BT 09 - Making the Pancham Hole / Thumb Hole in Bansuri

[@deepakmanjarekar6156]

Swargawasi?!!! Looooooong live Ashwin!!! You are a blessing to millions of flute lovers like me! You are also a selfless giver, which is a rare virtue these days. Keep giving us, your followers, the joy of your sublime music for next 100 years and create heaven on Earth for us. God bless you!!

[@ashwinflute]

Hahaha. That was a joke. Thank you :)

[@AdwaitPurandare]

Amazing Video. Thanks Ashwin. Quick tip to everyone: Instead of using a heated screw driver, (US madhe chulha nahi milala kuthe) I used a soldering iron to make the pancham hole on my flute. I felt it was easier to control and also quicker with soldering iron. Try it out! 😊

[@srikrishnaghosh7660]

Thank you for this video. I am an amateur flautist and amateur flute-maker as well. With your idea (and due credit to your respected Guruji) and my little knowledge of physics, I hope to make the thumb hole perfectly on my already made flute. But to use that hole like you will take my life. Regards.

[@shirish1000in]

... Now waiting eagerly for two videos .. 1. Usage of the Pancham hole . 2. Video on the place you visited ... 😀 As for this video ... Really fantastic and very informative .. I am sure , Rahulji will rename his hotel ( or atleast the dining area ) as Pancham Kutir or something alike 😀😀 Thank you ...

[@vinodt1347]

Thanks for making this public. People generally dont. I have tried this and got success with about 75% of the distance between Re and Ga for the thumb hole. There is another technique also of getting a Ma Tivra Hole which can be played with the little finger with a little stretch. This involves a small finger pad to be placed below the 6th Pa Hole. That come from my teacher Nitin Amin who is also a gayaki ang player.

[@Chasmatutor]

Aap bansi badak to jarur lekin app pahle ek atulnio admi ho. Your smiling face and simple behavior attract me most. In a previous video you explained the function of thumb hole. As a result I tried it on my Flute, the tune is perfect. But I can't play easily. Perhaps I have to practice a lot . Thanks ASHWIN ji for this valuable video. Just one question, don't you use your little finger for lower 'MA'?

[@ashwinflute]

Thank you Sandeepda. I don’t use the little finger on Bass flutes as I cannot reach it, ji. On smaller ones, I do use it though. :)

[@prakashgidde6539]

खुप छान माहिती पंचम होल बद्दल दिली... मी ही एक ई- बास ह्या टाईपची केशव फ्ल्यूट कोलकाता कडुन मागवली आहे... धन्यवाद

[@ShashiP50K]

I tried this and made a pancham hole. It's working fine. Thanks for your guide sir.

[@amolgargate5998]

सर खरंच खूप मस्त. ट्राय करून बघतो.

[@sanjeethflautist]

7:48 🥰 guru ji is great... Very informative Ashwin ji... Thank you... I remember the days with guruji where he taught me flute making techniques...

[@anhadnaadmusic]

कितनी निखालस और नि:स्वार्थ सोच है आपकी जो आपके वादन में भी परिलक्षित होती है, मैं भी इसका प्रयोग अवश्य करूंगा | धन्यवाद भैया🙏

[@rakeshkumarsrivastava2978]

Thank you sir.....aapke iss tutorial se Maine apni bansuri par bhi try kiya.....bikul perfect tuning Hui hai..thanks a lot sit

[@tripathi26]

Today I made pancham hole in my E base and G base flute. Your video helped a lot. Thanks!

[@shammisharma5520]

Thanks a lot sir to explain about the Pancham hole but I am sure after 100-150 years when this will be common & popular in flute playing use of Pancham hole people will thank and remember Shri Ashwin Srinivasan's contribution always

[@ashwinflute]

All thanks to my Guruji Pt. Venkatesh Godkhindi ji for the introduction of the thumb hole and my Guruji Padmabhushan Dr. Smt. N Rajam ji for inspiring me to work on the possibilities of Gayaki Ang on Bansuri. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@amardeshmukh7807]

Thank you sir, but I wish to know why the 5th no hole( lower nishad) are very big Dia in every flute

[@TheWanderlustDairies]

Dear Ashwin, you are not only a wonderful gifted musician but also a wonderful human being and such a great soul. A truly selfless giver. I have no more words to express my feelings. You are doing something which no other musician has done before and I can challenge that. You are a real blessing for the bansuri learners and lovers. God bless you my brother 😘😘💐🌹

[@pramanjtechnologies2869]

You are amazing! What amazes me most, apart from your music skills, is your command on Hindi and Marathi despite being from south! Its hard to believe that you are not from North or Maharashtra! I wonder how many more languages you speak? Being from Bangalore I am sure you will know Kannada and don't know how many more southern languages you know? And yet you are so humble !(Most of the artists are like this). Hats off to you.

[@abhijitkolhe1860]

उर्दू के अल्फाज भी शामिल है....जैसे कि..."शागिर्द".....वाह उस्ताद!!

[@nandkishorkulkarni3082]

Thanks a lot on explaining the objective - theory - implementation aspect of the Pancham hole. I have done this successfully on a relatively cheaper G base Basuri that I have. So BT09 was a quickly implementable learning. BT10 - Using the Pancham Hole is going to be a looong process. I hope to crack it. For making the hole, I followed progressively increased size drilling and then elongating the hole towards blowing hole to make it sound sharper. Used Tuner for the same purpose of matching - instead of using my untrained ear. Your guidance was adequate and I got compelled to implement it within a day. Thanks again.

[@nandkishorkulkarni3082]

Without your guidance I would not have risked trying it.

[@ashwinflute]

🙏🏼😇

[@aanchalmukesh79]

Sir namskar pancham tar sapatak ka he madhy ka

[@arpanmukherjee8975]

Sir ji ...agar exact opposite me ban gaya to kya bohot problem hoga?.....mera White 3 mein andaz nehi kar paya or pura opposite me banaya hun....please bataiyega

[@rajalflutesmaker1900]

Flute playing is my love Sir cost of flutes make me flute maker I m lucky its easy for me to make this pancham hole. I definitely try this When you use this pancham in your playing so Melody's when melody depend on M & P its not easy for us to use it smoothly somewhere a jurk happen there. I m waiting your next video eagerly

[@Dr._Subhajit_Goswami_vet]

Unparallel ...... Very nice

[@dhirenmohanpatnaik1072]

Sir you are a tremendous person.. Itna bada kalakaar but so down to earth !! Waiting for your next vdo to learn how to use Pancham hole. Pranam.

[@pankajdhote2304]

Guruji I have Played Scottish Bag Pipe, "Chanter" (Jaha se sur nikalte hai) mein Pancham ka hole upar hi hota hai, but bang piche in the centre.

[@nawarajneupane6763]

I made pancham hole by your instructions . Love you sir 🇳🇵❤️.you are doing great work 🙏🏼

[@nirbhaysisodiya7815]

👌👌👌👌👌👌👌superb knowledge gave sir 🙏🙏🙏

[@AmitVishwakarma-ei1vv]

Sahridhya dhanybaad guruji....its great opportunity to us to hear you and learn from you....thanku very much sir

[@ayush1570]

Thank you sir for this tutorial I am a fan of the fabulous Kirana gharana The Godkhindi family Prakash Hedge ji and of course you are my idols Also the vocalist pt Bhimsen Joshi ji pt Venketesh Ji ( Godkhindi ji as well) are my idols and I heard much of their recordings

[@madhusudannandi8462]

Sir, Baklay flute k panchan hole hay , please dekh le gi a,

[@saxkumar5281]

ThanQ so much Aswin ji... It's the exactly place for pancham hole make.. & I have did it as per your calculation method....

[@devendrabakhshi179]

Very good tutorial to make pancham hole,,,Ashwin jee, Best regards

[@bansuriguru]

Very informative

[@abhishekkeraliya8623]

This is awesome !! Just made pancham hole on my E base flute. Thank you so much for explaining !!!

[@udayniture]

तुम्ही मराठी बोलता खूप छान वाटलं आपला आम्हांस सार्थ अभिमान वाटतो

[@abhilashkilledar9596]

Inki awaj kitni down to earth lagti hai

[@ketandesai7506]

Sir, i tried it on my E base flute n it came out excellent... Pancham hole i made is appx. 6mm... Is it ok??... sir, pl. Share exercises for using pancham hole... I already subscribed on Thinkific...

[@sanjaybharambe5348]

Khup aabhari Aahe sir, 🙏💐 you focused on this very interestingly issue, mala tumcha hya pancham thumb che khup aakarshan hote ,aata please kase upyog karaycha te pan sanga🙏💐

[@tarunsinghal8840]

Sir I made it. Ek baat samajh nahi aai. Aapne kaha ise to madhyam pancham banana hai. Warna ye pancham dhaiwat bhi ban sakta hai Sir ye madhyam pancham, pancham dhaiwat, and original pancham me kya difference hota hai ? Ise bajate kese hain flute ? According to my smallest knowledge, I guess while making a flute, if the pitch falls under madhyam, it is madhyam pancham and if it is touching the dhaiwat, it is pancham dhaiwat. Am I right ? Please reply sir

[@ashwinflute]

Mujhe samajh nahi aayi aap kya puchh rahe hai. Never heard of Pancham Dhaivat. It may be possible but bajane me kitna aasan hoga ye nahi pata. Waise to dhaivat ke upar bhi jaa sakta hai.

[@tarunsinghal8840]

@@ashwinflute Sir I am talking about the point 17:00- 17:10 U said pancham dhaivat ban sakta hai

[@ashwinflute]

Tell me what you want to know

[@Aman-oq4ml]

Gud to see you always

[@prasadbhamare276]

I feel so good when you speak Marathi❤️

[@AtulClassics]

Innovative Ashwin.....As Usual 🙏🙏🙏

[@vivekmohanpathak4000]

We are highly obliged sir ,, And now waiting for your next video ,, how wil we manage to reach dhaiwat from pancham ,,, May baba vishwanath shower you with with all his kindness ,,.

[@arpanmukherjee8975]

Thanks a lot Sir. ..pahela kosish me hi E5 a gaya

[@vihaanmuse]

Sir next vdo please jldi digiyega Too excited to learn about it Kuch naya sikhneko mila Thank u for ur video sir....

[@prasadacharya866]

Pancham hole can be half closed to get teevra ma .

[@makarandkapare1480]

What is size of hole

[@VamsiMohanKrishnaVadrevu]

Amazing explanation for exploring and making the pancham hole bhaiyya! This is a great tutorial!

[@tarunsinghal8840]

Most awaited video. Thank you I'll try it

[@ajay126z]

Thanks you very much for sharing this knowledge. God bless you, Sir!

[@bapujena1351]

Tq sir for ur beautiful teaching !!

[@sonikvelingkar]

Commendable work, Ashwinji!

[@gyanbhaskarnaithani4662]

excellent..sir..

[@salim25pk]

Sirji. Aik baat batae. Kia Pa ka hole medium flutes main Bhi kia ja sakta Hai. I mean agar C medium ya phir aur choti like A medium main kia jae to kia useful hoga. Ya sirf base flutes main hi practical rahe ga??

[@ashwinflute]

Ye practicality ki baat nahi hai. Aapke playing technique ki baat hai. Mujhe pancham hole sabhi flutes me chahiye. To maine banaliye.

[@nithin1007]

Aswin ji... One doubt In hindisthni concerts The super maestros like chaourasyaji prasannaji majumdar ji And maestros like you, parasnathji etc Do you people use flute with pancham hole? Or is it only for refording purpose

[@ashwinflute]

Only Pravin Godkhindi ji and I use Pancham hole. I don’t know if others do.

[@sach11061]

Nice one

[@datascientists3560]

Flute agar halki bent ho jaaye (1 degree near blowing hole), iske baare main please kuch bata sakte hai? Sound main koi farak nahi aaya hai abhi tak par samajh nhi aa rha ki weather ke karan hai ya main zyaada tightly pakad rha hun. Thank you.

[@ashwinflute]

No idea :(

[@datascientists3560]

@@ashwinflute For anyone else with this issue - Subhashji ne bataaya ki dryness ke karan hai, flute ko lying down rakhne se improve hoga.

[@princening679]

Sir I will try in my flute

[@inderjeetsharma2662]

I'm going to try this Thanku sir 👌 😍

[@vibhashukla2796]

It's a rare phenomenon to tell and share trade secrets. Only greats without fears can do so

[@ashwinflute]

Firstly my belief system and upbringing has taught me that Music is no trade. Yes it’s a means to earn a living. And fundamentally every musician is different and hence tells his or her story in their own unique way. No amount of mimicing (imitation as a form derived from inspiration) will still get us to sound like another, as we will inadvertently have the stamp of our personality in our music. We’ve all started from the imitation phase (for technical and thought development) and we must seek to deviate at some point to use our technique and thought process (derived from the imitation phase) to tell our story in our way. I analogise this with children learning to speak. They tend to learn by imitating those around them when young but they use that vocabulary and thought process, to somewhere down the line, express their own thoughts and opinions. Hence there should be no question of insecurity and therefore no secret! Hope that made sense! :)

[@vibhashukla2796]

@@ashwinflute I said it's a rare phenomenon.You yourself must be knowing it. But that's what makes you rare and special. I just repeated it because sometimes it's required

[@vibhashukla2796]

@@ashwinflute Well nothing is trade if you feel it so, or everything is a trade if you feel other way around. But it hardly matters if you do it honestly and sincerely. But actually in my opinion nothing comes free in this universe. We have to pay the price. Only and only question is when. There is a good story in Mahabharata for it. But if we even look around us there are lot of great or good artists who were very protective about their secrets and were or are very commercial. I don't want to name them. Few are legendary singers. So trade or no trade is just a belief system. It's not important till it enters in ego. I don't know have you ever noticed that very known and great singers mostly sings bhajans pathetically. Because their art (or artistic ego) prevents them to just be simple sometimes.

[@sharmashivanand]

It's it possible to use a micro-drill? Or is the heat-finishing required for sound quality or other considerations?

[@ashwinflute]

Micro drill may cause a crack to the bamboo. Also, I’m not sure if the diameter would be appropriate.

[@sharmashivanand]

@@ashwinflute Guruji, I lit up a diwali sparkler in your name, remembered Prabhu Shree Ram and used the iron core of the sparkler to make the hole. It worked right the first time. I bought this E bass flute on sale. Now it has a beautiful soul, courtesy to you 🌹

[@akashbansuri]

Which place bhaiya ?

[@soumyamishra5732]

Pranam...প্রণাম...🙏❤️

[@chetanpundalikmahajan4132]

Hello.. I have E base flute should I use the same procedure to make a successful pancham hole? Pls guide me

[@ashwinflute]

Yes

[@chetanpundalikmahajan4132]

@@ashwinflute thanks sir

[@bangaliyadav130]

Thanks for knowledge sir

[@iamanadvisor7369]

Sir aysa koi guru hain jinhone mujhe free me bansuri sikhayega kya??

[@ranvijaygoswami7790]

Thank you so much Sirji. Ye pancham ke hole ke baare me mujhe sapne aane lage. Ma se Pa ka meend nahi ho pa raha tha. Aapne mumkin kiya ye. One question- is the measurement same for all scale flutes

[@ashwinflute]

Measurement is pretty much similar as per my understanding. My advice is to try it first on a less expensive flute. The trial and error method teaches us everything we shouldn’t do and that’s the right way to learn, in my opinion.

[@sohampande2238]

Sir what if it fails Will it affect the tuning of flute

[@ashwinflute]

It will affect only the tuning of Pancham hole. The rest of the flute will not change. Yu just need to seal the wrongly made pancham hole and play like a normal flute.

[@turjadev]

Love the ''swargbasi'' joke. At 14:49😀😀😀

[@UjwalSandeep]

What can be the error from B4 = 493hz?

[@ashwinflute]

No idea.

[@swapankumarbhattacharya3841]

Sir does a flute which has no threading in the middle of it crack while playing too much??

[@ashwinflute]

No

[@vasubisht206]

Thankyou for your insights!

[@MuisineStudio]

Hi Ashwinji, I am following you since a while. You are a top grade artist. I am from Mumbai and was wanting to come to Pune for your last program. Thanks for uploading the entire video. Enjoyed it. Do let us know if you are going to perform sometime in Mumbai. We also arrange concerts please let me know how to reach you out. God Bless!!

[@ashwinflute]

Thank you ji. You can message me on my Facebook Page. 🙏🏼

[@FLUTEASHISH]

Thank you so much 😄 I made the hole in flutes. Its damn helpful in recording sessions

[@narendrabrassbandjalgongai8511]

Sir aap gred ho me aap se shikhanaa cahata hu aapka ad milega

[@r.sandeshphotography8899]

Bhau marathi 1 number 🙏

[@meetRohitchaudhary]

Thank you so much for showing us how to make the Pancham hole by our self, I had a small doubt, you said to put the hole at a distance equal to separation between Re and Ma holes, since we need to go a note higher, But isn't the distance between tivra Ma and Pa is of half note? So technically we should place the pancham hole at a half distance of Re and Pa hole. But we also observe that it seems to be working, is it because the size of the hole is kept smaller compared to the other holes. I am a beginner, excuse me if this doubt seems stupid. Your videos are awesome, This BT series is helping me to learn alot 🙏

[@ashwinflute]

The best way to know this thoroughly is by doing the experiment yourself. This way you will also learn ‘what not to do’ which is a lot more valuable /)

[@meetRohitchaudhary]

@@ashwinflute Correctly said Sir, Thank you very much for replying 🙏

[@sanjeethflautist]

Technically half distance yes... But as we need tiny thumb hole so distance need to be bit more than half

[@godgiftedflutiest]

Hello sir ...mi Shubham ...sir technique khup bhari ahe pn mla ek que ahe ki....jr aapan pancham cha hole Ma nantr back side la khali mark krto mg ji normal method ahe flute vajvaychi mhnj Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dh Ni Sa tya Pa jo ahe to All Hole Close position la yeto....mg jr tumchi method use keli tr All hole close ani Dhaivat jo ahe tyanchi position change hoti ka ....ekda fkt tyachyavr vid kara ...mi Confuse ahe jara ...pn method bhari ahe ..mi try krnar ahe....pn tevdha sanga....

[@pronobeshbhattacharyya2245]

Thank you Sir.

[@pronobeshbhattacharyya2245]

Sir I did it and it's working. Thank you Sir. Please take my Pranam.

[@ashutoshkalamkar]

Hi. Where do u live?? I'm from Pune and learning Dhrupad flute. I wanna meet you. (If possible) + this pancham hole is research of Shri pannalal Ghoshji.

[@ashwinflute]

Mumbai.

[@ashutoshkalamkar]

@@ashwinflute my wa no is 9689895509.

[@ashutoshkalamkar]

@@ashwinflute thanks for reply

[@ashutoshkalamkar]

I think you might problem to share ur contact. That's why I share my contact to communicate. Kindly ignore if you gotta dislike. But true purpose to meet you only. That's it.

[@ashokpandit6903]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@tutan341]

🙏🏼 Pranaam Sir Very very informative video, million thanks. I use my little finger for tivra Ma for my E (base) flute, but that is the max. I can stretch my little finger. I have watched Pt. Nityanand Haldipurkar ji using the little finger for tivra Ma in a D# (base) flute, but could never stretch my finger that far. Your method would give me a somewhat similar option atleast for the middle and probably the higher (tara) octave. So this pancham hole , what I understood , the Ma Pa distance should be same as Ga Ma :: will this fact be same for a D# (base) and a C (base) flute also ? Please let me know Sir , waiting eagerly for your reply. Thank you Sandeep Banerjee

[@ashwinflute]

Follow the instructions.

[@gouravsheode8048]

🙏thank you for sharing your valuable knowledge and @14:45😂👍

[@shajahantanur766]

Thankyou so much sir

[@sarathsomarajsomaraj7532]

❤️❤️❤️

[@FlutistChandanRastogi]

Thank you so much bhaiya

[@abhisheksankpal261]

Thank you very much 😊

[@nomanabdullah5547]

sir is this measurement applicable for g bass also? i tried this measurement but the new pancham is way too sharp can u please elaborate the measurements for different scales? i have been thinking about this octave change and wanted to add the hole and when i tried my worst feared thing happened if u could please elaborate it would help many amateurs who r interested and afraid of ruining their flute btw sir, love from Bangladesh

[@ashwinflute]

Will do in a future video

[@santoshpandey8543]

कितनी सहजता है। कितनी सरलता है। बरसात की बूंदों की तरह शीतल, सुखद, स्नेहिल। नमन।

[@haradhanmahachua1165]

👍

[@satyabhansingh6781]

Sir please kya ap online flute class sikha sakte hai plz contact no.

[@ashwinflute]

Main online nahi sikhata ji.

[@satyabhansingh6781]

Ok sir me flute shikhna chahta hu aur mera ass pass koi guru nahi hai yadi apke parichit koi classical flute sikhate ho to jaru bataye. Reply ke liye thanks.

[@vaibhavpedhavi]

💐🎶🎵🙏

[@srjranade]

I have a basuri where all the holes are placed where I feel comfortable. Holes are not in a straight line. My flute is a E flute. I don’t get any stress on my neck muscles or my left arm muscles. I believe D#,D and E flutes should use this technique. I will appreciate your comments. You can see the posture in a video clip where I have used this ergonomically designed E basuri. Simply search on my name. - Sharad Ranade.

[@dattasamant9625]

शरद I too face stiffness in left arm and left arm fingers after playing a while . If the subject flute E is available ,I am happy to go for it.I am Datta Samant, senior citizen, from Goa 9511875271

[@ashwinflute]

I tried to search but didn’t find the video you mentioned.

[@dattasamant9625]

share that video Sharad, once again

[@Kishorkumar-wu2yi]

. Today you are with punam flute( your friend's flute). It is very popular in india. My queation is does this flute come perfectly tuned coz when I checked my flute from the mobile app and blowing same pressured air throughout all surs. SA is fine but rest of surs are slightly up and down from the perfect pitch. plz tell me should I tune that punam flute according to yor previous videos.

[@ashwinflute]

Unfortunately, it is difficult to comment without personally checking the flute.

[@ashwinflute]

Very rare to find perfectly tuned flute.

[@Kishorkumar-wu2yi]

I understood.

[@sanjaybharambe5348]

Dada it's our it's our bad luck we spend lot of rupees on many reputed flutes but till we don't get well tune flute, as ashwin sir said it's rare to get well tuned flute

[@pranabboro9829]

सर में भी बनाने वाला हू पंचम होल बांसुरी इतना मंहगा नहीं है ई बेज में बनाने वाला हू

[@shubhamchoubey8017]

Sir, iska mtlb to ye hai ki duniya me ap akele vyakti hai pa-ma ki mind bajane ke liye..😮 Yha pr mind ka jrurat to shuru se hi na pdta hoga sir to log kaise handle krte a rhe hai isko??

[@ashwinflute]

Mere Gurubhai Praveen Godkhindi ji bhi bajate hain. Kyon ki isska prayog hamare Guruji Pt. Venkatesh Godkhindi ji ne kiya thha.

[@shubhamchoubey8017]

@@ashwinflute sir kisi gane me meend ka jrurat kaise pura kiya jata ho phr bina iske

[@kedarbhilare2878]

1st attempt pe hi as Gaya....pancham

[@kedarbhilare2878]

Sir mujhe aapse basuri sikhna hai... please mujhe sikhao

[@ashwinflute]

Aap Mumbai aajao. Main sikhaunga