Homemade musical instruments created using traditional techniques have much more atmosphere and warmth than instruments bought from a music store. Such instruments are well suited for playing in nature, for original gifts and, in general, for acquaintance with folk music culture. In this article, we suggest that you make with your own hands a simple shepherd's pipe - a flute. Materials for making such a pipe are easy to find in nature.
Instructions
Step 1
You will need reeds or reeds that are dry and intact. The stem should be about 30cm long and 1cm in diameter. Prepare your tools - a hacksaw, needle files, sandpaper, wood burner, superglue, and a sharp knife. Also pick up a piece of sturdy wood to craft a flute whistle.
Step 2
Saw off uneven edges from the found tube and sand them with sandpaper. Then, use a knife or metal rod to remove the inner baffles of the stem.
Step 3
Wind a strip of sandpaper on the stick and, inserting the stick into the channel of the future flute, clean it. Before processing the pipe further, tightly wrap the edges of the reed or reed stem with strong threads so that the material does not crack.
Step 4
Measure from the edge of the flute 2 cm and with a pencil mark a rectangular outline of the hole for the whistle 0.7 cm wide and 0.5 cm long. Carefully cut the hole. After that, file the whistle of the pipe with a file, giving its corner the correct slope. The whistle should be at a 45 degree angle.
Step 5
From a separately prepared piece of wood, make an insert into the whistle corresponding to the diameter of the inner channel of the flute. The length of the insert should be such that the piece of wood starts at the outer opening of the flute and ends just in front of the rectangular opening of the whistle. Insert a piece of wood inside, smear it with super glue, and cut off the excess, then wait until it dries completely.
Step 6
Turn on the tuner and blow the whistle to determine the key. After determining the key, take a wood burning tool and burn a small hole where you plan to place the first hole of the flute.
Step 7
Expand the hole by checking it with the tuner for the diatonic major scale. When the hole is wide enough to build, move on to shaping the next hole. If during the first tuning the key of the pipe turned out to correspond to the note "D", the first hole closest to the whistle will correspond to the note "Mi", and the next holes will correspond to the notes "F-sharp", "Salt", "A", "B", C sharp and D.
Step 8
Make another small hole on the back of the flute. After fully adjusting all holes, sand the inner bore again with sandpaper wrapped around a stick.
