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These four free courses await you:
1) Getting Started With Bansuri
2) Bansuri Buyer’s Guide
3) Bansuri Q & A
4) Bansuri Care And Maintenance
Free Bansuri Tutorials
By Dr. Kerry Kriger
Lesson Of The Month – September 2022
The lesson of the month comes straight from the Bansuri Bliss Academy archives and is usually only accessible by Bansuri Bliss Members. For this month though, it is open to anyone with an account! Become a Bansuri Bliss Member to gain instant access to hundreds of bansuri lessons.
Bhoopali – Arohi Avarohi Five Ways
Bansuri Bliss Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger created these Bhoopali exercises so that you can focus on two of the most important aspects of bansuri: scale and breath. The concepts taught in this lesson contain fundamentals that are broadly applicable across most ragas you will play.
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Bansuri Bliss Office Hours
You are invited and encouraged to join our weekly Bansuri Bliss Office Hours sessions, which take place over Zoom. Meet other bansuri players, get your questions answered, play and get feedback on your playing, and learn new techniques, exercises and compositions.
My Free Bansuri Courses
Getting Started With Bansuri
Learn the fundamentals of bansuri and Indian classical music. New bansuri players should take this course first.
The course is perfect for anybody who wants to expand their understanding of bamboo flute, raga and Indian classical music.
Bansuri Buyer’s Guide
In this mini-course by Dr. Kerry Kriger, you will gain the knowledge to properly choose a bansuri and bansuri maker.
Buying anything can be frustrating if you don’t what to look for, what to ask, who to trust, how to assess quality, how much to pay, or where to look. Dr. Kriger created this guide to give you a framework for choosing your next bansuri.
Bansuri Q & A
Bansuri Bliss Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger answers an array of questions received from bansuri students from around the world.
Bansuri Care And Maintenance
Bansuri Care And Maintenance is a mini-course by Dr. Kerry Kriger aimed at providing bansuri players with the knowledge to properly care for their bansuri.
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A Message From Dr. Kerry Kriger
I hope you have enjoyed the free learning materials on this page! I created them so that you and other aspiring bansuri players acquire the fundamentals of bansuri and north Indian classical music.
The courses and lessons on this page are just a small subset of what I have created over my 25+ years learning, playing and teaching bansuri. If you are truly dedicated to learning bansuri, I encourage you to become a Bansuri Bliss Member. As an official member, you will:
(1) Gain access to the entirety of Bansuri Bliss Academy, which contains hundreds of in-depth bansuri lessons in a variety of ragas;
(2) Gain access to the Bansuri Bliss Members Lessons taking place ten times per month via Zoom video conference; and
(3) Gain access to the Bansuri Bliss Community on Discord, where you can meet other Bansuri Bliss Members, ask your bansuri questions and get detailed responses from myself and other accomplished bansuri players.
There is nothing similar to Bansuri Bliss Membership available anywhere online. I hope you will take advantage of this brilliant opportunity to develop your musical abilities!
— Dr. Kerry Kriger,
Ibague, Tolima, Colombia
July 3rd, 2021
How To Take Your Bansuri Playing To A Higher Level
The next step towards bansuri mastery is for you to complete the Bansuri Bliss Expression of Interest form. This helps us know about you and your musical goals so we can determine the best path forward for you. We will then contact you with suggested next steps…and may even invite you to join an upcoming Bansuri Bliss Members lesson on Zoom!
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Am I The Right Bansuri Teacher For You?
If you seek to play beautiful bansuri and to deepen your understanding of ragas and north Indian classical music, than Dr. Kriger is quite possibly the right teacher for you. But read this article to make sure!