Editing Flute (section)

===Indian===
{{Further|Bansuri|Venu}}
[[File:Indian bamboo flute.jpg|thumb|left|A [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] eight-holed bamboo flute]]

[[File:Eight Flute1.JPG|thumb|An eight-holed classical Indian bamboo flute.]]

The [[bamboo flute]] is an important instrument in [[Indian classical music]], and developed independently of the Western flute. The [[Hindu]] God Lord [[Krishna]] is traditionally considered a master of the bamboo flute. The Indian flutes are very simple compared to the Western counterparts; they are made of [[bamboo]] and are keyless.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music |last=Arnold |first=Alison |year=2000 |publisher=Taylor & Francis|location=[[London]] |isbn=978-0-8240-4946-1 |page=354 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC}}</ref>

Two main varieties of Indian flutes are currently used. The first, the [[Bansuri]] (बांसुरी), has six finger holes and one embouchure hole, and is used predominantly in the [[Hindustani music]] of Northern India. The second, the [[Venu]] or Pullanguzhal, has eight finger holes, and is played predominantly in the [[Carnatic music]] of Southern India. Presently, the eight-holed flute with cross-fingering technique is common among many Carnatic flutists. Prior to this, the South Indian flute had only seven finger holes, with the fingering standard developed by Sharaba Shastri, of the Palladam school, at the beginning of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Dictionary of Hindustani Classical Music |last1= Caudhurī|first1=Vimalakānta Rôya|last2=Roychaudhuri|first2=Bimalakanta |year= 2000|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publication |location=[[Kolkata]] |isbn=978-81-208-1708-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQWLa--IHjIC}}</ref>
[[File:Cipriano Garcia playing a flute of the Tohono O'odham culture.jpg|thumb|Cipriano Garcia playing a flute of the [[Tohono Oʼodham|Tohono O'odham]] culture. Photograph by [[Frances Densmore]] taken in 1919.]]
The quality of the flute's sound depends somewhat on the specific [[bamboo]] used to make it, and it is generally agreed that the best bamboo grows in the [[Nagercoil]] area of South India.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Rough Guide to South India 3 |last1=Abram |first1=David |last2=Guides |first2=Rough |last3=Edwards |first3=Nick |last4=Ford |first4=Mike |last5=Sen |first5=Devdan |last6=Wooldridge |first6= Beth |year=2004 |publisher=[[Rough Guides]] |location=[[London]] |isbn=978-1-84353-103-6 |pages=670, 671 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=sEhJBfbhTAAC}}</ref>

In 1998 [[Bharata Natya Shastra's|Bharata Natya Shastra]] [[Sarana Chatushtai]], [[Avinash Balkrishna Patwardhan]] developed a methodology to produce perfectly tuned flutes for the ten 'thatas' currently present in Indian Classical Music.<ref>Paper authored by Avinash Balkrishna Patwardhan unveiling the fundamental principles governing Indian classical music by research on Bharata Muni's Natya Shastra at the National Symposium on Acoustics (1998), ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Calcutta, India.</ref>

In a regional dialect of Gujarati, a flute is also called Pavo.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/AatluOKqQJM Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190901181953/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AatluOKqQJM&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AatluOKqQJM| title = Jodiyo Pavo by Mubarak Ali Husain 2016 | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 24 March 2016 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Some people can also play pair of flutes (Jodiyo Pavo) simultaneously.