July 26, 2024
Black History of the Fula #Flute - Episode 94
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In this episode of "Not Just Music," Duan shares the history and origins of the Fula Flute. Since it's an African instrument, it seemed only natural to incorporate it into this month's Black History Month topic. As Duan explains, the Fula Flute is traditionally played by Fula shepherds, who use it to communicate with each other over long distances. Duan demonstrates what the Fula Flute sounds like and shows us how to use it in music production. There are several interesting techniques he shares, such as how to get a "flute choir" effect. This is just part one, so stay tuned to see how the story unfolds.
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What's going on? It's your boy Duann Bereno from Not Just Music Podcast. Thank you for joining us another week. Let's go
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What's going on? It's your boy Duann Bereno from Not Just Music Podcast and I'm back with another black history moment
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Here we go. The first thing I want to talk about is the Fula Flute. The Fula Flute is a
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Also known as the Tamban
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Likely originated from the Fula people who lived throughout West Africa with large populations in
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Guinea and Mali. Their flutes are also used in the traditional music of the Malinque people in
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Guinea as well.
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One thing I want to talk about
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with this flute is a lot of people
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if you hear this flute is very very very similar in sound to
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you know a basic flute, but it has more of a hollow sound to it in a sense of
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but of course, you know we put our own spin on flutes as
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musicians and
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producers and people who you know create music we've started to kind of stretch how we
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want a
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flute to sound
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so as I said, I'm starting to do things different. So one thing I want to do differently is
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start implementing music into
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pods now. So the first thing I want to do is play a flute
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just to give you a vibe of what I'm going for with the music that
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I'm creating here. It's kind of a has a
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Afro vibe to it. So, you know, it's I'm basically giving the flute its own
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where it's coming from history and
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implementing the times like this
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implementing the times of now which they've considered Afro
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Beats, of course, they call it Afro Beat, but put in a little spin with all of this, you know just to have some fun
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Let's listen to the flute
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Let's hit it again
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And as you can tell with these flutes a lot of this stuff is like really really really rich
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sounding, you know, in
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Africa you listen to a lot of different music you really hear a lot of flutes
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and drums, of course, you know, maybe
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Of course a lot of different instrument elements when it comes to percussion there as well
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But we'll get into that in a later pod
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But again for right now the flute is what I'm speaking on but again has a very rich sound
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And it's very it has a very you can be very emotional an emotional sound with it as well
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Coming from it. It's very but I say again, it's very rich and sounding
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But what I wanted to do is create an element
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To go along with the vibe of this flute, right?
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So let's come back over here. I actually went as far as to sing all of these
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Parts to this
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To this song
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You know just to give it
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Of course, you already heard the flute to give it a vibe of to stay in that flute vibe because actually I created the flute first
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So let's play this so you can hear what's going on here
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Play it again
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I
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Sung each one of those each one of those I saw
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Um, I have an alto part basically just look at I have an alto part
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Three alto parts three sopranos three tenors. I sung each in every one of those
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I wanted to give it a very big vibe, but at the same time keep it
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Give it that coral vibe that a lot of musicians
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Can't implement from a VST, you know, it's hard that you can you it's a lot of good VSTs out of here
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It's a lot of good plugins out here
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But it's even better when you can do it on your own
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It just makes it that more realistic. It gives it that much more feeling
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But again, that's what I wanted to implement along with this flute
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So to keep these short
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The next episode that I do we're gonna go in depth with the beat a little more
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But again, we're still focusing around the full of flute
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Again, I hope you enjoy
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What we're bringing now it's gonna be a little newer a little different
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But more music driven because it is not just music podcast
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It just took a while to get to it because I wanted to build a rapport and understanding the
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That it's a black history
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based
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podcast that
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Once I want it to be something that we can remember and some things that we didn't know and how we implement those things
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And how we implement those things into today's time. So again, I'm your boy Duann Barrino, Not Just Music Podcast and I'm out.
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What's going on? It's your boy Duann Bereno from Not Just Music Podcast. Thank you for joining us another week. Let's go
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00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:14,140
What's going on? It's your boy Duann Bereno from Not Just Music Podcast and I'm back with another black history moment
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00:00:14,140 --> 00:00:19,920
Here we go. The first thing I want to talk about is the Fula Flute. The Fula Flute is a
4
00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:23,760
Also known as the Tamban
5
00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:30,440
Likely originated from the Fula people who lived throughout West Africa with large populations in
6
00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:38,120
Guinea and Mali. Their flutes are also used in the traditional music of the Malinque people in
7
00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,600
Guinea as well.
8
00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:43,440
One thing I want to talk about
9
00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:45,760
with this flute is a lot of people
10
00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:51,320
if you hear this flute is very very very similar in sound to
11
00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:56,120
you know a basic flute, but it has more of a hollow sound to it in a sense of
12
00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,960
but of course, you know we put our own spin on flutes as
13
00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,200
musicians and
14
00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:09,240
producers and people who you know create music we've started to kind of stretch how we
15
00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:11,480
want a
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00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:13,480
flute to sound
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00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:19,400
so as I said, I'm starting to do things different. So one thing I want to do differently is
18
00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,920
start implementing music into
19
00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,000
pods now. So the first thing I want to do is play a flute
20
00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:32,280
just to give you a vibe of what I'm going for with the music that
21
00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,320
I'm creating here. It's kind of a has a
22
00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:42,600
Afro vibe to it. So, you know, it's I'm basically giving the flute its own
23
00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,560
where it's coming from history and
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implementing the times like this
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implementing the times of now which they've considered Afro
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00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:58,800
Beats, of course, they call it Afro Beat, but put in a little spin with all of this, you know just to have some fun
27
00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:20,800
Let's listen to the flute
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00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:41,800
Let's hit it again
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00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:48,320
And as you can tell with these flutes a lot of this stuff is like really really really rich
30
00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,320
sounding, you know, in
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00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:56,520
Africa you listen to a lot of different music you really hear a lot of flutes
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00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,080
and drums, of course, you know, maybe
33
00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:05,000
Of course a lot of different instrument elements when it comes to percussion there as well
34
00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,760
But we'll get into that in a later pod
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00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:12,800
But again for right now the flute is what I'm speaking on but again has a very rich sound
36
00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:20,040
And it's very it has a very you can be very emotional an emotional sound with it as well
37
00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:25,600
Coming from it. It's very but I say again, it's very rich and sounding
38
00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:31,080
But what I wanted to do is create an element
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00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,480
To go along with the vibe of this flute, right?
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00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:44,440
So let's come back over here. I actually went as far as to sing all of these
41
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Parts to this
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00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:51,920
To this song
43
00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:53,720
You know just to give it
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00:03:53,720 --> 00:04:00,880
Of course, you already heard the flute to give it a vibe of to stay in that flute vibe because actually I created the flute first
45
00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,840
So let's play this so you can hear what's going on here
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Play it again
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I
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00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:30,480
Sung each one of those each one of those I saw
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00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:36,280
Um, I have an alto part basically just look at I have an alto part
50
00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:41,800
Three alto parts three sopranos three tenors. I sung each in every one of those
51
00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:47,640
I wanted to give it a very big vibe, but at the same time keep it
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00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:53,280
Give it that coral vibe that a lot of musicians
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00:04:54,480 --> 00:05:00,000
Can't implement from a VST, you know, it's hard that you can you it's a lot of good VSTs out of here
54
00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000
It's a lot of good plugins out here
55
00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:07,280
But it's even better when you can do it on your own
56
00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:12,200
It just makes it that more realistic. It gives it that much more feeling
57
00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:19,880
But again, that's what I wanted to implement along with this flute
58
00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,500
So to keep these short
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00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:31,000
The next episode that I do we're gonna go in depth with the beat a little more
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00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,780
But again, we're still focusing around the full of flute
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00:05:34,780 --> 00:05:36,780
Again, I hope you enjoy
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00:05:37,780 --> 00:05:41,980
What we're bringing now it's gonna be a little newer a little different
63
00:05:42,380 --> 00:05:46,180
But more music driven because it is not just music podcast
64
00:05:46,180 --> 00:05:52,580
It just took a while to get to it because I wanted to build a rapport and understanding the
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That it's a black history
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based
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podcast that
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Once I want it to be something that we can remember and some things that we didn't know and how we implement those things
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00:06:06,780 --> 00:06:29,780
And how we implement those things into today's time. So again, I'm your boy Duann Barrino, Not Just Music Podcast and I'm out.
