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Flute Anatomy

To prepare you for the topics in the remainder of this brochure, a quick walk through of the various parts of the Native American Style Flute is in order.

• A — Head or Mouthpiece
• B — Slow Air Chamber (SAC)
• C — Bird / Block / Totem / Fetish
• D — True Sound Hole (TSH)
• E — Finger Holes
• F — Foot or End
• G — Main Bore
• H — Plug
• I — Flue

When you breath air into the Mouthpiece ( A ), your breath enters the Slow Air Chamber ( B ). It is then forced up under the Bird ( C ) and through a thin channel called the Flue (I). The thin air stream then passes over the cutting edge of the True Sound Hole ( D ) creating the sound.