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Play bansuri online.

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Choose Play to tap or glide across the instrument. Choose Rotate to change your view. Use Play close-up for larger playing surfaces. The note controls below also work with your keyboard.

Your keys. Your rhythm.

Press two or more keys together for a chord.

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Try a tune

Hear it on bansuri, then make it your own.

Keep the beat

Set your tempo and play along.

The click is for practice and is not included in recordings.
PLAY. EXPLORE. REPEAT.

A closer look at the bansuri.

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Play a free virtual bansuri with modeled bamboo-flute tones. Hold notes and explore melodies with your keyboard, mouse, or touch screen.

Explore the gentle voice of a virtual bansuri, a bamboo transverse flute used in Indian music. This version offers a simple melody scale with sustained notes and a quiet breath texture.

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How do I play the online bansuri?

In 3D view, choose Play to tap, strum, or glide across a playing surface. Hold keys or wind surfaces to sustain a note. Choose Rotate to inspect the model; scroll or pinch to zoom. Use the labeled note controls or computer keys for chords and the full range. Classic view provides the original illustrated playing surface. Hold a labeled note button or computer key to sustain a tone. You can also tap the illustrated finger holes. The controls choose pitches directly rather than teaching acoustic bansuri fingering.

What sounds does the virtual bansuri use?

Bansuri tones are synthesized from harmonic oscillators and filtered breath noise. They are an approximation, without recorded bansuri samples, breath control, ornamentation, or a raga tuning system.

Audio & tune credits
TRY IT. LISTEN. MAKE IT YOURS.

Return to a small phrase after a leap

Begin with neighboring notes, pause, and reach up to G4. The pause makes the larger interval stand apart from the opening movement.

Starting tempo: 60 BPM. Use Keep the beat for a steady pulse.

  1. 1C4 (A)
  2. 2D4 (S)
  3. 3E4 (D)
  4. 4D4 (S)
  5. 5C4 (A)
  6. 6Release and rest
  7. 7G4 (G)
  8. 8Release and rest
  1. Use the labeled pitches

    Locate C4, D4, E4 and G4 or use A, S, D and G. The controls choose pitches directly rather than reproducing bansuri hole combinations.

  2. Keep the opening connected

    At 60 BPM, play C4-D4-E4-D4-C4, one note per beat. Release each key as you start the next rather than holding several notes together.

  3. Separate the high note

    Rest on beat 6, play G4 on beat 7, then release for beat 8. Repeat and keep both gaps instead of adding extra notes.

Try next: Move the isolated note from G4 to A4 using H, then compare both versions with the opening unchanged.

How do I record the bansuri in Resonant?

  1. Choose your playing controls

    Choose Play in 3D view or switch to Classic. Tap a playing surface, use the labeled note controls, or press a computer-key shortcut to enable sound.

  2. Record your idea

    Press Record above the instrument, then play your phrase. This records studio audio without using your microphone. Each take can last up to five minutes.

  3. Listen and keep a copy

    Press Stop, open Recordings, and listen to the take. Choose Download WAV or Original audio to keep a file. Saved takes stay on this device; clearing browser storage removes them.

A few useful notes about the bansuri

Do the bansuri holes teach real fingering?

The illustrated holes and labeled controls select pitches directly. They do not reproduce traditional bansuri fingering or breath technique.

How do I hold a bansuri note?

Hold a note button or computer shortcut, then release to fade. The modeled flute tone needs no microphone or blowing.

Tap or press a key to enable sound