Bocarina Professional Blk Nose Flute - Black

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The nose flute is a musical instrument often played in Polynesia and the Pacific Rim countries. Other versions are found in Africa.

The Bansiq is slightly curved bamboo tube, closed on one side by a node and cut off under an angle. On the cut off surface an extra piece of bamboo is tied. Dimensions: length: 31,5 centimeters , diameter: 1,5 centimeters. The Courting flute is short bamboo tube, cut off on the node and closed with a piece of wood. The lower part of the hole is half covered, with a burnt in hole. Dimensions: length: 14,7 centimeters , dimater: 1,6 centimeters The Saunay is a tube with six fingerholes, a mouth piece of bamboo with a cut out reed, a mouth shield made of coconut shell, and a bell made of leaf (probably bamboo) and blue plastic ribbon. ~ Traditional Visaya Musical Instruments The contrabass is fun to listen to and see. It’s more common than the contralto (or contra’alto), but it’s still only used by a professional-level flutist. The contralto is an octave below the alto with a range of G2-G5, similar to a trombone or tenor saxophone. 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." Some of the best folk music in the Philippines can still be heard at the Hobbit House. Freddie Aguilar still performs there on occasions. In many ways the best way to get a sense of the centrality of music and dance to Philippine culture is to attend a "Barrio Fiesta" celebration at the village level on the day of the annual celebration of the Saint day after which most villages are named. [Source: Canadian Center for Intercultural Learning+++]Dieffenbach, like Angas, seems to have seen only the koauau form of flute:—"The only musical instrument possessed by the natives is a flute with four holes, made of wood; the airs produced on it are plaintive, but little modulated." 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.

Most Filipinos listen to Western pop or Western-influenced Filipino pop. There is little recorded folk music. Indigenous gong and bamboo music, similar to musics found elsewhere in Southeast Asia, has all but disappeared in Manila but can still be found in the countryside, particularly around festival time. Julio Inglesias is popular. Erasurehead is a popular Filipino techno band. The flute can be found in many ancient cultures. The Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, Indians, Chinese, Japanese, and others, all developed versions of the flute independently from one another. Obviously the desire to make music is universal! Different cultures have created different flutes around the world 3. What’s that flute made of? Playing musical instruments has proven mental health benefits due to making music and the fine motor control needed to play. What is the difference between a flute and a piccolo?

The flute is known for its soft soothing sounds and is one of the world’s oldest instruments. Find out more with these fun facts about flutes! Here’s one of the coolest flute facts. The Hindu deity Krishna is always depicted holding or playing a bamboo flute. 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. In Figs. 77 and 78 (pp. 257, 258) are shown some of these bone instruments from Otago, two of which are broken. The left hand specimen shows but one stop on its exposed side, and the right hand one none at all, possibly it had not been pierced when lost or discarded. A specimen in the Dominion Museum has two stops, with no small hole near the end, but the majority I have seen have three stops, apart from any holes near the end. One of the oddest flute facts comes to us from Hawaii. The Hawaiian nose flute, also known as the ‘ohe hano ihu’ is a bamboo flute played with one nostril while clamping shut the other. Today, nose whistles are often sold as children's novelties and are made of plastic, although enthusiasts use techniques to modify instruments for easier use by adults, as well as better sound. Using beeswax to extend the nose cup to accommodate an adult's larger maxilla is one such technique. [3] Acoustics [ edit ]From hollowed out animal bones, to glass bottles, to the intricate instrument of today – the flute has come a long way since those days. 2. An instrument of many cultures

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. When a man manufactured a whio (whistle) it was for the purpose of attracting some woman he desired. If he played that whio well, then the woman could not resist him. These sort of amusements were indulged in at night and, in some cases, a man ignorant of playing a whio would arrange with an adept a deception in this manner. In the dark or dimly lighted house he would seat himself near the adept and pretend to perform upon the whio, whereas it would be the adept who played. If successful, and the man gained the woman he desired, then would he reward the true player with a present, such as a garment, or weapon, or a present of food. During the above performance should the fire happen to burn up and light the house, the adept would pass the whio to his companion who would mouth it and handle it for a while until the fire light died down again, when he would return it to his friend. Hence it so happened that such a deceitful person might so charm the woman he admired that he would gain her and marry her. Then, after they were so married, his wife would, some time or another, ask him to play on his flute, whereupon he would decline, saying that he was tired of it. Such would be his deceitful action, but what could be done, he had got the woman! While the flute may have been developed by many cultures over the same time period, the materials used for flutes have varied greatly over the years. Performers on the koauau were fond of playing in the evening, out of doors in summer time, after the evening meal. They would sometimes be seated on npuhara or elevated platform, and the people would gather on the marae or plaza to listen. If a person played late at night people would wake up and listen with pleasure. In some cases several players, possibly as many as four, would play the same tune together.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. 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. +++ Jeanne Baxtresser is known as the greatest female flutist, releasing 10 albums over her career and holding the position of principal flutist for the New York Philharmonic for over 15 years.