
After decades of study with maestro Hariprasad Chaurasia, John has developed an approach that features the bansuri. John is a unique musician having grown up playing the western flute along with many other instruments and found his ultimate instrument in the haunting and beautiful bansuri bamboo flute from North India. MUSIC BY JOHN WUBBENHORST.
I am familiar with some of the fantastic bansuri playing, and particularly of Hariprasad Chaurasia. My query is this - I was wondering if anybody knew anything about Indian classical music and flute? I love this music, although lack a deep theoretical knowledge of it. I am an adult beginner - started in my late 30's, and I've been playing a couple of years.
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By continous, I mean that the end of one note can be blended into the next. One of the central points of Hindustani music is that the transition from one notes to the other is rather continous and not abrupt. The reason is that western flutes are based on keys, and the transition from one note to the other is rather abrupt. Unknown music album Buddha Sleep: Amazing New Age Vibes To Sleep Through.It is possible to play western music with the bansuri, but to play the hindustani music on western music can sometimes be limiting. As much as for practical reasons, I am simply interested in the idea and would like to know about it - even if I never do travel down that road.Indian Flute Music - Bansuri Flute Music song by Chant de Chants now on JioSaavn. I am unaware of anybody doing for flute what John McLaughlin, say, did for guitar, which is to turn it into an Eastern instrument - so I wonder whether it can be done.

But is it not best to use the device created for the specific game being played?But where there is a will, there is a way. Essentially, it's like playing badminton with a ping pong paddle or a tennis racket, instead of a badminton racket. The bending of notes and the signature sound of the Northern Indian ragas cannot be easily done with a keyed flute. Hello Raisin,Nevil is most correct, when one chooses to interpret Hindustani music with the classical Boehm flute, many of the subtle nuances of Indian bansuri are wholly lost.
These are the best examples of a concert flute playing Indian music. IMO, much of the indigenous flavor is lost and that's what makes bansuri music so exotic and truly exceptional.Here are a few YouTube music clips. Now as much as I admire Paul's musical gift, it just isn't the same with the sliver concert flute. The right tool makes the job easier and the end result better.Paul Horn has recorded with Indian musicians. Still, you will never get the same unique sounds you get from the sitar or veena. As with the guitar or violin, Hindustani music can be successfully interpreted with western instruments.
I feel that even the great Jean Pierre Rampal couldn't bridge the gap sufficiency,on his J.P. You just don't get that same enigmatic tone out of a silver concert flute. Not that this is inherently wrong, because it is most certainly not.Check out Pandit Ronu Majumdar's work with Ry Cooder and other western musicians.The same can be said for the Japanese shakuhachi music being played upon a Boehm flute. I feel that such attempts end up sounding New Age.
They've got a far deeper tonal range. You might have an easier time translating Hindustani music on an Irish keyless flute? You would surely be able to bend and roll the notes better on an Irish keyless flute, perhaps the low D.Another thing to consider its this, most Hindustani raga music is played on the low F and E bansuri. But these two recordings are the closest I've ever heard:Bamboo is just wonderful for expressing such nuances and the bending and rolling of notes.
It's a fabulous way to segue to the traditional bansuri. He also makes a parallel to the silver Boehm flute. I have one of his low F bansuri with this feature. Anubodh makes bansuir with a raised lip plate. But I still recommend that you pick up a few bansuri and explore their unique qualities. But I say go for it! Follow your heart and see where it leads you.
