by Howard Fosdick © FolkFluteWorld.com.
Purpose
This website has a simple goal -- to introduce people to the delightful, inexpensive hobby of fluting.
We cover folk flutes, simple flutes that don't have mechanical keys.
There are hundreds of different kinds of folk flutes. You've undoubtedly heard of recorders, ocarinas, tin whistles, and Native American flutes. There are so many different varieties, we can't list them all here.
What they have in common is that they're easy to play. Pick up an ocarina or a recorder, and you'll play songs within days.
Contrast this to the metal concert flute. Try one of those for the first time, and you'll find that it takes days to even navigate between a few notes!
The Advantages
Folk flutes are far more approachable than traditional "concert" instruments. You don't need special musical training to enjoy them.
Many are lightweight, portable, and durable. I'd rather take my plastic recorder or a tin whistle to the beach or on a camping trip than risk a thousand-dollar concert flute to the vagaries of travel and the elements.
And though I love my saxophone, who wants to lug around a heavy case, when I can slip a little flute into my pocket?
Best of all, folk flutes are inexpensive. A $30 recorder or ocarina or a $15 tin whistle is all you need to create some music that can touch your soul.
For the price of a dinner, you can buy a flute that will entertain for years. For the price of a single concert instrument, you can build an entire collection.
Even the financially constrained can enjoy a range of folk flutes and all the variety they offer.
This Website
This website gives you everything you need to succeed with folk flutes. And all of it is free!
It's 100% ad-free and non-commercial. Our aspiration is to spread the spirit of music.
We'll point you to free tutorials and lessons and videos, and tons of free sheet music for thousands of songs. We'll give you the advice you need to start, and the links you'll need to become more proficient.
We concentrate on the most popular folk flutes: ocarinas, tin whistles, recorders, Native American Flutes, and the little plastic flutes you may remember playing in middle school. But any flute that catches our interest is fair game. After all, that's what personal exploration is all about.
If this article has you wondering whether to take up the ocarina, recorder, tin whistle, or Native American flute, you might find this comparison useful.
Meanwhile, take a look around, and enjoy your musical journey!
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Contact and Legal Information
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No warranties of any kind for the information on this website are either expressed or implied.
All items on this website are attributed to their sources. If any item on this website unintentionally violates your copyright, contact me and I'll remove it.
Original Songs: You are free to reproduce or re-record any of the author's original songs. But you must give proper credit to their composer like this --
Copyright © Song Composed by Howard Fosdick.
Thank you.