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Bansuri lesson 1 : How to Blow on Flute





If you have never played a wind instrument before, this can be a very difficult and frustrating task to begin with but you must keep trying, be patient and above all do not give up. Just remember that there are NO SHORTCUTS to playing the bansuri so do not expect to pick up the flute and suddenly play like a top professional. If you accept the fact that it's going to take you a long time to play this beautiful instrument, then you will not become disappointed and your learning will be more pleasurable. Just relax and take your time. You are about to learn a truly wonderful instrument.


To begin with, do not worry about covering any holes on the flute. It is far more important to get a sound first before we try to cover the holes and learn the notes. This first step concentrates on getting the sound.

If you are right handed, then hold the flute in your hands so that your left hand grips the flute to the left of the blowing hole and your right hand grips below the blowing hole to the right  although it does not really matter even if you hold it with one hand as long as you are able to hold the flute aligned with your lips.  The idea is here is just to hold the flute up to your mouth so the the blowing hole is under your lips. Of course if you are left handed you will use opposite hands.

Raise the flute so that the blowing hole is in front of your lips and aligned with them. Your bottom lip must then be placed on the edge of the blowing hole nearest to you and will cover about 1/5 of the hole when you blow into it although this varies from player to player. I demonstrate this in the pictures below:

Now you have the flute in position, imagine blowing softly into a glass bottle to make a sound. You might like to try by making a "P" sound with your lips. Say "P P P P P" and then try saying P and keep the air flowing out. So it will be like saying "Pu" pronounced as in the word "Put" but you will hold the "u" sound after saying Puuuuuuuuu. I demonstrate this in the video below.




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