ( Anchors Aweigh )
• Star Spangled Banner (requires half-holing)
  Star Spangled Banner (for two flutes)
• Taps
• US Air Force Song   ( Wild Blue Yonder )

Musical Scales

• Chromatic Scale extending the Hold 3
  and Hold 4 fingering
• Dot TAB Number Scale
• Chromatic Scale Fingerings
• Major Scale - starting with bottom hole closed
• Major Scale - starting with bottom hole open
• Minor Pentatonic Scale
• Hold 3 Minor Pentatonic Scale
• Hold 3 and Hold 4 Pentatonic Scales for duets
• Pentatonic Scales - Modes 1,2,4, and 5
• Spanish Gypsy Scale

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