There are six to nine finger-holes which are uniform in size.The
mouth-hole is slightly bigger than the finger-holes. Mostly
flute is made of bamboo. The cheap bamboo flute has been preferred
to all these on account of the excellent quality of its tone
and its fine resonating properties.
The length of a flute can be from eight inches to two and
a half feet. Long flutes have a rich,deep and mellow one and
small flutes have a bright and high-pitched tone. It is usually
played by holding it horizontally across the mouth, but is
also played in a vertical position when it hasbeen so constructed.
The two thumbs are used to hold the flute in position. The
three finger ( for finger, middle finger and the ring finger
) excluding the little finger of the left hand and the four
fingers of the right hand ( excluding the thumb) are used
to manipulate the finger holes.
The player blows air into the mouth hole.Then to produce the
notes of the mamdra-saptaka are produced,the player alters
finger. The notes of the madhya-saptaka are producecd in the
same way but with increased wind pressure and the notes of
the tara-saptaka are produced in a more complicated way by
cross-fingerings.
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