Getting Started

Getting Started With Bansuri

The starting point for anybody new to bansuri, this course was created by Bansuri Bliss Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger with the specific goal of ensuring that you have an understanding of the fundamentals of bansuri and Indian classical music.

Bansuri Bliss Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger has taught hundreds of beginner bansuri players. In this course you will find the absolute fundamentals!

A message from Dr. Kerry Kriger (March 27th, 2018)

It’s my final day in India and I am pleased to announce that I have published a completely free online course called Getting Started With Bansuri! The course is perfect for anybody who wants to expand their understanding of bamboo flute and Indian classical music. In this course, I teach you:

• How to choose a bansuri & where to purchase it
• How to hold a bansuri
• How to get sound from your bansuri
• How to determine the pitch of your bansuri
• How to use iOS/Android tanpura apps to accompany your flute playing
• How the notes work in Indian classical music
• How to get the notes on your bansuri
• How to read and write Indian classical music
• What a scale is
• What a raga is and how the raga is structured
• The structure of compositions in north Indian classical music
• The importance of Sa
• How to start and end any raga
• Good practice habits and simple ways to improve your playing

Over the past four months that I’ve spent in India and Bangladesh, I dedicated a significant amount of time to building this course, which has a lot of new material that I am sure you will find useful in your musical pursuits.

Please do share this course with your flute playing friends…just send them to: https://bansuribliss.com/start

I am looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the course (what you like about it…and what can be improved!).

Enjoy the course!
Kerry

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