Indian Bansuri Flute with Fipple Mouthpiece (Medium C) - Bamboo - Student Quality - Prince Flutes

Description

This particular Bansuri flute has been made by hand out of carefully selected bamboo. The flute was made in India by the Indian company 'Prince Flutes', a company that has been specializing in crafting bamboo flutes for decades. It is played in a similar way to the recorder. It's held vertically. You blow straight into the fipple mouthpiece, making it very easy to play and to get a good sound out of the flute.It has six finger holes on top. It's tuned to C and plays in the major and minor scale. The flute is around 51 cm long and is suited for people with small, medium, or large hands. You play the C note by covering the three top holes. When you close all holes you play a G note. Therefore, in the western world we could say the flute is actually tuned to G. In effect, you can play in C major as well as in G major.To play in the major scale, start with either all holes closed, or with only the top 3 holes closed (this would be the Indian way of playing a major scale). To play in the minor scale, start with 5 closed, or with only 1 closed.How to play this flute?The flute is played like a recorder, you hold it verticallyIt's very easy to blow because of the fipple mouthpieceThere's 6 fingerholes on top, and no thumbhole on the backCover the holes with the pad of the fingers, not the fingertipsThe musical possibilitiesThis flute allows you to play in major and minor scalesC major, G major, E minor, A minorBy half-covering holes you can also play tones outside of these scalesThe flute has a reach of over 2 octaves