Bhoopali – Long Tone Exercises
Bhoopali Long Tone Exercises
Bansuri Bliss Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger teaches a long tone exercise to help you improve your tone and become accustomed to the scale of Bhoopali. The key here is to take a deep breath, then play just one note per breath. Then breathe again and play the next note. For each note, breathe outwards until you run out of air. Let the volume of your notes fade away. You should not end your notes abruptly. Your notes should fade away and blend into the silence (or the tanpura if you have one playing). First, ascend from Sa to High Sa; then descend from High Sa to Sa.
Then expand your range, by going from Sa down to low Pa; then up all the way to high Sa; then back down to Sa.
Recorded 2018-04-10 in Aptos, CA
