Arabian Drone Flute (A4 Hijaz scale)

Link to the video of the flute in action – 

This is a beginner friendly and easy to play flute! Holes are raised, so they are easy to feel and spacing between holes is made small, so it is suitable for people with small hands!

This flute is tuned to an A4 (440HZ) Hijaz tuning and is made in a style of native american flute.

To play just blow gently with all holes covered and then lift finger one by one from bottom to top to get all notes.

Silk PLA is highly recomended for material as it gives smoothest finish! Filaments that gives smooth finish produce better sound and don't get clogged as quickly during playing. Other filaments should also work fine

Possible problems and troubleshooting:

- If sound is squeaky and inconstistent it mean on or more holes is not fully covered. Make sure your fingertips completly cover the hole

- If parts don't fit together very tightly add small layer of clear tape or a tiny bit of blutack at the joint. Parts can also be glued together if you don't need to take the flute apart for compactness 

- During playing flute will periodically  get clogged with moisture. When that happens partially cover sound hole (as shown in picture below) to prevent flute from making very loud sound and blow strongly into the flute. This should clear it very quilcky and you can continue playing. Slik PLA is least prone to clogging while Matte PLA cloggs quite fast 

- If your fillament is slightly stringy it can prevent air from flowing smoothly and producing sound. To fix it you can try to put a piece of plastic or folded papper inside of the air track and move it back and forth to try and get rid of the strings (as shown in gif below). However, stringy filament should be avoided if possible for better sound quality. gif -  https://imgur.com/a/NcHsxjU#ocBqM06

Hope you have fun with it! Happy playing!