Bansuri

The bansuri (Hindi बांसुरी, IAST baṃsurī ) is a played in northern India flute made ​​of bamboo.

Design and style of play

The bansuri is made ​​in different lengths with normally about 50 centimeters and has six or seven finger holes. The proximal end is closed, the distal end open. It has no mouth piece and is tuned diatonic. Half- tones can be produced by partially covering the finger holes or changes in the blowing angle, as well as the important in Indian music embellishments such as glissandi and Shruti.

The bansuri is played in classical music of North India. The best-known musicians on this instrument is Hariprasad Chaurasia, who made recordings in the West, among others, John McLaughlin and Jan Garbarek. In addition, Raghunath Seth are best known for his recordings ( with jazz flautist Chris Hinze ) and Rupak Kulkarni ( with Stefan Rigerts Talking Drums ) in Europe. Pannalal Ghosh (1911-1960) was a famous flutist from Bengal. Nityanand Haldipur (* 1948 in Mumbai) represents Gosh how the strict style of Maihar Gharana -.

Origin and Distribution

Flutes dive several times to stone reliefs on the Stupa of Sanchi in the 1st century AD on. Cave paintings at Ajanta 700 also show Flutes. As a sign of her age is that she is the attribute of the god Krishna, who plays in the district of Shepherd girls ( gopis ) and is represented accordingly in the dance theater Ras lila with the flute. His flute is named murali. Symbolically it represents the instrument on which God plays to attract people under its spell.

Other names for bamboo flutes in India are bansi, bansari, bansuli or bansri, derived from Sanskrit vans, also vamsi, murali, Pava and kolalu. From India came the name to Southeast Asia, where in Java today suling flute was from the older longitudinal bamboo flute bansuli ( vansali ). In Sumatra bansi is, a design of the Saluang. The South Indian bamboo flute is venu much smaller.

The distance from the near end to the blowhole is three to eight inches in the Indian Flutes. An exception are the rare, blown in the middle flutes as the surpava in Maharashtra and the veno in Gujarat.

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