Poplar Branch Flute in Am
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My
preference in making branch flutes is to leave the bark on when I
can, it being an important aspect of the natural beauty and spirit of
the tree, as in this unsplit Poplar
(Populus)
branch
flute. Measuring 18" in length, with
a
3/4" diameter sound chamber, it is tuned to a bright and sweet Am
pentatonic, modes 1 & 4, playing
3
upper register notes. Deer lacing
with turquoise and gold-plated brass beads secures the bird to its
nest, the bird fitted
with
a
redwood
heartwood shoe to aid
against
wet-out. The branch
for this flute was gathered green from the ground within the San Marcos
Creek watershed, after a winter storm toppled a Poplar tree
there.
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