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unusual facts about Native American flute


Intraocular pressure

The range of intraoral pressure involved in various classes of ethnic wind instruments, such as Native American flutes, has been shown to be generally lower than Western classical wind instruments.


Mariee Sioux

A year later in 2007 she released her first studio album Faces in the Rocks which featured her delicate acoustic guitar music alongside the Native American flute by Gentle Thunder, and mandolin played by her father Gary Sobonya.

Odell Borg

Odell Borg, of Native American (Ojibwe) and German heritage, currently living in Patagonia, Arizona, is a Native American flutist and flute maker.


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Douglas Spotted Eagle

Douglas Spotted Eagle, is a Grammy-winning musician, noted for his live and recorded performances on the traditional Native American flute, sometimes accompanied by either traditional Navajo (Diné) singers and instrumentalists or a modern band.

Faces in the Rocks

It features her father's mandolin playing along with Native American flute music by Gentle Thunder.

Marion Meadows

Meadows collaborated up with numerous artists and musicians in the 80s, recording or performing over the years with Brook Benton, Eartha Kitt, Phyllis Hyman, Jean Carne, The Temptations, Michael Bolton, Angela Bofill, Will Downing and Native American flute player Douglas Spotted Eagle, among others.

Odell Borg

Odell has sold to clients in Germany, France, Japan and Australia, as well as musicians such as Grammy-winner Bill Miller and NAMA "Flutist of the Year" winning Native American flute players Jan Michael Looking Wolf and Cody Blackbird.

Odell also teaches the Native American Flute and has been a producer on several Native American flutists albums, including Travis Terry, Bill Miller and Jan Michael Looking Wolf.