Volume : VI, Issue : VII, July - 2017

SUSHIRA VADYA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FLUTE IN MUSIC

Jabahar Mishra

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 Wind instruments exhibit great diversity in structure and sonority and have been prominent in the music of all cultures since prehistoric times. A system of classification of these instruments must reflect and categorize the relationships and the differences between the many varieties. The conventional division of the symphony orchestra into sections has simplified the grouping of wind instruments into woodwinds and asses, but this is an inaccurate classification that generally does not apply outside Western culture. The fact that some modern woodwinds, such as flutes and saxophones, are made of metal whereas several ancestors of present-day asses, such as the cornet and the serpent, were typically made of wood illustrates the unsuitability of a classification according to material. The most ancient and widespread Sushira Vadya (wind instrument) is the flute. The oldest mention is in the Veda-s wherein it is called Venu and Nadi.

 

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JABAHAR MISHRA, SUSHIRA VADYA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FLUTE IN MUSIC, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE‾7 | JULY -2017

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