KOCHI: It took Pramod Chandramohan five years to master the art of flute making. Before that, he used to play the flutes he bought from festival markets. When Pramod started out, he didn’t even know ...

Some musical instruments such as flutes have an interesting quirk: higher-end, professional models are not the best choice for someone who’s just starting out. There are certain technical challenges a ...

The sound of flutes tuning and playing is nothing new to Sreemoddi village in Comilla's Homna upazila. Over a century ago two expert flute craftsmen, Kokil Das Bairagi and Deen Bandhu, reached the ...

Flautist Shahidul Islam, a native of Brahmanbaria, reminisced about the first time he held a flute at a local Baishakhi Mela, where he would often play and immerse himself in the art. What began as a ...

To make good music, you need all the instruments to come together and work in harmony. A good musician doesn’t get frustrated that he can’t tune the flute and get it to change I was at a breakfast ...

Aba is the homeland of Qiang People. The Qiang flute is a kind of vertical flute that is made up of two 15-20cm-long bamboo pipes with holes of the same size wound together with silk threads. Mainly ...