It's a G scale flute.

I think I can play the original E scale version too, if I assume my Dha as Sa.

It's been 6 months now self learning basuri ..

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First of all thanks a lot checking and getting ready to help I want you to recommend me the best beginner song tunes as I have just started.

Appreciate any help thank you

Bansuri to Choose for Beginners who have just started or about the start learning Flute.

A VERY SHORT TAAN FROM RAAG JHINJHOTI...

What scale is this flute

I joined Ashwin Srinivasan's Fluteschool (https://ashwinflute.com/) very briefly last year when I was a beginner, and didn't stay long because I found the material difficult. I even posted a brief review here, where I praised the content but had a couple of minor issues.

One was that I thought there was a lack of progression between his beginner course (which starts from scratch) and the rest of the courses. This was why I didn't continue with it.

The other issue I had was how inactive the platform was - there's a forum but very very few posts, so you don't really get any sense of engagement.

Well recently I rejoined, in need of new learning material. I have to say it's pretty great now I've advanced enough to handle it. The videos are well produced (the sound in particular is much better than 90% of the random youtube bansuri tutorials you find). There's lots there. It's a bit lacking in compositions and only 2 raags are deeply covered (Bhoopali & Yaman), but what is there is excellent, and it's quite inspiring to hear Ashwin play even apparently 'boring' exercises with deep intention & beauty. His courses are now the core of my daily practice.

The forums though are still almost entirely unused. Posting there is like throwing a pebble into a canyon. Puzzling really as it's all so excellent you'd think there would be a lot of bansuri learners keen to converse. Maybe people are too busy with other stuff. Perhaps the market is small because most people able to afford a subscription live where they can find an in-person teacher instead.

Anyone else using fluteschool? Do you enjoy it as much as I do?

Could someone please recommend me a d natural medium flute under 500, ik it's not a good budget to buy a flute, but i cant afford anything above 500 rn also not a pvc flute cause the tone is not as good as a bamboo flute

I used to own a c natural pvc for years until it broke during covid, recently bought an f# base pvc and I hate it lmao but ive started to appreciate its uniqueness, on C i was able to play most songs but on F# im severely limited so i have to come up with my own tunes and ive been appreciating the challenge it gives me and that led me to think what other scales would you guys recommend that isnt good for beginners?

I am a beginner and after 2 weeks I am able to play but no luck in higher note/tone. Watched many YT videos but couldn't figure out.

I am using C base flute.

I want to buy a new flute/bansuri, i saw some of the websites listed on this subreddit but there were many variations of flutes such as G sharp, B natural. I am a complete beginner and don't know what that means can someone suggest me the type of flute i should be buying as a complete beginner.

Left handed player here who has been playing a right handed flute and i feel it doesnt sound right so im planning to buy now usually i'd go for punam flutes but reviews online say that their flutes for left handed players aren't tuned properly...Any suggestions after having bought two wrong flutes im hoping to make the correct choice this time...

Everyone in my family learnt and sings a Jina Bhajan (Jain Religious Song) from their childhood, which is exactly in the tune of This old Hindi Song. I'll be so grateful if anyone helped me with the Sargam Notations of this song, so that I can learn to play it. I searched everywhere and finally got here. I live in a rural area and I am a Teacher job aspirant who has no job to pay a online Guru ( So that's out of the question ).

Stairwell

Recorded at midnight in an empty, liminal concrete stairwell of a supermarket in the UK in 2025.

With Elliott Robinson on bansuri flute and William Du Toit on doumbek drum and percussion, the pair installed a multi-microphone setup across three floors, capturing the stairwell as a vertical concrete chamber of reverb.Positioned on separate levels, obscured from each other’s view, they began to improvise into the space.

What you hear on the record is the raw, natural resonance of the stairwell itself.

Elliott Robinson - Bansuri
Will du Toit - Doumbek & Percussion

Full mastered EP available at: https://dontknowdojo.bandcamp.com/album/stairwell

Listen for free on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu_nS2JNcnc&t=704s

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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.

Same as the title, not pvc flutes tho

i found this in my closet and now im thinking i should start learning it but idk if i should buy a good flute or play this cheap flute as a beginner??