Techniques for Improvisation: Native American Style Flute and Recorder

Improvise in a minor scale with easy fingering

This short teaching tool is an alternative to traditional recorder lessons and encourages students to perform original compositions. Designed for elementary school teachers, no musical background is necessary to play a video, lead a discussion, facilitate hands on playing activities, and explore mindful music. Concepts of Native American culture contribute to songs and stories.

Five sections include origins, breathing, mechanics, scale, and improvisation.




Your Instructor


Philip Gay
Philip Gay

Philip Gay is a media producer who helps to create video content for online learning in higher education.

He has contributed to PBS Learning Media and best practice video libraries for Teaching Social Studies and a series of videos on learning difficulties, Misunderstood Minds.

Philip performs on keyboards and flutes in his community north of Boston.


Course Curriculum


  Welcome to the Course!
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  Mindset and Identity
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  Breathing
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