bansuri

Etymology: A flute is called a 'bansuri', where bans means bamboo, and sur means melody.

Shadow Warrior 2009

On their trip they are assisted in changing personnels by a bunch of experienced world music and jazz players who add a wide range of additional colors such as bansuri, cymbalon, lute, tablas, trumpet and handclapping.

AvaxHome RSS: 2009

Serenaded by an Indian playing a wooden bansuri flute, I felt as pure as I ever have.

Perry Garfinkel: A Hind-Jew in India Perry Garfinkel 2010

As for the featured instruments, many are familiar but others are new to average listeners, including a stringed North African oud, a noh kan Japanese flute and a bansuri North Indian flute.

Conducting a New Language Marc Myers 2011

Serenaded by an Indian playing a wooden bansuri flute, I felt as pure as I ever have.

Perry Garfinkel: A Hind-Jew in India Perry Garfinkel 2010

Promising an adventure as well as tenderness, the film version anchors viewers in a setting that will transport them between Afghanistan and the U.S. Mr. Iglesias knew he'd have to employ a variety of traditional Middle Eastern instruments, such as the bansuri and ney, which are wooden flutes; the dulcimer-like santur; the rubab, an Afghanistan lute; and various hand drums, among others.

Settling on the Score: 2007

His approach to the soprano saxophone emulates shehnai and sundri as well as bansuri.

A Guide to Classical Indian/Jazz Fusion by Allen Alley Cat Lutins 1994

Other articles made from bamboo-bark are the _chalni_ or sieve, the _khunkhuna_ or rattle, the _bansuri_ or wooden flute, the _bijna_ or fan, and the

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

The group began with 'Vathapi Ganapatim' led by Chaurasia's hypnotic bansuri.

The Hindu - Front Page 2010

In his hands, the bansuri bamboo flute becomes an instrument of tremendous power, virtuosity and versatility.

World Music Central WMC_News_Dept. 2010