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The wooden instrument initially comprised two flute pipes of the same length but over time, one of them was shortened for sound purposes. In the world of Alghoza playing, the two flute pipes are a couple — the longer one is the male and the shorter one the female instrument. With the use of beeswax, the instrument can be scaled to any tune. [6]
Chetan Joshi is a noted flautist in the Hindustani classical music tradition. He was born in Jharia and brought up at Noamundi and Bokaro Steel City.He was trained under Late Acharya Jagadish (Bokaro), Late Pandit Bholanath Prasanna (Allahabad), Late Pandit Raghunath Seth (Mumbai) [1] and Pandit Ajoy Chakravorty (Kolkata).
Krishna's ras leela or love play with Radha and other gopis of Vrindavan appear frequently. As an example, here are the lyrics of a thumrī composed by the medieval poet Lalan, celebrating Krishna's flute – how its tunes are driving Radha mad. Braj or Vrindavan is where Krishna is indulging in this love play; Radha is the "Girl of Braj".
Chupke Chupke Raat Din (Urdu: چپکے چپکے رات دن) (transl. Quietly Quietly Night & Day) is a popular ghazal written by Maulana Hasrat Mohani. [1] The music composition is based on Raga Kafi [citation needed]. It is a classical Urdu poem that represents the culture of the Mughal Dynasty. The poem became famous after it was sung by ...
The flute (venu) finds great mention in Indian mythology and folklore having been listed as among the three original instruments meant for music along with the human voice and the veena (vaani-veena-venu). [7] The venu is associated with the Hindu god Krishna, who is often depicted playing it. This kind of flute is mainly used in South India.
The ney (nej) of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Karakalpakstan is a transverse flute that can be made of different materials, often indicated by a prefix in the name. The agach-nai is a wooden flute, the garau-nai a bamboo flute, the misnai a flute made of sheet iron and the brindgzhi-nai a brass flute.
Sáo is the literal Vietnamese word for "flute". The most common variety is played with the flutist holding the sáo transversely to the right side with their mouth placed at the blowing hole. Other varieties include the Sáo Dọc , a kind of recorder similar to the Thai Khlui , the Sáo Bầu , and the Sáo Ôi , a recorder played by the ...
He created his own flute, which he calls the "Naveen Flute". [1] This flute features flute tone and the vibration of strings (through the placement of a string on the side of the flute). [2] Naveen has received great attention for the instrumental orchestral piece, "Bombay Theme", [3] which AR Rahman composed and arranged for the film Bombay in ...