
Anurag Saumya shares 15 years of flute playing and six years teaching. Discover which flute to buy, how to hold and blow, and swaras for a crisp, clear sound.
Learn to play the bansuri, the Indian flute, with a guided, beginner-friendly approach using breath, steady practice, and step-by-step instruction to hear your first tune in a month or two.
Use the flute you already have, ideally a D natural medium scale for easy playing. If you don't have one, any scale will work; beginners shouldn't worry about price.
Align the flute with the lips, roll outward to make a tangential blow, and practice a first sound on the bansuri while keeping the cheeks still and the jaws relaxed.
Learn how to hold the flute properly for right- and left-handed players, with finger placement to close the first three holes and a comfortable, relaxed posture.
Master the proper hold for a right-handed flute by placing the left hand under the flute and the right hand over, with fingers covering holes 1–3 (left) and 4–6 (right).
Learn the basics of flute swaras, differentiating shuddha and vikrit to total 12 swaras, then practice sa, re, ga, ma with finger positions and precise hole openings.
Learn pa, dha, ni on the bansuri by closing all holes for pa and lifting fingers for dha and ni, completing the sa to ni sequence.
Learn to read bansuri notations across three octaves—lower, medium, and higher—using lower-case, capital, and capital with apostrophes, and understand shuddha swaras and octave-based blow intensity.
Master octave practice on bansuri by shifting between lower and higher octaves through changing blow intensity, and rehearse notes P, Dha, Ni, Sa, Re, Ga across two octaves.
Practice alankars to master flute melody, finger transitions, and octave awareness, while aligning with Tanpura and Tabla in Teen taal, D scale, 120 bpm, using apps or YouTube to practice.
Learn the third alankar to strengthen the lower and middle octaves on bansuri. Practice tivrama with open holes and transition to medium octave pa at 120 bpm for pasuri mastery.
Begin the fourth alankar with guided practice using tanpura and tabla or a YouTube track, and speed it up to twice while building your flute journey step by step.
Learn your first flute song by mastering a simple two-part tune in the D natural medium scale, with Ni, Sa, Dha, Pa and lower and medium octave variations.
Learn the fourth song Samjhaawan in four parts using any flute, with step-by-step notations for each section and a bending technique from re to ni.
Master the fifth alankar by practicing the sa to sa sequence with tanpura and tabla, including playing at twice speed, while persisting through increasing complexity.
Learn your fifth song hothon se chhu lo tum on the bansuri, guided through eight parts and tapping last notes, using a d natural medium scale flute.
Learn bade achche lagte hain on a d natural medium scale flute, starting from the verse, intro, and mukhda with sa, ga, re notations, flicking sa notes and repeating sections.
Master alankar 7 by practicing pa to pa with tanpura and tabla, and challenge yourself by playing at twice the speed.
Practice the 8th halankar on bansuri with on-screen notations, using tanpura and tabla to play at increasing speeds while ensuring your notes align with the tabla rhythm.
This course is Dedicated to All the Flute Enthusiasts. You can be an absolute Beginner or an intermediate Flutist, This course will help you achieve your dream of playing this beautiful Instrument more melodiously at your own pace. Here you will learn about which flute to buy? How to Blow a Clear sound? How to Hold the Flute? What are Shuddha Swaras and Vikrut Swaras? What are Alankaars? You will get all the answers here. You will also learn to play my selected recommended songs in order of difficulty from easier to harder.
This flute course is crafted for anyone eager to learn the flute, even if you’ve never played a note before. Whether you dream of playing your favourite tunes, songs, chants or Bhajans, this course will guide you from the basics to your first full song. Over 10 weeks, you’ll build essential skills: from proper finger placement and posture to mastering breath control and tone. Alongside technical exercises, you’ll explore simple music theory and begin reading and playing Notations. By the end, you’ll have the confidence and skills to perform songs of your choice, bringing your musical dreams to life, one note at a time. Created with much Hardwork and Love. Anurag