VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese bamboo flute has long been one of the most popular wind instruments, containing the essence of Vietnamese music. The moody sound it produces has signified the ...

Amidst the cacophony of the fairground, the sound of the flute came floating in the air. An elderly man was seen immersed in playing the bansuri (flute). He sat on a mat, with his craft — bamboo ...

With its superb melody, thebansi, a bamboo-crafted flute, occupies pride of place amongst the wind instruments. An inseparable part of our folksongs, tradition and myth, the tune of the bamboo flute ...

The first flutes excavated in China were made from bone. Today, ones made from bamboo are widely used in Chinese music and opera This is the seventh in a series of articles about classical Chinese ...

If you are planning to learn a wind instrument, beginning with a flute will not be a bad idea. Though it is not too easy to learn a flute, the soothing sound of this instrument has the power of making ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Subhasis Sabyasachi and his troupe from New Delhi promote classical music through bamboo-made musical instruments. The troupe, called Bamboo Melody, is the first and only ...

Flautist Marselus Selu has started a music collective on the island of Flores to foster traditional wind instruments made from native bamboo. The 64-year-old taught himself to build and play the ...