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Musical scales for the Native American Flutes

Of the first three scales discussed below, the simplest scale is the Starter Scale, and it is fingering the same way, no matter what flute you play. The Basic scale and Primary scale build on this by adding a few more notes. Starter Scale - Common to all contemporary flutes Basic Scale - Minor Pentatonic Primary scale - Primary scale of Nakai Tablature - pitches ←(NEW, added 2006.07.09) The Extended scale is includes all of the pitches in between the Primary scale's pitches. Extended Scale - All the notes of Nakai Tablature - pitches ←(NEW, added 2006.07.09) From the pitches of the Extended scale, many others scales can created. Church scales Minor 6th Pentatonic scale Minor and Blues scale Mode 4 Pentatonic scale Natural fingering scale Alternate Natural scale 'Remember when...' scale More scales from recordings