Guys, I am really interested in learning flute. I haven't played any instrument in my life tho.
Can you suggest like how should i get started with learning flute.
What kind of flute should i buy.
Should I enroll for online course. Do you recommend any course.
Hello ! I have started trying Carnatic flute since about a month ago. However I am facing issues when playing the swaram since Madhya Pa and onwards.
Specifically, whenever I try to play them, I just drop down to Mandra Sthayi. The freq I could measure was proper 440Hz (it is a D scale flute, the manufacturer had mentioned A4 being tuned to 440Hz).
Sometimes, I can observe some freq at ~880Hz matching the 440 one but the sound is very unpleasant to hear and not at all like how it is supposed to be...
I am trying to keep my lip hole shape to be as minimum as possible but the best till now was to have both tones present equally....which still sounds very unlike a normal Pa.
I've been playing my hindustani bansuri for about a year and a half. Till now, I've watched a lot of YouTube lessons regarding the bansuri, hindustani to be specific.
All YouTube tutors keep saying "practice with Tanpura playing in the background", "tune your bansuri with respect to the Tanpura" but I have not understood this thing.
How do I know that my bansuri is in tune with the Tanpura? I reckon that you hear and understand it automatically with practice. I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, and I'm not ashamed to be the stupid-question-asker in the class.
Currently I'm using an Android called "Bandish", a screenshot is attached for reference.
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One pa is very smooth but it's mixtuUre of sound , it' sounds like deep paa
Like baaaa + paaa
One is like proper high pitch
Paaaaa
do I need to blow perpendicularly downwards like when i keep my hand on chin I need to feel the air coming or is some angle in the blowing good?
Where do I learn ragas from completely basic. Could you guys suggest me some yt channels, I can't go to gurus to learn it as I'm a tight scheduled person.
I own a C# bansuri. Most of the time I get a very airy sound when playing dha. I tried various styles of holding it and embouchre. But nothing seems to be working. Is it a learning curve problem or something I lack in technique?
Im pretty new to bansuri. I have a bakales c scale flute.
Im trying to practice sa re ga ma, but i cant seem to switch comfortably from ma to pa. Am i doing something wrong?