That's quite a subject - I'll map out a few clips to discuss this. Also I'd like to draw you attention to the free lessons Stefan Stanciu is posting on youtube. They're in English and it's always good to have different inputs when learning :)
Thank you for the compliment - the panflute is my main instrument, other flutes are not near the same level of playing. Performances are slowly picking up after two years of closed theaters due to covid. Inching up to monthly now, hoping to get back to weekly.
Hello there My name is Sinan I love the pan flute so much I want to learn and play it but I don't know how to buy something, in which tone, how many rows, plastic PVC or bamboo? I want something good please help
Hi I'm Roy from Cardiff . I play Saxophone and Native American style flute. But now looking at buying Pan pipes. I have a few questions I hope you can help with. First I'm looking for a set that would be good for a beginner. I have seen some on ebay and other places but, I'm not sure which to go for. I want something with a rich but Husky kinds sound 🤔 if you understand. Am I putting this right. ? I guess if I went to a shop I could try them and say Arrrrrr yes that the one. Help 😮
How would adjust the tuning if your pipes use wax to stop the end? Or if they're bamboo and just use the natural nodes as the stopper? Would you have to file them down from the open top end?
Oh dear, no, no filing! That would ruin the mouthpiece. You use a wooden rod with a screwdriver-top, with which you remove wax from the bottom of the pipe by pressing down and turning at the same time. The actual material of the panflute doesn't make a difference. Important is to know if the stopper is fixed or can be moved. If it's glued and there is no wax on top for you to remove, you cannot lower the tone any further. Hope this helps!
a very elaborate video from my esteemed colleague Stefan Stanciu will provide more information: th-cam.com/video/M_9jqIKOUHk/w-d-xo.html The subdivision beeswax is around 13 minutes.
@@NadjaSpooren Aha, okay thank you! :) I've also learned that there's differences in mouthpieces from Andean and European panpipes, where the latter have a bit of a beveled angle on both sides and the former are just flat. Do you have any thoughts on that?
Oh dear so late to respond... what type of instrument do you have? Have you made sure to use the right playing technique? (it's a bit of a rude question, but it did happen a few times that this was the reason an instrument didn't work). Then, check if the pipes are leaking air by blowing in to them with your mouth entirely covering the opening. If they are leaking air, find out if it's from cracks in the pipes and glue these, or if the bottom isn't properly closed. Fix this with bees wax if the corks are glued to the pipes, or make movable corks fit better by taking them out, wrapping them in a single layer of elastoplast/hansaplast (bandaid for holding together a bandage) with the end that will form the bottom of the pipe as even as you can make it. Then put the cork back in the right position using sticks from bottom and top, to prevent is from tilting inside the pipe. Good luck!
Hello Nadja. I see so many professional fluits...from bamboo....other woods and even plastic and brash. But wich one has the best sound? What would you buy?
This depends for a great deal on your budget, goals and taste. How skilled are you at playing? What genre of music will you be playing? Plastic: don't do it, there are so many affordable natural materials out there it's a waste of energy to try and get a warm, rounded and flexibel sound from a plastic instrument. The resonance simply doens't compare. That said, the sound colour of a panflute changes with the material. I love the dark tones of pear wood, the breathyness and lighter quality of cherry, but also the clear and powerful character of tonkin bamboo. I've got Popescu and Preda flutes for my concerts at the moment, because I'm playing a lot of classical music in chamber music settings. Brass panflutes are great, but heavy, which is not suited to me personally. The sound is amazingly strong and flexibel, though. Always try and test an instrument before you buy. The best are hand-made and every single instrument turns out a little bit different from the next. It has to speak to you. So, decide what you want to spend, what range suits your general choice of music and what quality of sound you prefer. Sift through, ask builders, listen to recordings. Then try and find a way of sampling. To compare: I use three different panflutes in one programme, simply because the sound of each is slightly different. Popescu: earthy, flexible, softish. Preda: mellow but clear (this particular one anyway, I've also got one that's as strong as a brass panflute), easy for intonation. For old music I'd take a softer, breathier bass that I've found and love but can't always use. Good luck, hope I'm not putting you off with all this ;)
Nadja, I jus got my Andean pan flute. The 7th note was flat. I don't know what to do and I could not find a tuning stick. Can you give me ideas to fix it? Thank you and I would appreciate your help.
If the closing cork/stopper is movable, any stick that has a flat top and fits into the pipe, will do. A pencil or a rod from the bottom of a window blind maybe? You have to move it up slightly to make the tone higher. Think milimeters or less at a time. Use a digital online tuner to check the intonation. Good luck!
@@NadjaSpooren thank you so much Nadja. I almost break it because it's not movable. I want to buy a new one with 22 keys. Where I can find those with movable cork? Thank you again for your help.
Hi Nadia I’m a beginner found you out looked at your tuning vid on 15 pipes. I would like to buy one 15 pipe to England what would it cost from you learner and thank you
Hi Frank! Shipping costst to the UK are €18,50. Sorry to say that life's been so busy the panflute student books haven't been translated into English and the English videos are slow in realisation. But if you have any questions, ask here on by email.
What kind of music do you want to play? What is your budget? Where does it have to be shipped to? You can look at panflutestore.com for the things I have on offer, all dependable Gibonus instruments. We sell the FP-15 a lot to beginners, who are not sure how long they will keep it up to play the panflute and want to try it first. 22-pipe instruments like the FPC-alto are standard range panflutes, that match with lesson books you find online. It is also the range players like Zamfir use. If you are looking for a bamboo instrument, please turn to a reputed builder.
Hi Tommy. Somehow this question didn't catch my attention before. You've probably worked around it now, or found someone else but since it may help others this would be my suggestion: wrap a single layer of elastoplast/hansaplast (the bandaid to hold bandage with?) around the corks. It's flexible, so it'll mould itself to the pipe once you put the cork back. Make sure the side that forms the bottom of the pipe is as even as you can possibly make it.
These are bamboo panflutes, no doubt...but the traditional nai was made out of wood, 8 to 22 tubes...zamfir changed it , by enlarging the curvature to add more tubes, up to 32...THAT is not a panflute, but another instrument , în my opinion...zamfir changed it to play more modern tunes and opera, but the man ego create the very first panflutes school, Fănică Luca, strongly disagreed and that is why Radu Simion is considered, în my view anyway, the real inheritor of Luca and not zamfir...zamfir player romanian tunes the right way up until 1980...after that he deviated... as for costs, theta are made by Hora, Preda and Lianu.. ..a wood panflute is up to 1000 euro, made out of plin, cherry, chestnut or elderberry...bamboo are cheaper...but the quality of woody is unsurpassed
These are indeed good remarks to make! The world of panflute is not very large, in comparison to some instruments at least, but there are by now several branches that have different opionions of what is true to the instrument. The more I learn about the various 'schools', the more I realise how much I do not know. It's what keeps a musician going: there's always more to discover, more styles, techniques, colours, genres. I believe music and instruments are always in development, so there is no right or wrong way, though it is very possible to prefer one style to another. The Gibonus panflutes are actually wood: the basic ones maple wood, but I also sell the cherry wood ones. Marek Tesluk also builds from more valuable woods. These are indeed more expensive and have their own beautiful sound qualities.
@@NadjaSpooren bamboo panflutes, in my opinion, do not have the colour of sound and the roundness of the pitch as of wood panflutes...indeed, the romanian makers use plum, cherry, walnut, elderberry, but also african woods as ebony...that makes quite a range of panflutes and prices, sometimes priced in the thousands of euro. The quality of the wood, the dryness, the resins and oils used to treat the tubes, all has a considerable influence on the final sound...but, in the end, the panflutist sings, not the panflute. I prefer caval and whistles, panflute requires way too much time to learn and study, years of practice, to truly become a good player. Plus, I consider caval and whistles the true romanians'instruments, panflute is a more modern one, probably loaned from and influnced by the turkish instrument called muskal. PS bear in mind that romanian caval and fluier aka whistle differ strongly from similar instruments, especially in design, material( always wood, especially plum and elderberry), singing technique, sound range...there are limitations in scales of these instruments that requires quite a lot of talent, study and effort to overcome in order to actually sing as an expert player...panflute is an easier instrument in that perspective, once you master it, caval and whistle requires continuos improvment and exercise, especially digitation and blowing exercise
Anxiously awaiting my new pan flute. This video is very helpful. Thank you.
I am eagerly awaiting the delivery of my very first pan flute so this is very helpful. Thank you. 😊
Thanks a lot Miss Spooren. I play and maker andeans flute. Your tutorial is important for me (but I forgot my English 🤭). Thanks from Bolivia 👋👋
Hi Nadja, jouw video kwam toevallig naar voren op mijn automatische TH-cam lijst en ik dacht "hey, die ken ik van de uni!" Leuke video!!
Thanks Nadja, another great video! Could you talk about semitones next? Beginners usually have hard time to get the semitones low enough.
That's quite a subject - I'll map out a few clips to discuss this. Also I'd like to draw you attention to the free lessons Stefan Stanciu is posting on youtube. They're in English and it's always good to have different inputs when learning :)
@@NadjaSpooren Wonderful, thank you very much for your answer and suggestion!
Thank you. Yust bought 15 pan flute I’m a novice don’t know how to tune it.
Very good english and you are very beautiful. Do you play other instruments like the flute or the recorder? How often do you perform?
Thank you for the compliment - the panflute is my main instrument, other flutes are not near the same level of playing. Performances are slowly picking up after two years of closed theaters due to covid. Inching up to monthly now, hoping to get back to weekly.
Hello there My name is Sinan I love the pan flute so much I want to learn and play it but I don't know how to buy something, in which tone, how many rows, plastic PVC or bamboo? I want something good please help
Hi I'm Roy from Cardiff . I play Saxophone and Native American style flute. But now looking at buying Pan pipes.
I have a few questions I hope you can help with.
First I'm looking for a set that would be good for a beginner.
I have seen some on ebay and other places but, I'm not sure which to go for.
I want something with a rich but Husky kinds sound 🤔 if you understand. Am I putting this right. ? I guess if I went to a shop I could try them and say Arrrrrr yes that the one. Help 😮
How would adjust the tuning if your pipes use wax to stop the end? Or if they're bamboo and just use the natural nodes as the stopper? Would you have to file them down from the open top end?
Oh dear, no, no filing! That would ruin the mouthpiece. You use a wooden rod with a screwdriver-top, with which you remove wax from the bottom of the pipe by pressing down and turning at the same time. The actual material of the panflute doesn't make a difference. Important is to know if the stopper is fixed or can be moved. If it's glued and there is no wax on top for you to remove, you cannot lower the tone any further. Hope this helps!
a very elaborate video from my esteemed colleague Stefan Stanciu will provide more information: th-cam.com/video/M_9jqIKOUHk/w-d-xo.html
The subdivision beeswax is around 13 minutes.
@@NadjaSpooren Aha, okay thank you! :) I've also learned that there's differences in mouthpieces from Andean and European panpipes, where the latter have a bit of a beveled angle on both sides and the former are just flat. Do you have any thoughts on that?
i am having no sound from my pan flute help if you can but if not that s ok i hope
Oh dear so late to respond... what type of instrument do you have? Have you made sure to use the right playing technique? (it's a bit of a rude question, but it did happen a few times that this was the reason an instrument didn't work). Then, check if the pipes are leaking air by blowing in to them with your mouth entirely covering the opening. If they are leaking air, find out if it's from cracks in the pipes and glue these, or if the bottom isn't properly closed. Fix this with bees wax if the corks are glued to the pipes, or make movable corks fit better by taking them out, wrapping them in a single layer of elastoplast/hansaplast (bandaid for holding together a bandage) with the end that will form the bottom of the pipe as even as you can make it. Then put the cork back in the right position using sticks from bottom and top, to prevent is from tilting inside the pipe. Good luck!
Hello Nadja.
I see so many professional fluits...from bamboo....other woods and even plastic and brash. But wich one has the best sound? What would you buy?
This depends for a great deal on your budget, goals and taste. How skilled are you at playing? What genre of music will you be playing? Plastic: don't do it, there are so many affordable natural materials out there it's a waste of energy to try and get a warm, rounded and flexibel sound from a plastic instrument. The resonance simply doens't compare. That said, the sound colour of a panflute changes with the material. I love the dark tones of pear wood, the breathyness and lighter quality of cherry, but also the clear and powerful character of tonkin bamboo. I've got Popescu and Preda flutes for my concerts at the moment, because I'm playing a lot of classical music in chamber music settings. Brass panflutes are great, but heavy, which is not suited to me personally. The sound is amazingly strong and flexibel, though. Always try and test an instrument before you buy. The best are hand-made and every single instrument turns out a little bit different from the next. It has to speak to you. So, decide what you want to spend, what range suits your general choice of music and what quality of sound you prefer. Sift through, ask builders, listen to recordings. Then try and find a way of sampling.
To compare: I use three different panflutes in one programme, simply because the sound of each is slightly different. Popescu: earthy, flexible, softish. Preda: mellow but clear (this particular one anyway, I've also got one that's as strong as a brass panflute), easy for intonation. For old music I'd take a softer, breathier bass that I've found and love but can't always use. Good luck, hope I'm not putting you off with all this ;)
Thank you for the detailed answer, it helps others as well!
Nadja, I jus got my Andean pan flute.
The 7th note was flat. I don't know what to do and I could not find a tuning stick. Can you give me ideas to fix it? Thank you and I would appreciate your help.
If the closing cork/stopper is movable, any stick that has a flat top and fits into the pipe, will do. A pencil or a rod from the bottom of a window blind maybe? You have to move it up slightly to make the tone higher. Think milimeters or less at a time. Use a digital online tuner to check the intonation. Good luck!
@@NadjaSpooren thank you so much Nadja. I almost break it because it's not movable. I want to buy a new one with 22 keys. Where I can find those with movable cork? Thank you again for your help.
this is 12/ 11/2021 thanks
Hi Nadia I’m a beginner found you out looked at your tuning vid on 15 pipes. I would like to buy one 15 pipe to England what would it cost from you learner and thank you
Hi Frank! Shipping costst to the UK are €18,50. Sorry to say that life's been so busy the panflute student books haven't been translated into English and the English videos are slow in realisation. But if you have any questions, ask here on by email.
@@NadjaSpooren thank you Nadia for the reply
please help me I want to buy a pan flute I want to know what should I buy please write an answer
What kind of music do you want to play? What is your budget? Where does it have to be shipped to? You can look at panflutestore.com for the things I have on offer, all dependable Gibonus instruments. We sell the FP-15 a lot to beginners, who are not sure how long they will keep it up to play the panflute and want to try it first. 22-pipe instruments like the FPC-alto are standard range panflutes, that match with lesson books you find online. It is also the range players like Zamfir use. If you are looking for a bamboo instrument, please turn to a reputed builder.
Super dankuwel
Could you help me my panflute doesnt make sound i think the stoppers shrinked. How can i fix this?
Hi Tommy. Somehow this question didn't catch my attention before. You've probably worked around it now, or found someone else but since it may help others this would be my suggestion: wrap a single layer of elastoplast/hansaplast (the bandaid to hold bandage with?) around the corks. It's flexible, so it'll mould itself to the pipe once you put the cork back. Make sure the side that forms the bottom of the pipe is as even as you can possibly make it.
@@NadjaSpooren thank you. No i have not found a solution. I will try this. Thank you so mucg
Thanks. Enjoy channel. Iscritto!!! Very nice
These are bamboo panflutes, no doubt...but the traditional nai was made out of wood, 8 to 22 tubes...zamfir changed it , by enlarging the curvature to add more tubes, up to 32...THAT is not a panflute, but another instrument , în my opinion...zamfir changed it to play more modern tunes and opera, but the man ego create the very first panflutes school, Fănică Luca, strongly disagreed and that is why Radu Simion is considered, în my view anyway, the real inheritor of Luca and not
zamfir...zamfir player romanian tunes the right way up until 1980...after that he deviated... as for costs, theta are made by Hora, Preda and Lianu.. ..a wood panflute is up to 1000 euro, made out of plin, cherry, chestnut or elderberry...bamboo are cheaper...but the quality of woody is unsurpassed
These are indeed good remarks to make! The world of panflute is not very large, in comparison to some instruments at least, but there are by now several branches that have different opionions of what is true to the instrument. The more I learn about the various 'schools', the more I realise how much I do not know. It's what keeps a musician going: there's always more to discover, more styles, techniques, colours, genres. I believe music and instruments are always in development, so there is no right or wrong way, though it is very possible to prefer one style to another.
The Gibonus panflutes are actually wood: the basic ones maple wood, but I also sell the cherry wood ones. Marek Tesluk also builds from more valuable woods. These are indeed more expensive and have their own beautiful sound qualities.
@@NadjaSpooren bamboo panflutes, in my opinion, do not have the colour of sound and the roundness of the pitch as of wood panflutes...indeed, the romanian makers use plum, cherry, walnut, elderberry, but also african woods as ebony...that makes quite a range of panflutes and prices, sometimes priced in the thousands of euro. The quality of the wood, the dryness, the resins and oils used to treat the tubes, all has a considerable influence on the final sound...but, in the end, the panflutist sings, not the panflute. I prefer caval and whistles, panflute requires way too much time to learn and study, years of practice, to truly become a good player. Plus, I consider caval and whistles the true romanians'instruments, panflute is a more modern one, probably loaned from and influnced by the turkish instrument called muskal. PS bear in mind that romanian caval and fluier aka whistle differ strongly from similar instruments, especially in design, material( always wood, especially plum and elderberry), singing technique, sound range...there are limitations in scales of these instruments that requires quite a lot of talent, study and effort to overcome in order to actually sing as an expert player...panflute is an easier instrument in that perspective, once you master it, caval and whistle requires continuos improvment and exercise, especially digitation and blowing exercise
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