Measuring 16 1/8" in
length, the
bark has been left on
this unsplit Fremont
Cottonwood (Populus
fremontii)
branch
flute.
Concert tuned to Bb, it plays the minor pentatonic modes 1 & 4 as well as the Gypsy scale, with three, in tune, upper octave notes. American bison lacing holds the bird to the nest. * The branch used to make this flute was gathered during the 2008 Zion Canyon Art and Flute Festival, from a fallen Cottonwood tree that grew near the festival grounds in Zion Canyon, Utah. |