Blue Bear Western Cedar Flute: Unboxing & Initial Review (key of A minor)
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- I just received my 5 hole @BlueBearFlutes in the key of A minor. This is the Western Cedar series of flutes. I purchased this instrument, it was not sent to me for review purposes. I do an unboxing and initial review for the camera. It's a really nice instrument, simple and elegant.
Intro @ 0:00
Unboxing @ 0:26
Overview @ 1:53
Facts & History @ 2:33
Review @ 3:49
Sound Clips @ 6:09
You can purchase one here: www.bluebearflutes.com/produc...
You can see the video of my first native flute here: • My New Native Flute
Check out a playlist of my unboxing videos here: • Unboxing Videos - Hudba
Charlie does make a sweet sounding flute. I may have to re look at some of his scales. I do play that 6th note but as you said there are ways around it. And I love that he makes them himself still. Great fit too ! Thanks for the reminder !
You bet. So... I've got a 6 hole in Em and now a 5 hole in Am. I guess one of those drone flutes is the natural next step. Ha ha.
Thanks for the unboxing video. I am researching flutes and have ben considering a Blue Bear flute so this was helpful.
Great to hear. Charlie seems like a really great guy too
Welcome to the world of the native American flute. I have several of Charlie’s flutes and they are very nice instruments. I hope that your new flutes will bring you great joy and that you use it as a vessel or an extension of your heart. Learn about the history, play the trees, walk your path and share your music. You will find that it is very meditative and you might get lost when you truly have a feel for your instrument.
Thanks for watching the video and for your kind words. I really do like these flutes and Blue Bear seems like a great company.
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Very cool video and super intresting! Thank you so much.
Thanks for checking out the video. I love it when people learn something from any of my vids.
This guy makes great flutes
He really does. Thanks for watching.
I've just recieved an A minor Blue bear flute and it sounds much richer than in this video. If your thinking of getting one I highly recommend it.🙂
Charlie really makes great flutes. Thanks for checking out the video.
That is interesting!
Thanks Steve.
I got a mini drone from BB. excellent flutes. made well..sound excellent! worth every penny and then some ...
I agree. It is a really nice flute. Thanks for watching.
I have one of Charlie's flutes i love it
The really do sound great. Thanks for watching.
I use both fingerings for the major sixth, depending on which is easier in the context of other notes.
Thanks for checking out the video.
Charlie does use a power tool. He uses a table router to route the half's.
Good to know. Thanks.
It's fascinating. I'm not yet any expert, but it doesn't take one to see it -- Charlie seems to have single-handedly pegged that modern 6-hole flutes are "incorrect" in a manner of speaking, because they all derive from a pattern from some Native American crafting book, written by a non-musician or instrument specialist, where the diameter of the bore is literally ignored by people. Note --- you *can* make those same 6 holes in those same places but with a much smaller bore -- and come up with a proper Native American scale, just as you can work out 6-hole spacing to make a more traditional flute with a large bore in a lower register. It's just that the smaller-bore version spacing has been misused on a larger bore (resulting in an out-of-place note) until its been sort of naturalized and accepted. There is seemingly no other flute in the world where there is an oddball note in the middle of an otherwise perfect scale, and so some of us literally tie a strap over the hole. For these reasons, I'm drilling the 5-hole method in my brain as well as most my flutes and playing that way no matter what flute I pick up. There are just as many notes available on the 5-hole'r, and it makes sense to go about that half-step note the longer way just like you would all the other notes that are not in the immediate scale. Charlie's research, to me, is an advancement of the best kind - one that hearkens back to an original design that makes more sense.
Thanks for that history. I didn't know all that. It's very interesting to hear these stories. I agree that putting a hole in a flute which will always be covered seems somewhat nonsensical. Why take the time to put it there if you're just going to cover it?
Unreal
Thanks for checking it out.
I have a 6 hole flute,and with the different styles I play, I use all 6 holes!!
BLOW GENTLY! GENTLY! Dont over blow it! it gets breathy and starts to crap out!
Thanks for watching the video. I agree that flute seems to sound better with gentle breaths. I am a flute novice though.
I learned to make bamboo flutes from watching Charlie. The video he just used a saw and pocket knife. But for those flutes he uses router tables, drills, table saw..... I'm looking to send someone a flute I make to do a review. I'm no expert at all. I do it for fun. Never sold one but gifted a few. Just want to know what a professional thinks.
Good to know. Thank's for watching and good luck with the flute making.
@@musicalmiscellany is there any way I could send you one to see what you think? I never had a professionally made one. I have no clue what to compare it to....
@@jakefrye3827 Absolutely. I am happy to do a review of it. Go to my about page and scroll down to the part "for business inquires". It should give you an email where you can contact me. Thanks.
I just started making bamboo flutes using Charlie's videos too, now I'm hooked!
is the flute called key of A on the website ?
This is the Western Cedar series of flutes. It's listed as such on the Blue Bear website. They come in about a dozen different keys. This particular one is in the key of A minor. I'd recommend A, high B, high C, or high D for a beginner. There's actually a purchase link in this video's description that should take you right to the page.
@@musicalmiscellany Thanks!
Charlie uses power tools.
Yes he does. As several other commenters have pointed out, I was confusing him with another builder. Thanks for letting me know.
He uses power tools.
Thanks for letting me know.