

In our experience, these flutes should be avoided: while the quality of Chinese flutes has undoubtedly improved since this article was originally written, there are still many poor-quality, cheap flutes around, and while the initial outlay is low, the running costs can quickly overtake the price of a good branded flute.Īs well as the high running costs, cheap flutes are not as easy to play, and can be difficult even for an advanced player to make a decent sound on. Some supermarkets, high street chains and online-only warehouses sell their own brand of flutes. Be careful of flutes which look too cheap… If you already have a flute teacher lined up, they should also be able to offer their own advice on what to buy. The ABRSM Viva Woodwind forum has a lot of helpful information from players and teachers, detailing some good and bad brands. Do plenty of research on the different brands available Below, we’ve compiled our top tips to help a complete newcomer decide on a new flute. He changed the style of bansuri playing and what we see today has an ocean of contribution by him.This article was first written in February 2011, and has been updated in February 2018.īuying your first flute can be daunting: there are so many different makes, models and types of flutes available, and the variations in price can be hundreds of pounds. Pt Pannalal Ghosh transformed the bansuri and created bass variety,the legendary E Bass Bansuri. Mythological accounts tell of the tunes of Krishna’s flute having a spellbinding and enthralling effect not only on the women of the Braj, but even on the animals of the region.Picture aside shows krishna playing bansuri.įlute or bansuri was neglected in Classical music due to high pitch. The Bansuri is Lord Krishna’s divine instrument and is often associated with Krishna’s Rasa lila.

It is intimately linked to the love story of Krishna and Radha and is also depicted in Buddhist paintings from around 100 CE. The picture of E Bass concert bansuri. Crafted by my guru jiīansuri is an ancient musical instrument associated with cowherds and the pastoral tradition. Legendary Bansuri used in Hindustani classical concert is of scale E(Bass varety).It was invented by Pt. Fipple style–> Used in non classical music.

Transverse style–>Used in classical music, due to better control on blow.Sound in bansuri is created by resonance in the air column.Frequency (pitch or swars conceptually) of sound differs by variation in length of air column and the length of column changes by opening and closing holes on it.īansuri have variation in some categories and i will explain them: It must be straight with a uniform circular cross section.Let me summarize the characteristic of bamboo needed for bansuri: A bansuri is created without the node of bamboo.The complete inter node portion is utilized for creating bansuri. Presence of inter node affects the resonance in the air column. The picture of bamboo with inter nodes is shown aside. Inter nodes in bamboo are formed due to exposure of sunlight,hence denser the forest better the bamboo for bansuri. Thin variety of bamboos with long inter nodes are found in dense forests of Assam(State in India). Meaning of bansuri is given in the diagram aside,actually they are Sanskrit words. Bansuri is made from a thin variety of bamboo plant with long inter nodes. It is the most natural instrument in the world. What my guru ji said can be understood when you start practicing music, these things can’t be expressed in words they need self realizatio n. Music can be produced by Voice as well as instruments and both go side by side.To master any instrument we must learn vocals, my guru ji says: “ we should sing the piece that we will play in instrument otherwise music will be mechanical and the core feature i.e feeling, will be missing.”
