Bocarina Professional Blk Nose Flute - Black

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The flute has a fascinating history as well. Did you know the flute is among the oldest instruments ever invented? Or that you can play the flute with your nostrils? No, we’re not kidding. Let’s discover even more fun facts about flutes below! How much do you know about the flute? Halle Berry, Gwen Stefani, Tina Fey, Alanis Morissette and Lizzo were all burgeoning flutists in their school days. Even Leonardo da Vinci played the flute! 18. That sounds familiar The range of each instrument is critical to making a good sound with other members of a larger group.

The piccolo often serves a “flourishing” role in the ensemble as well. Rarely does it get the melody, and it accents the other instruments carrying the melodies. Is the flute difficult to play? Elsewhere Colenso remarks:—"Their musical instruments, rude though they were, and possessing only a few notes, were several; perhaps they would have improved these had they possessed proper material for making them. Their three or four flutes of different sizes were made of human bone, or the hollow stems of the tutu (Coriaria ruscifolia), or of the poroporo (Solarium aviculare), or of two pieces of hard wood, cleverly constructed and fitted together, having the joining in the centre, where, too, it was much larger. Their trumpet was made of a large conch shell ( Triton variegatum), and sometimes of a piece of wood. All their musical instruments were also more or less carved and ornamented. Their larger war gongs were made of matai wood, and were suspended in their forts." From the beautiful ballets of Tchaikovsky to the musical stylings of pop star Lizzo, the flute is a versatile instrument. We’ll also discover why the flute is the outlier of the woodwind family. The flute is kind of a rebel (you’ll find out why soon!) Mr. White tells us of a flute that consisted of a man's windpipe. This would be a case of a tama-a-hara, a hated enemy whose bones would serve as spear points, fish hooks, etc., for eating the flesh of such a person by no means satisfied the Maori's desire for revenge in some cases. Although no specimen of the above described instrument has, to the writer's knowledge, been preserved in our museums, yet I am inclined to believe that Mr. White was perfectly correct in his description. That reliable and versatile writer W. B., states that such an instrument was made and used by the Maori in former times. He described it as about 2 ft. 6 in. in length, and 1¼ in. in diameter. It was made in two pieces and no mention is made of increased width of the central part, as in the pu torino. The two halves having been hollowed out they were then carefully fitted together and firmly and neatly lashed with sennit in the middle and at each end. Decorative designs were carved on the surfaces not covered by the lashings. An interesting method was employed where-by the inner surface of the tube was rendered even and smooth. A round plait cord of fibre was made that could just be drawn through the tube, and, the end having been reeved through it, one end of the cord was secured to a post or sapling, while the other end was passed round another such, hauled taut, and so made fast. Wet sand was then rubbed on the surface of the cord, and the operator, gripping the tube, drew it rapidly to and fro on the cord, giving the tube a half turn at each thrust.Two of my European correspondents claim to have seen natives using the koauau as a nose flute, the right thumb being used to stop the right nostril. Fingers of both hands were used on the stops. All flutes can change their lowest note by a half step by changing how they blow into the embouchure hole and have a longer foot joint. Whatever you call it, its practical range is considered to be from C4-C7. This places it higher than most of the other instruments in the band. The sound is similar to a regular plastic flute but is more versatile because you can make easily glissato and all these without the use of the hands. Shortland mentions thepu torino, koauau and pu tara, remarking:— Different kinds of wind instruments resembling the flute, only varying in their length." This is a rather loose statement, the pu tara or shell trumpet in no way resembles a flute.

Ingo Stoevesandt wrote in in his blog on music in Southeast Asia: “It was in 1521 when the first Spanish missionaries arrived. Only few decades later, around 1600, churches and schools have been installed and the secular musical tradition of Spain was taught. We can assume that mainly only such music was taught as it was used in the Christian liturgia, for example the Gregorian solo chant and the first roots of polyphony from the canto organo and gymel. [Source: Ingo Stoevesandt ] Flutes are one of the most demanding instruments to play, because a constant stream of air is required at all times. If you have the lungs for it, the flute might just be the instrument for you.The range is an octave below the bass or two octaves below the soprano at C2-C5. This is closer to the bass trombone but still not as low as the tuba. The Philippines is home to a number of world-class artists. Leah Salonga won the Lawrence Olivier Award, a Tony, and the Drama Desk Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Awards for her performance as Kim in “Miss Saigon”. Among the other Filipino musicians of note are Joey Ayala, who composes and plays indigenous Filipino music; Regine Velasquez, Asia’s "Songbird"; and Martin Nievera, the Philippines’ Concert King. Kuh Ledesma. +++ Some tribes made flutes from the arm and leg bones of their own dead. We have seen that, when a woman was in labour, a tohunga or her grandfather played upon such a flute until the child was born. A tohunga (priest) would also play such a flute when a child was ill, or when the child was in any pain or distress, according to Mr. White, as when cutting its teeth. Also when the child cried without any apparent cause. The idea in the native mind was that such flutes being made of bones of departed ancestors acted as a medium between the living and the gods (from whom man is descended). Filipinos like karaoke. Karaoke are found in jeepneys and even on some airlines. According to humanbreeds.com: “83 percent of the Filipino women and 72 percent of the Filipino men dream about becoming a famous singer… well, i just made these statistics up, but the actual numbers are probably not so far away from those fake statistics. Filipinos just love singing, not only in the shower, but also on the streets (I’ve seen it happen countless times), in the living room, alone or with friends or of course in the extended and so frequently happening Karaoke sessions. [Source: humanbreeds.com, February 7, 2014] Filipino Artists and Musical Talent Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in.

To play a nose flute, you don’t need any skills but follow simple instructions, and you are good. Nose flutes are not complicated. They don’t require special fingering techniques, nor are they plagued by any form of complication that usually bedevils other wind instruments. In Fig. 67 we see four koauau flutes and two of the peculiar nose flutes termed nguru, all of which are fine specimens. In A is given the face view of these implements, each koauau having three stops. The hole for suspension is seen plainly in three cases, passing through a small boss on the side of each specimen. In two cases the cord for suspension is attached, one being furnished with a bone toggle. The third specimen from the left shows particularly fine carved designs. Two of the stops of the second specimen appear to be surrounded by countersunk shell circlets, the lower nose flute being adorned in a similar manner. The wooden hose flute to the right has one side covered with well executed carved work, but in neither view are the stops seen. There is usually a small hole on the outer curve at the small end of a nguru, making three stops in all. Both specimens have the side hole for suspension. I do not know the material of the lower nose flute. These instruments are in the British Museum. See p. 240. It is also the only one made of metal. Okay, those are some quirky flute facts. 13. How many octaves? Some vocal genres reflect a significant form of music for an ethnicity, like the Marano bayok which is a kind of creating language out of music, or the epics stand for one local group like the Marano “Darangen”. Spanish Influence on Filipino MusicMr. White is also responsible for the following:—There was another kind of whio, an inferior kind, made by persons not expert enough to make the better sort. It was used by beginners, persons learning to play, although an expert player alone could make it sound well. This instrument was made from a piece of tutu (Coriaria ruscifolid) the pith of which was removed by means of using a piece of wood as a borer. The outside was then dressed smooth and holes bored as in the one made of matai. These whio made of tupakihi (tutu) were used by children. The following song is one that was much favoured by flute players:— Although tongali resembles a normal flute, it is four-holed as opposed to regular flutes that have eight or more. Yet, the sound it produces is both mellow and soothing, “Listening to it is very calming, making it ideal for meditation,” says Rajiv, adding that he was fascinated by the instrument, though it was its history that caught his attention. He played some tribal melodies on the flute, which reminded me of the Native American flute music we hear in this country. It wasn't about playing a melody line for several bars, but more like a burst of notes that sounded like birds chirping or the wind whistling. If you’re someone who plays the flute, what would you prefer to be called? There are many names which are used including, flutist, flautist, flutenist, flautenist, fluter, or more simply, flute player. 5. Horizontal or vertical?