Peppertree "Elk Whistle" Branch Flute in F#m
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 The
courtship flute in
some traditional North American Plains cultures
was sometimes called an elk
whistle, named after the mating call of a male elk.
Sometimes an elk fetish was carved into the flute to honor and invite
in the elk's medicine or spirit. In this beautiful Peppertree
branch flute, the profile of an elk spirit showed
up voluntarily ... a very welcomed inhabitant!
This flute also plays an effect known as an elk whistle, heard
at the beginning and end of the sound sample, those high pitched
overtones reminiscent of a distant whistling, or bugling elk.
The
elk whistle
effect is played on this flute by covering only the 3rd and
4th holes
up and blowing into the flute with the lightest of breaths.
Measuring 21 7/8"" in length and made from an unsplit Peppertree (Shinus molle) branch, this flute is clearly and soulfully tuned to an F#m pentatonic scale, modes 1&4, playing 3 upper register notes. All knot holes have been inlaid with green turquoise. Elk lacing with green turquoise and gold-plated brass beads secures the bird to its nest. To help prevent wetout, the bird has been fitted with a cedar shoe, and a drain hole, covered by the lacing, has been designed into the air chamber. The branch for this flute was gathered sustainably, with respect and gratitude, from a tree that grows within the San Marcos Creek watershed of California. Shamanic use of Peppertree: Brought to Mexico hundreds of years ago by the Spaniards from South America, Peppertree now grows abundantly in the wild there, where it is known by the name of "pirul", also naturalizing throughout the American Southwest. It has become an important part of Mexican traditional medicine, as its branches are used to "sweep" a person's body and thus "cast away all bad luck" and the "evil eye". This ceremony, called "una barrida con pirul" is common practice in many rural communities in Mexico today. SOLD Price Includes: Tax Shipping Costs Quality Flute-boot from Standing Flutes Lifetime Warranty Happiness Guarantee Home Page Vision Available Flutes Gallery Quality Testimonials Green Branches On The Marsh Under the Oaks Butterfly Blue Schedule Living Lightly All Rights Reserved. All Karmic Laws Applicable. |