# Free Online Bansuri — Play Bamboo Flute | Resonant > Play a free virtual bansuri with modeled bamboo-flute tones. Hold notes and explore melodies with your keyboard, mouse, or touch screen. Canonical page: https://resonant-appsoverflow.web.app/instruments/bansuri/ Creator: AppsOverFlow Guide updated: 2026-10-12 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. ## How to play 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. ## Sound 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. ## 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: C4 (A) | 2: D4 (S) | 3: E4 (D) | 4: D4 (S) | 5: C4 (A) | 6: Release and rest | 7: G4 (G) | 8: Release 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. **What to listen for:** The opening moves in small steps; G4 arrives after a gap with a larger jump. Holding a control sustains the modeled tone without microphone input. **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. ## Questions and answers ### 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. ### 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. 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