QUOTE(gkshyam @ Sep 9 2005, 03:05 AM)
GURUJI!!!!! Pranaam!! 
One good news for you!!!!! I somehow managed to go to a music shop in the city yesterday, and buy a Hindustani flute!!! (FIINNNNAAAALLLLLYYYY!!!!!!! 
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This one's smaller in size....and tuned to the 2D scale........Its a 7-holed flute.....(6 holes at the 'regular' places, and the seventh one a bit away....towards the non-blowing end of the flute) And most important thing is.....I simply tried it out at the shop.....and actually shocked myself....by getting the sound right at the first try...
....just played 3-4 notes........got happy....and bought it...........Now to start off with the lessons on a regular basis......
PS: {Planning to try out the notes from that CHART you had sent me, today}
One good news for you!!!!! I somehow managed to go to a music shop in the city yesterday, and buy a Hindustani flute!!! (FIINNNNAAAALLLLLYYYY!!!!!!! ) This one's smaller in size....and tuned to the 2D scale........Its a 7-holed flute.....(6 holes at the 'regular' places, and the seventh one a bit away....towards the non-blowing end of the flute) And most important thing is.....I simply tried it out at the shop.....and actually shocked myself....by getting the sound right at the first try...
....just played 3-4 notes........got happy....and bought it...........Now to start off with the lessons on a regular basis...... PS: {Planning to try out the notes from that CHART you had sent me, today
}Shyam,
Great news indeed. Hope you've tried playing all the notes by now and found the flute to be in tune.
Instead of me typing in some of the basics, I found a great website where a student of Hariji has explained this very eloquently. Go to :
http://www.bansuriflute.com/bansuri.htm
and lookup the "for beginers" section.
When you get a chance, please tell me what the length and diameter of the flute is.
Bibhas
the KASP band, can you please guide me how to go about it,