Bamboo Flute Making with Noel Dowling
Saturday 7th May: 9am – 11.30am
Saturday 7th May: 1pm – 3.30pm
Sunday 8th May: 9am – 11.30am
BOOK SUN AM HERE
Sunday 8th May: 1pm – 3.30pm
BOOK SUN PM HERE
PRICE: $50 PER HALF DAY + $10 MATERIAL FEE
Convert an invasive weed into your own bamboo flute. Windelf harvests species of local running bamboo (Aurea) to make bamboo flutes. The bamboo islet treated and cut to approximate lengths to provide blanks for the workshop.
The workshop involves some measuring and using battery drills and an assortment of hand tools. once the flutes are made they are tuned to the appropriate key
Participants will make and play their own shukuhachi, native American or transverse bamboo flute to take home with them. The skills acquired will not only be in the making of the flute but also in the playing of it afterwards, while in the process transforming a very common ‘weed’ into a beautiful musical instrument.
Bamboo is a material that is freely accessible to almost everyone. The Aurea running bamboo I use ( harvested about 1 km from my home) to make these flutes is to many people a terrible invasive weed. Looked at with a different attitude it becomes a resource full of possibilities and potential……and to me, a multitude of magical flutes.
Making your own bamboo flute has the potential to transform a person from being a passive consumer of materials and entertainment, to become a maker, player and musician. The unique flute they have made can then become a vehicle for the expression of their own inner music, for their own relaxation, or to share with others.
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