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This flute has been extremely well cared for but most importantly sounds and plays unbelievably well. Original plugs for the tone holes are included. Purchased new by my wife in 2004 and lightly used in an adult wind ensemble.
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Several notes of a scale can be obtained by drilling fingerholes into the "bowl" of the gourd.Ī variation, the 'Fangufangu' nose flute of the island of Tonga is made with intact node walls at both ends of the bamboo tube, with the nostril holes on the side in front of the nodes (along with side finger holes) and a hole in the middle of the tube, acting as a vent hole, and taking the place of the open distal end. Emerson Boston Legacy professional flute, model BLBO in silver. The "kōauau ponga ihu" functions as an ocarina in its acoustic principles. This small hole is placed under the player's nostril, in order to generate the flute-tone. The maker would form a nose hole in the neck (or stem) of the gourd, by cutting off the neck at a fairly small cross section. The Māori kōauau ponga ihu, a gourd nose flute, was also part of the nose flute tradition note that a similarly constructed gourd nose flute, ipu ho kio kio was also used in Hawaii. Although Nguru are commonly known as nose flutes, it is only the smaller instruments that can be played with the nose, more commonly Nguru are played with the mouth. Nguru were often adorned with very elaborate carvings, befitting what is considered a sacred object. Historically in New Zealand, the Māori carved nguru from wood, the stem of a gourd and whale's teeth.
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Kumu hula Leilehua Yuen is one of the few contemporary Hawaiian musicians to perform with the nose flute in this manner. Kumu hula (dance masters), were said to be able to either make the flute sound as though it were chanting, or to chant as they played. Though primarily a courting instrument played privately and for personal enjoyment, it also could be used in conjunction with chants, song, and hula. Oral tradition in various families states that numbers of fingering holes ranged from one to four, and location of the holes varied depending on the musical taste of the player. In the three-finger-hole specimen, one fingering hole is placed near the breath hole. According to Arts and Crafts of Hawai`i by Te Rangi Hiroa, old flutes in the Bishop Museum collection have a hole at the nose area for the breath, and two or three fingering holes. In Hawaiian, it is variously called hano, "nose flute", by the more specific term ʻohe hano ihu, " bamboo flute nose," or ʻohe hanu ihu, "bamboo nose breath".
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In the North Pacific, in the Hawaiian islands the nose flute was a common courting instrument.