I have talked to Gemini for hrs about which one i should get. I want to buy C and G flute however i am stuck whether to get tuned according to tanpura or piano. I want to be able to play both raag and bollywood songs in performances. Since both scale are famous for bollywood i have been suggested to get it piano tuned however i want to learn flute and it requires the same scale for classical.

I don't know much about traditional music, raga, genres etc. but I'm very interested to learn. And bansuri to me is my natural instrument. However I sincerely believe it's worth learning from a guru in person, of which I have no idea where what when how to find one.

It's good that there are lots of online resources but i struggle to follow a systematic and defined manner of learning through that medium.

If you can share your thoughts on what works best for you please?

As the text says, it broke due to my clumsiness. I own a C# Punam Flute as well.

I am thinking of getting another base flute but i don't wanna get a pvc one this time... And bamboo base flutes are quite expensive. That was the reason i bought the PVC one in the first place.

For a reply to another post, I checked my Amazon and saw that I bought my first PVC C scale flute on 10 August 2023. I probably got it on 11 or 12 - so that makes complete 3 years of flute learning journey! But it is not a straight journey and I did quit many times, I think longest break was about 20 days in 2024.

What will I do differently, if I started today:

• I will practice alankars at different speeds - simple ones. I remember I keep coming to this, and everytime I start doing something complicated and then leave it. Instead I will master basic alankars (SRG, SRGM, or from lower p to high p etc) and will make sure I can do these comfortably at many speeds
• I will not go buy so many courses! Wasted a lot of money to learn the lesson that it takes time and a lot of hard work.
• I started learning vocals at some point but was not very regular - I would double down on this and basically spend more time on learning vocals while my fingers were still getting used to playing flute.
• I will not get distracted or discouraged by some people getting it so easily while me spending hours and not getting it.
• When I started I told myself I will be happy if I could play some simple tunes, but kept changing the goal post and got demotivated. Changing goal post is natural I guess but I will accept that with changing goal post I will have also give enough time.

When I started I had almost no knowledge and I am old as well. Despite being so irregular and not listening to popular (& good) advice (do long notes etc) I did well enough. I am sure anyone can learn this if you give enough time and hard work. All the best!

Name the company and please it should be not that expensive yk budget friendly 😭

I wanted to make my own flute so where can I get bamboo for making a flute could someone help

So what would y'all recommend as the best channels to learn bansuri on the flute I have played the flute for a year now and it was pretty casual but now I want to learn it so if you guys have any recommendations please give them

https://youtu.be/yi1TLBRI7b8

A few years old, but I just came across it and think it's well worth a watch.

Deeper than the usual 'split your 1 hr practice into X segments', Ashwin talks in detail of how to tailor practice to your own particular deficiencies. And a lovely example of his gayaki ang approach to learning to play a bandish.

I am trying to play sargam using metronome, but, playing basic note, talking specifically about transitioning from ma to pa, it sounds very bad. like the Pa is very bad if i play in sequence.

also, i feel like while playing, the flute slightly rotates and i cant place fingers properly.

if you could help with this..