Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2108
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	bansuri  
Subject
	421.121.12
Contributor
	Roger Vetter, Toby Austin
Type
	Indo-Aryan
Format
	21.5 in. total length
17.5 in. acoustical length

Identifier
	6112
Source
	South Asia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	India
	Pakistan
Alternative Title
	basuri
	vamsa
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Hindustani Ensemble from North India
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Asia
Provenance
	Vetter collection
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - cylindrical with open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	beveled edge in wall of instrument, directly blown against
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	opening fingerholes to reduce space or shorten length of standing wave in air cavity
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	overblowing at consecutive partials
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - changing length of standing wave within cavity with fingerholes and by selecting partials through overblowing
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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