Playing The Bansuri Book & DVD

A Manual for the North Indian Flute by Jeff Whittier. Basic lessons in Bansuri technique, North Indian music and notation, and including lessons in the ragas Hansadhwani, Bhupali, Alahiya Bilawal, Hindol, Kalavati, Khammag, Misra Kafi, Patdeep, Madhuvanti, Kaushik Dhwani, and Yaman. Booklet gives notation for all musical examples played on the 38 minute DVD, and includes many exercises for the development of bansuri technique. These lessons are for both beginning and intermediate students of Indian music, and will also be useful for those musicians who have a background in Western music and would like to explore Hindustani music.