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Panflute
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Music lightens your mood, cheers you up, gets you moving and gives you positive energy! Making music is one of the most motivating and healthy activities in life! The repertoire which you find the most personal to you is where we will focus our attention.
If music is your passion and classical, baroque, jazz, pop, latin, world music or any other kind of music is where you find the most inspiration, you're welcome to sign up for a trial lesson. Select your teacher!
We are looking forward to meeting you face to face in our cosy lesson locations or in the comfort of your own home!
In some situations it would be beneficial to meet with your panflute teacher online. If you wish to follow online lessons, you can contact the teacher of your choice directly and discuss the possibilities.
Lesson time and place are arranged individually between you and the teacher. This means maximum flexibility for both of you. Choose the lesson pack that suits you best. We offer one-on-one panflute lessons of 30 minutes, 45 minutes, and 60 minutes. Discuss all details about location, prices and frequency of the lessons during your trial panflute lessons.
The panflute is found in many forms and known by many names: panpipes, syrinx, frestel, nai, miskal, etc. Each name refers to essentially the same instrument but from different times or places. From the earliest times of the panflute in Ancient Greece up to the present day, all panflutes had one similarity: they are edge-blown aerophones consisting of a row of stopped pipes.
The history and development of the panflute is a very long and fascinating story which begins with the famous myths of Ancient Greece and the story of the god Pan and the nymph Syrinx. Since the Ancient Greeks the panflute has been found across the world, and is famous as a South American instrument, but the curved panflute I play is the Romanian variant: the nai.
The nai itself has its origins in the Ottoman Empire and is a common instrument in Romanian folk music today. The nai has pushed the boundaries of the technique and possibilities of the panflute and made it into a versatile instrument for folk music as well and classical and contemporary music, jazz, and movie scores.
In the musical landscape today, the panflute is a less conventional choice of instrument, but it offers a longer history than almost any other instrument and stretches across the entire world, from jazz to film music, Renaissance to contemporary classical, the panflute has a rich world and unique sounds waiting to be discovered by musicians of all ages and abilities.