Talk:Bansuri

Etymology of name

The article needs the derivation/etymology of "bansuri" / "murali." Badagnani 04:31, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Renowned bansuri player Pandit Dipankar Ray teaching Hindustani Classical Music with the medium of bansuri in Kolkata. www.fluteguru.in Vivek basu (talk) 21:53, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

Famous players

There are just too many now. I am not even sure who's 'really' famous. Either let's agree on a few, say five, or make a separate page and link to it. List your preferences here and we can choose the top five. gnusbiz 01:25, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

This page is about Bansuri, the instrument. The list of so called famous players is never ending. I tried to rewrite the whole section but it still looks out of place on a page where more should be written about the instrument itself. If there is a need for expansion, I suggest we include information about gharanas, styles, and bansuri's role in popular culture. In any case, here is the rewrite I prepared for the players section, in case it is consented that it should be included. At least it looks better than a list.

==Famous bansuri players==

Some of the famous bansuri players are: Pandit Pannalal Ghosh, who introduced the instrument into classical Indian Music; he desired that the bansuri be capable of producing every nuance necessary for raga music. Pannalal Ghosh's style was close to the Allauddin Khan gharana. Devendra Murdeshwar, disciple and son-in-law of Pannalal Ghosh, was both a flutemaker and a player; he was a producer at the All India Radio. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, is a current popular flautist who uses a six-hole flute and is known for his precise blowing technique. Another famous bansuri player is Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao, taught by Pandit Ravi Shankar. Rao has tutored other famous players such as G. S. Sachdev, and Ronu Majumdar. In western music, too, bansuri has found many proponents. Some of the famous ones include Steve Gorn, David Philipson, Jeff Whittier, and Lyon Leifer.

gnusbiz 20:54, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Instrument of God: Murali

This seems to be a popular picture - such as be empty (unegoistic...) and God (..) is playing on it. Could you please metion that, too ? I work in the German Version of Wikip., where this is also lacking (and less in general on B. etc..).Sieb 15:46, 2 November 2007 (UTC) ^I don't see what this picture has to do with the price of fish. It adds nothing to the article.--Zubedar (talk) 20:06, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Inaccuracies

For example, article mentions that 3 holes covered gives the note 'D', but this would only be true if the bansuri was in the key of D. Needs work.--Zubedar (talk) 20:06, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Renowned bansuri player Pandit Dipankar Ray teaching Hindustani Classical Music with the medium of bansuri in Kolkata. For more information, please visit www.fluteguru.in Vivek basu (talk) 21:52, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

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