Lesson 18: How to play Raga Bilawal Part -1 in Flute/Banshi/Bansuri

Shuvo Noboborsho!!!
Happy Bengali New Year 1425, Greetings and best wishes to all the flute learners all over the world. ‘Pohela Baishakh’ is the largest celebrated festival in Bengali heritage irrespective to race and religion. Banshi or flute is an inseparable instrument of this festival. It is a symbol of Bengali music and culture. We are happy to see that the main festival of celebrating Pohela Boishakh at ‘Ramna Botomul’ is starting with the flute performance of our great Guruji Murtaza Kabir Murad. We are also happy that EFS made one year journey from its beginning, though we have been uploading tutorials for six months. Today we reach 10K subscriber and 300K view. We feel proud that many students from different countries are regularly watching and following the lessons, we think what we work for is a bit help to others. When we first started our work, we never thought that this flute learning channel would be so much popular, people would embrace it with love. We are grateful to our Guruji Murtaza Kabir Murad- our hope. Our journey with flute will go on under his guidance and care. We are planning to take some new projects, one is to arrange a Flute Festival in Dhaka within some months, Students of EFS will perform there. The program will be composed and designed by Guruji himself.
Our long awaiting Raga learning session is starting with this lesson 18. Raga Bilawal is composed of all Shuddha Notes and based on Bilawal Thaat. It is equivalent to the Carnatic melakarta raga Dheerasankarabharanam, as well as the Western Ionian mode (major scale) and contains the notes S R G m P D N S'. It is an ideal Raga to start with, all should have some idea on Bilawal. It should be noted that the discussion on Raga Bilawal, which is divided into lesson 18 and 19 is for very beginners of Raga lessons. This is why, we did nor describe very details of this Raga. In the following lessons, we will try to focus deep in Raga details.
It is time to say goodbye. Lets celebrate this Pohela Boishakh with lots of flute! Love flute!!Live Flute!!!
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Very good lesson sir. Does singing help to memorize the rag before playing on flute? I notice this is part of your method - to sing it first. Is this how Indian music is traditionally taught - by learning to sing first. Thank you.

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So for the aalap part, do we have to play the entire thing that you showed under aalap? Like is the whole thing the introduction? Or do different pieces work as introduction? Aalap: Ga Ma Re Sa Sa' Ni Dha Ni Dha Ni Sa Ga Ma Re, Ga Pa Ga Pa Dha Ni Dha Pa Ga Pa Dha, Dha Ni Sa' Sa' Ni Dha Pa, Dha Pa Ma Ga Ma Re Sa Consider the second last line that I wrote. Would playing that be enough for an aalap? Or do I have to play everything (assuming that what I wrote under aalap is what you said in the video)? (does my question make sense?)

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whole part is alap

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Thank you sir I like your video toturial. Sir, I want to know that what is vadi and samvadi swar of rag bilawal

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9:59 final

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Can you make a tutorial on rag sankara

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Sir, i am using C natural, during Pa Dha Ma Ga Re Sa, sound of Ma Ga Re Sa become sharp. what should i do.??? please help

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Sir, i have a book name "Aroha-Abraha" by Ustad Nirod Barman Barua Can i follow this book for practicing sthayi and antara? Hope you will reply me.

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sir the last part of the raag you could have split and thought like you did for the bandish... anyways its a beautiful video tqsm

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Antara 10:42 11:04

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What is this flute scale ? 🤔

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How to remember all notes

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By practicing more and more.

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Sir its a really vey beautiful video.... M really getting a lots a things to know.... Just a single request.... Could u please play the whole alap or the whole bandish means the full Bilawal raga togather??? Like you played a small portion of Raga Vairagi.... Please sir ......

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I teaching this raga from this beautiful video,. But where I can listen full of this raga, not lesson, full playing of this raga., Someone knows any video? Or audio?

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Sir how to play DHA , is it in gamak , thank you🙏

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4:03 playing on flute

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Thankyou so much sir ji for this lesson.......but uploading bandishe in description please...

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In the next class, we will do it. Thanks.

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Which tone is this flute in? Is it not 440hz?

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Respected Sir, Pls pls tell me about Lata ji's song rasik balma dil kyun lagaya tose. Ye gana kis raag par aadharit hai. Us raag k notes aur is gaane k notes pls pls pls dijiye aur ek bar demonstrate karke bhi bataieye.

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Thanks for your request. May be some day later.

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11:21 antara on flute

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Can we change the aang of the raga with following the rules such as giving importance to dha and the Antara Ma ga ma re sa....?

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amazing lesson sir! thankyou so much for helping and teaching us all! if you dont mind i have a question which i want to ask you, Sir can we improvise in the raga? can we play our own alaps and bandish? thankyou so much once again

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There are so many flutes. So many types of bansuri. Can anyone tell me what's the name of this one?

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This is bamboo flute, in Bangladesh it is called Banshi, in India it is Bansuri.

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Sir apnar lessons dekhe chot kore bashi ta sikhe felchi, khub anondo lagche. Ekta chotto proshno chilo. Amar ek gayok bondhu bollo bilawal er arohone naki m nei. Eta boro confusing lagche. Jodi ektu bujhie bolen sir khub bhalo hoto

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Sir, can I make any note combinations with this "SA, RA,GA,MA,PA,DHA,NE" in Bilawal raga??

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How to play vibrato ?

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sir I seriously could not get proper high notes... I give up... I'm not able to play as you do. how can i shift from ga - pa properly im seriously not understing

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Sir please tell something about this flute scale brand etc.

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This is a E bass Flute made by our Gurji Murtaza Kabir Murad. He is excellent in making tuned flute. Thanks.

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Sir. I am from India. Is there a way I can purchase a G scale bansuri made by your company?

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Guruji is this the E base flute?

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Sir vibrato ke upar ek class fijiye

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Sir how can we make alaap by ourselves...i mean

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It will take time and experience. Keep practicing and listening more and more. We will make some video on it in future. Thanks.

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Airy noise while playing flute. Please some tips to avoid this airy sound.

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Normally sound will be OK by practicing more and more. How long are you playing flute?

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Sir I have g scel flute can I learn through this flute

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What is the timing to play this RAAG???

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First prahara of the day.

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Sir what is the running scale of this rag

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The Flute Scale is E bass.

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No sir am not talking about flute scale am taking about the running scale of this rag

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Thank you very much sir.. Could you please provide me the notation of this lesson.

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Could you please provide me the notation of this raag

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Which scale flute u use sir?

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E bass

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Sir please put notations on screen Thank you

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We will try that in future. Thanks.

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Can you also post the notes pls

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