Dana Ross- Falcon flutes

Here's an interesting story from 2009 about the flutes he makes, probably made during a PoW Wow so you have to listen in between the drums

Dana Ross
He lives in Morganton Georgia his company is called Falcon Flutes and has Chickasaw blood. At this flute maker I bought the first flute from America. Dana had donated the flute for free for a good cause. This was the first flute I imported from America. His flutes play very lightly and all intermediate tones outside the pentatonic scale are easy to play

2014 No. 010 Am

The first flute in bought America in 2014
The flute is made of aromatic cedar the block of Alaska's yellow cedar

2016 No. 011 Drone-flow GGC

Drone Flows

This one is made of Tulip poplar and Alaskan Yellow Cedar flute actually consists of 3 flutes by placing the caps in a different hole, the tone of the middle flute can be adjusted, a nice piece of craftsmanship that needs some practice to play. Dana took the pictures of making the flute.

It's not an easy flute to play especially if you have small hands like me. Then I would recommend a smaller model.

The Story of the Cedar Tree

Because many flutes are made of Aromatic Cedar here's the story of Cherokee about the Cedar TreeStory told by Jim fox lives in Alabama.

Long ago, when the Cherokee people were new to Earth, they thought life would be much better if there never was a night. They begged the Ouga (Creator) that it could always be day and there would be no darkness. The Creator heard their voices and made the night cease and it was always day. Soon the forest was densely overgrown. It became difficult to walk and find the path. The people toiled in the gardens for many hours, trying to keep the weeds between the corn and other food plants. It got hot, very hot and went on day after long day. The people began to have trouble sleeping and became hot-tempered and quarreled among themselves. Not many days had passed before the people realized that they had made a mistake and once again begged the Creator. 'Please', they said, 'we made a mistake by asking for it to be always day. Now we think it must always be night.' The Creator considered this new request and thought that perhaps men are right, though all things were created in two…for our day and night represent life and death, good and evil, times of plenty and times of famine. The Creator loved the people and decided to turn the whole day into night as they requested. The day ended and night fell to the earth. Soon the crops stopped growing and it became very cold. The people spent much of their time collecting wood for the fires. They could not see to hunt for meat, and with no crops growing, it was not long before the people were cold, weak, and very hungry. Many of the people died. Those who were still alive gathered again to supplicate the Creator. 'Help us Creator', they cried! “We made a terrible mistake. You had made the day and night perfect from the start, and as it should be. We ask that you forgive us and make the day and night as they were.'

Once again the Creator listened to the request of the people. The day and the night, as the people had asked, became as they had been in the beginning. Each day was divided into light and darkness. The weather became more pleasant and the crops started to grow again. There was plenty of game and good hunting. The people had enough to eat and there was not much disease. The people treated each other with compassion. When you smell the scent of the cedar or look at it while standing in the forest, remember that if you are Tsalagi {Cherokee}, you are looking at your ancestor. According to lore, the wood of the cedar tree contains powerful protective spirits for the Cherokee. Many carry a small piece of cedar wood in their medicine pouches worn around the neck. According to tradition, the wood of the cedar tree contains powerful protective spirits for the Cherokee.

Yellow cedar

Yellow cedar

Cupressus nootkatensis or the Alaskan yellow cedar has been used for the blocks of the drone.

A legend among the Nootka peoples of the Hesquiaht First Nation tells of the origin of the Nootka cypress. In legend, a raven encounters three young women drying salmon on the beach. He asks the women if they are afraid of being alone, if they are afraid of bears, wolves and other animals. Each woman answered "no". But when asked about owls, the women were indeed afraid of owls. Hearing this, the trickster raven hid in the woods and called an owl. The terrified women ran up the mountains, but turned into Nootka cypresses when they ran out of breath. According to the Nootka, that is why the Nootka cypress grows on the sides of mountains, and also why its bark is silky like a woman's hair, the young trunk is smooth like a woman's body.

2021 No. 058 Bos-fluit Eb 432 Hz

Artwork from nature

When I saw this flute pass by on Facebook in 2021 I hoped it was still for sale a work of art from nature that produces music. This flute is also not an Indian style flute, but as Vitaly calls it, a forest flute. This one is made from a wild apple tree. It originally had 4 holes but Vitaly suggested to make 2 more because it has the same range as an Indian flute. The curvature was perfect because I play with the top left. The flute was in a beautiful flute case.

432 Hz

Because this flute is 432 HZ, it can only play together with a flute that is tuned to this frequency. So I tuned my guitar in 432 HZ on the advice of William Hopper, all strings a have tone lower so that In E minor can be played with the song. This song is a combination with my guitar in 432 Hz

With this song I have the music from my keyboard

converted to 432 Hz, the whistle certainly lives up to its name because the bird sounds are also made with it.



lyrics

In de dark of the nightlost in the forrest listing to the wind and the owlin the tree, don’t be affraid the moon will protect you The birds will lead you the way