Discover the Musical Modes on the Native American Style Flute

Are you ready to add variety and spice to your Native American style flute playing?

Expand your musical horizons by learning to play the musical modes on your flute! Maybe you’ve never heard of the musical modes. As humanity has evolved, so have these mysterious musical modes, yet they may appear daunting to NAF players. No longer!

Here is your invitation to deepen your musical roots on the NAF. These pages offer you immediate access to the modes with straightforward finger charts, Nakai TAB, and other references. You can play the modes on your flute within minutes of watching this course.

In addition to the charts, the book and course offers a brief understanding of the musical modes, pointing out their characteristic sounds.

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“This course gives you thorough immersion into each mode so you understand the required notes, how best to play them (since there are options!), and have a true feel for how they sound and why you would want to play them. Ami is a natural teacher who teaches with joy, enthusiasm, and encouragement! I am amazed that she was able to take the concept of musical modes and find a very approachable way to achieve that on the Native American style flute. The modes course is a gem!”

Mary Misiaszek

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Welcome to a journey of musical storytelling and an immediate method of playing the musical modes. With this material, you will be jamming solo, playing along to backing tracks, or joining other musicians playing modal music right away!

Be sure to watch the Start here video first.

This follows the printed book so you can refer to that as you move through these  essential topics as you prepare to learn how to play all the modes on the NAF.

• Welcome from the Author
• Book Crossroads
• Interval Function
• Let Go of Pitch
• Positions 1, 2, and 3 on NAF
• Three Root Notes on NAF
• Mode Chart Legend
• Flavor Notes
• Major Scale Modes
• Minor Scale Modes
• The Diamond Method
• Pentatonic Pyramid
• Improvisation Formula
• Two Parent Modes
• How Chapters are Structured
• Book Strategy

Read what other course graduates have to say:

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“I have gotten so much out of this course and book. I loved how the teacher walked me through each mode and how the modes relate to each other. Learning about the flavor notes and intervals and how they created each modes distinct sound was very engaging. I loved the direction to play each interval alone and with other notes along with a backing track to practice improvising. The pyramid learning tool really provided an impressive guide to practice improvising. The book is a great reference book to go back to, refining my skill in playing the modes. I’m happy that I can expand my skill with the Native American style flute with the modes and their unique sound.”

Leslie Renquist

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“This course is wonderful. I have learned so much more about my flutes. The book is a resource that I will continue to use to solidify and deepen my learning. I showed it to my piano teacher this morning, and feel prepared to give a brief description to the local flute circle.

Now to commit the pentatonic of the various modes into my deeper memory and being so that I can reach for those intervals and fingerings with feeling and not too much thinking…. like I can do with Aeolian now. I can’t even pick a favorite mode or two at this point, as they each have something to offer.”

Sue Beers

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“This course made me comfortable with how to approach the modes.  It was so easy to understand and helped me, for one, let go of any concerns that this would be so far over my head.”

Cathie DeChellis

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“The clear presentation of each mode and the very helpful songs included gave me a great depth of understanding. Some modes I avoided due to not fully understanding them. The method in this course provides careful step by step instruction and repetition which made all of the modes understandable for the first time.

I really appreciate this!”

Kathi Hanson

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“This course is such a rich and comprehensive collection of lesson materials and instruction as you expertly provide in the Discovering The Modes on the Native American Style Flute. I thought I had a fairly good grasp on the modes, but you have opened… No! blown open the doors to a whole new level with this deep dive!

I love the diamond method used in this course to introduce and utilize as part of an easy and fun way to explore the modes. The three position choices opens up another intriguing opportunity to explore the range of and unique character of each of my flutes, as well as options for my improvisation and song writing!

The backing tracks also add so much depth to my exploration and opportunities to capture the richness available within each mode!

For those considering this course, Ami is an amazing teacher and I so appreciate having this material to explore and refer back to whenever I like. I give her and this course on the modes five shiny gold stars!”

Denise Whitbeck

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“I really enjoyed this course!  I’m excited about the possibilities that have opened up to me to be able to play on my flute after learning about the modes. I love the opportunity to play improvisationally along with the backing tracks. I look forward to be able to apply this information which will allow me to play more music with others.”

Janice Seibert
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“Discover the Musical Modes for Native American flutes, book and streaming lessons. The subject is thoroughly researched, and presented in a learner friendly format, in the book and live lessons. A wonderful resource to continue growing with your flutes, for years to come.”

Joan Della Morris

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“Kudos to the author! I loved this course. I had no clue what modes are and how I could apply them to my flute playing. I did not know that a mode expresses a feeling (sad, happy, mysterious, etc).

The course is a lot of fun as it combines learning the modes in a hands-on way with some basic music theory. The material is well-organized, clearly presented, and easy to follow.

The accompanying book is an awesome reference for learning the modes and applying them in your own flute playing for many years.

I am very excited to explore the modes in improvising and songwriting.

I whole-heartedly recommend this course!

Thank you!”

Lilo Mueller
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Special Thank You to the Course Team

Full transparency and so worth it! This course and book was put to the test with a Course Team, over time. Here we are, having a great time going through the chapters and refining the course!