Minor Key Native American Flute Songbook

The following melodies are grouped by different cultural groups, activities, and traditions. Alternatively, you may view the melodies alphabetically.

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Britain (England, Wales, & Scotland)

• Bear Dance ( lower pitch version )
  Bear Dance ( higher pitch version )
• Cader Idris (with chords)
• Here Away There Away   ( 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)  ( Outlander Theme )

Camping & Scouting

• Canoe Song
• Firm bound in brotherhood
• Scout Vespers
  ( O' Christmas Tree / O' Tannenbaum melody )
  Scout Vespers  (elaborated by Dan Perra)

Canadian

• Land of the Silver Birch
• O Canada

Children Songs

• Alouette
• Happy Birthday
Itsy Bitsy Spider
• Mary Had A Little Lamb
• Row, Row, Row Your Boat
• This Old Man
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

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
  ( 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   ( 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 Christian Men, Rejoice (with chords)
  ( In Dulci Jubilo )
• Good King Wenceslas
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
• The Holly and the Ivy (requires half-holing)
• The Huron Carol  
  ( 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   ( O' Christmas Tree )
• Ode to Joy
• Only A Manger Bed   ( 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   ( Greensleeves melody )
• 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 On The Mountain
• Greensleeves (with chords)
• 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
• Wayfaring Stranger
• Yankee Doodle
• Yellow Rose of Texas

Hymns & Spirituals

• All Night All Day
• Amazing Grace (embellished, avoiding half-hole)
  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   ( 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   ( Danny Boy )
• O' Carolan's Farewell To Music
• Rathlin Island
• Skibbereen

Japanese

• Sakura Sakura (without half-holing)
  Sakura Sakura (requires half-holing)
  ( Cherry Blossoms )

Jewish

• Dodi Li  ( 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  ( Lullay )
• Gartan Mother's Lullaby (with chords)
• Ho Ho Watanay, an Iroquois Lullaby
  (using the Hold-4 fingering)
• Rock-a-bye Baby
• Suo Gan, a Welsh lullaby
• Toutouig, a Brittany lullaby
• Wium, a Pueblo lullaby

Maori

• Pokarekare Ana, a love song

Native American

• Cherokee Morning Song  ( 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, and another much beloved version that was sung to a different rhythm by Chester Mahooty.

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)
  ( US National Anthem )
• Taps 
• US Air Force Song   ( Wild Blue Yonder )

Musical Scales

• Good Fingering To Begin Your Flute Journey
• Chromatic Scale extending the Hold 3
  and Hold 4 fingering
• Dot TAB Number Scale
• Chromatic Scale Fingerings
• Major Scale - bottom hole starts closed
• Major Scale - bottom hole starts 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
• Flute Ornaments