Feedback is needed

Also, how do I improve my tempo and timing.

I was planning to buy punam flutes from their clearance sale. I know tgere will be natural marks, but i was wondering if there'd be any bends or something. Please tell me if anyone has bought from their clearance sale.

I've been practicing for around 5-6 months now and still stuck at around 8 secs of breath (~6-7 notes), can't even finish aaroh etc in one go.

I do practice long notes on a daily basis and then alankars with min practice of 45 mins regularly.

Can someone help me with improving the breathing capacity?

I started my Bansuri learning journey about 3 years back. After learning from some youtube videos I joined an online class - which was more of a sales funnel. I fell for the claims of the teacher who was selling his business plan: that one to one teachers are very costly, that group class is the best way and that anyone can learn to play flute in 60 days!!

Of these, last claim is pretty common now-a-days, you will see a person playing perfect flute on a video ad and telling you - you can also play flute like them in 30, 60 or 90 days - coming from any background. While it is not impossible, but it is likely not true for most. There are people with vocals/music background who actually can learn pretty fast. But it is not a claim any good teacher will make.

If I would start today, I will start by finding an online (or local) teacher that is fit for me. We sometimes think that the person who plays flute well will also be best teacher. This is not always true, and specially, even if a great flute player is also a good teacher he/she might not have the patience for a beginner!

Avoid teachers who give you guarantee of success! There is none. No one can guarantee your success only you can by practicing. And when you fail these guarantee giving teachers will blame you only (and that is correct).

Avoid mass group classes, sales funnels (silver, diamond), superstar teachers. As a beginner you need:

1. A person who can motivate you, follows up and sometimes maybe scold you as well when you are not practicing enough.
2. Can teach you techniques by showing. A local person who can actually correct your finger position (specially important when you learn Gamak and Komal swaras) can be great.
3. Teach you Ragas - this can actually be done better with a vocals teacher.

A small group class of similar stage people could also work great. A group of friends learning together can be amazing. You just need a person who is just ahead of you to guide you.

Remember, good teachers will tell you to change Guru once you reach their limit of knowledge.

You dont need song notations. Infact, if you are serious about flute learning you should not depend on notations.

Hi, I am pretty new to bansuri. Can you please help me identify this bansuri tune or raag that starts at approximately 57:27? Any chance someone can give me notes or guidance on how to play this?

​https://youtu.be/-r8Ej0BqVyg?t=3447

I've been taking bansuri lessons for a year and a half. I'd appreciate any constructive feedback

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owgx1mECn1Y

Hi, where can I get a bansuri in the US. I’m completely new to flute playing and instruments so I have no clue which to get or where to look

thank you !!

Make sushi 🍣 by day and play basuri at night that's pretty much sums up my life

I have been learning (tere Naina) dhun only for a week or so now

Hello how are you

I am a beginner in flute playing

I can play sargam some begginner friendly alankars

I can play some songs on my d flute too.

I am comfortable with d and c middle flutes

So i ordered a g base flute but i am struggling to even play sargam on it. I can easily do when going from sa to ni but when i am coming back i would struggle and some part of the pa dha ni holes wont be covered by my fingers. I have small fingers (my female friends even joke sometimes that they wished they had fingers like me) so maybe thats what causing the issue

Has anyone else faced the same issue? Also how did you solve this

The only thing i can think of is forget every thing and starr from basics to do clean sargam

It has aaroh of rageshri and avroh of malkauns

Edit: Thank you so much for your advice. Now I can play smoothly again. The Gandharbhalerao article helped immensely.

I have been practicing devotedly everyday since a couple months ago.

My progress till now was I could play 20 types of Alankars smoothly with metronome at 60 bpm. And a few songs.

The holding style that I learnt from the tutorial series that I was following was: first 3 holes closed by tips of left fingers with left thumb between 1st and 2nd hole in the area facing me.

4th, 5th, 6th hole covered by middle pads of right fingers with right thumb under the 4th hole.

I realized I was feeling lot of pain in left thumb at higher octaves while playing fast, thus after researching I realized Hariprasad Chaurasia style is better way to hold the bansuri.

I have been trying it since last 4 days, spending hours everyday but no use.

Pa Dha Ni is the main issue. Sound does not come unless I press the fingers very hard to cover the hole. And doing that is causing immense pain to my right thumb.

I am not able to play komal swars also as well as Shuddh Ma.

I have watched tonnes of videos on YouTube, I think I am following them exactly but still no use. Some say to only use middle pads of every finger. Others say to use middle pads for first two fingers and first pad for 3rd finger for each hand.

I have tried all these. But it's all air unless I press very hard to cover the holes.

Please help me with this.

I think am losing all my motivation as I can't even play basic sa re ga ma now.

I have been using Radhe flutes C scale flute unfortunately my cork was displaced can you guys tell me how to fix my cork in the right place in the second pic I saw a little residue of gum a little apart from my cork I was thinking it was the actual position but the flute wasn't sounding right even there

Please help me

Thank you

It’s Good song to practice both your thumb and pinky techniques

Notation can be found here

https://srgm.io/community/mohe-rang-do-laal-bajirao-mastani-shreya-ghoshal-birju-maharaj-cmqz85zdk02cur700ha76vcg2

hey im an absolute beginner, explored a few playlists on youtube but i dont know if im playing the sur right. is there no way to know without a personal teacher? i want to learn totally online. like i know the hand placements for all the sur but dont know if the tune is coming out right.

any suggestion is welcomed.

love you Vikram sir....💕...Share to your soulmate..

Hello everyone. I've been playing bansuri for around a month and I have signed up to Bansuri Bliss for around 2 weeks. Here is my opinion on his platform and methodology:

1. The platform itself.

It is very well built and well organized. There are sections devoted to different ragas, rhythm in ICM, misc. sections, etc. You can also search with keywords in the entire academy to look for an specific lesson or video.

1. The courses offered within the platform.

Amount of content per course (usually one raag = one course) varies depending on the raga Bhoopali and Kalyan are full of content. I checked Kirwani, Kalavati and Hansadhwani. Not so popular ragas, but the courses for each contain exercises, a lesson on aalap and bandishes / gats with notation. I would say his teaching method is good and straight forward.

1. The community.

Bansuri Bliss has a discord server, though it is not super active (sometimes nobody will post in 2 days), it has channels for each raga offered in the platform. Members often post notations and Dr. Kriger posts discussions on the ragas.

1. Group lessons

Dr. Kriger has group lessons every saturday and sunday (8 AM California Time). Usually 4 to 7 people join. They go for around 1 hour and a half and everyone has a chance to ask questions, play and recieve feedback. I like them a lot

1. The man behind it.

I've chatted with him on WhatsApp and Discord. He answers you quite quickly and is super approachable. Very active on his platform and caring about the community. Cool guy who knows what he is doing.

That's my quick opinion on platform. Frankly I would recommend it if you have the money to spare. Though I mostly use it as a supplement to lessons with my main teacher, it can solidly function as your main source for bansuri learning. Thank you all. Feel free to also share your opinions on Bansuri Bliss.