FLUTE comparison (Quenacho, Tanso/Danso, Xiao, Shakuhachi) 

Thanks so much for watching. I do love playing the xiao :-)

Cody Zwick thanks!

Nicola Stifano thanks so much! I hope that you love your new Xiao 😁

I have watched several of your videos well done. Thanks a lot. Which one do you think is the most versatile between the Xiao, Shakuhachi, Bulgarian Kawal or Bansuri?

Itidel Oueriemmi thank you! It was a gift years ago from a student from Korean. Unfortunately I have no idea where in South Korea it was purchased. Apologies.

J Z my pleasure! Thanks for watching!

Shereflute thanks so much lady! Yes, I remember your Xiao story. I would recommend the northern style.

thanks so much :-)

My pleasure! Thanks so much for watching :-)

Danny Flute thanks so much for watching! ☺️

Thank you!

Thanks so much for watching!

소요 thanks so much. I appreciate you taking the time to watch/listen. ☺️

You absolutely should! It's a beautiful instrument. :-)

Huy thank you very much ☺️

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They all have their challenges for sure. Shakuhachi can be quite difficult to learn for sure! Yes, a good one is going to be quite a bit more expensive than the other flutes in the video. Technique wise the Xiao is similar but not the same. 👍

@@AshleyJarmack I've been looking at Tang dynasty style Xiao. There's a style of Xiao that is shaped like a Shakuhachi and had a Shakuhachi type mouthpiece. I have a Nanyin Dongxiao, a rosewood Southern style Xiao that has a UV style cut. I've been wanting a Northern style Xiao in G

As someone who has been playing all these instruments for many years, I can assure you that quenacho is by far the most capable one (equal to bansuri). It is the only instrument here that can be played in full chromatic range (large holes) with sufficient dynamic range for playing anything from jazz to most demanding classical music (search for videos of checho for an example). Quenacho sounds awful on this video, because she is not blowing it correctly. It is more difficult to learn and takes time to develop.

Hi! Very cool. Congrats on your new instrument! Unfortunately I'm not sure that I can be much help. I have an instructional music book that was brought back for me from Korea. It's entirely in Korean. I also have a background in vertical blown flutes, so I was just able to figure out how to make sound on it based on what I already knew...

Thanks so much for the kind words and for taking the time to watch my video. :-) I'd say, try www.easonmusicstore.com in Singapore. They have good instruments, quality control, customer service, and return policy.

@@AshleyJarmack Thank you so much!

@@jacobgrisham268 my pleasure! Happy instrument shopping ☺️👍

Hi! I wouldn't say that one is necessarily easier that the other. Once you learn how to blow across the top of the flute on one of them, it sort of transfers to the others. If I was to suggest one to start with, I'd say quena. The fingers holes are tuned to a diatonic scale, and compared to the others, quenas are fairly inexpensive. Wishing you the best on your flute journey!!

Yeah, didn't sound very good when she did it.

Thank you so much. It was actually a gift years ago from a former student. They brought it from Korea for me, but I have no idea where they purchased it from unfortunately.

Probably not. BUT I have used whistes at times instead of recorders. Completely depends on what type of sound the composer is going for. I've even done one where I recorded both recorder and whistle, and they ended up mixing the sound of the two together ☺️🤷‍♀️

It's a never ending journey ☺️👍

The quena has the most capability.

I'm not a sponsor of any of those flutes which is why I didn't include the info initially. The maker of the Irish flute is now retired (Hamilton), my silver flute is a Powell, and the glass flute is made by hall flutes, and I now prefer a different bansuri maker from the one in the picture. Was there a specific flute that you were interested in?

@@AshleyJarmack Thanks for the reply! I'm thinking of maybe getting myself an end-blown whistle to learn something different from what I play... So this is how I ended up watching your video! The thing is, I searched online about these flutes and I couldn't really find much info about where to buy (relatively) good ones! But I expected that already, given they aren't the most common instruments!

@@evandro4860 oh shoot! I was replying to you while multitasking. I have a few comparison videos and thought that you were commenting on a different one. Apologies. The reason I didn't mention where I purchased these flutes is because, the danso was a gift. I have no idea where to try you to purchase. The Xiao I bought on my travels. The Shakuhachi was from a private seller not a store. For quena, I can recommend Geoffrey Ellis. My latest video features his quena that we worked together on to redesign a bit. His quenas are fantastic, have a nice scale and sound.

Thank you so much. It was actually a gift years ago from a former student. They brought it from Korea for me, but I have no idea where they purchased it from unfortunately.

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@@alejandroreyes6301 cool 👍

Haha! Ah yes. I know the feeling...😅😆👍

How are you liking your xiao? Also, low D whistle is great and probably much easier to play than these vertical flutes

@@Tremendouz The xiao I bought actually turned out to be extremely well made. Plays really good in tune. I had a little extra left over from a gift card given to me during the holidays. Took a shot and ordered the xiao from eBay comming from China. Best $16 bucks ever spent. I even made one out of PVC so I can take it anywhere so the bamboo one doesn't get damaged.😂

No, it is indeed a quenacho! The melody she plays goes down to a D, which is impossible to play on a Quena. It is also clearly quenacho by it's difference in sound, much darker than a quena.

NK CISUM PRODUCTIONS I love bansuri! I use them in some of my other videos 👍😉

I would recommend looking at Eason Music in Singapore. They have an online store.

@@AshleyJarmack thx!!!!

Hi, Please feel free to send me an email to tell me more about this flute and potentially set up some lessons. Click on my website link in the description and send me a message on the "contact" page! 😊

@@AshleyJarmack Thanks a lot dear, i will email you with the photographs to get proper idea incase if we can do VC will provide you my direct no. Thanks a lot for quick response.

Hi! Unfortunately good instruments are not using cheap. 🤔 You could try Eason music in Singapore. They have an online store and have a great reputation. I'm not sure if you would consider them cheap or expensive though.

@@AshleyJarmack OK thank you😊

As someone who has been playing all these instruments for many years, I can assure you that quenacho is by far the most capable one (equal to bansuri). It is the only instrument here that can be played in full chromatic range (large holes) with sufficient dynamic range for playing anything from jazz to most demanding classical music (search for videos of checho for an example). Quenacho sounds awful on this video, because she is not blowing it correctly.

​@@mustafaunsoyLet's see. 1) Quena, quenacho and quenilla are the same instrument with different sizes and therefore different tuning. The standard is the quena. 2) Saying that it is a vibrating instrument is because its sound is a "beating sound", typical of the aesthetics of traditional Andean music, that is its style. 3) Personally I prefer Uña Ramos (Argentina); Checho will play very well and is very agile, but I don't see anything new in what he does, here in Peru there are many musicians who play with a jazz style and at a high speed... but there are fewer and fewer musicians who use the many styles natives of playing the quena and its different Andean rhythms and in turn show new trends based on this. On the other hand, there is a tendency to modify the quena so that its sound is more like a peak flute and sounds less like a quena, in which case those musicians change to another instrument and do not play a quena.

@@xarv368 Thanks for the valuable information, I agree to most :) Only, Ramos is an amateur when compared to Checho, Jean Atajue or Rene de la Rosa. Anyone who needs to use more than 7 holes on a quenacho is an amateur (maybe an additional hole for Re# may be acceptable). Additional holes will limit the speed, expression and ornamentations on the instrument. Bansuri has smaller holes than quena, yet it can easily be played in Chromatic range. It is totally unnecessary on the quena.

@@mustafaunsoy I totally disagree. Uña Ramos began its production in the 1960s and, apart from all the technological and social limitations, contributed to the improvement of the playing technique of the quena, in addition to being a composer, and is part of a new musical movement of Latin American music, that transcended performances of local traditional music. Let's take, for example, Checho, what is his significance? In the 21st century and with all the technological and economic facilities, he has basically been a quenista for marketing musical groups; and his album is pure interpretation of covers. There is no comparison. That he has ability, well yes, but more than that he still doesn't show.

Thank you so much. It's a lovely melody called Be Thou My Vision.

@@AshleyJarmack thank you!

No. They all have different scales. This was just a comparison of tone color. I should do some more thorough comparison videos at some point. 😅

Oh yes. I love bansuri. I feature it quite a bit in the other videos on my channel.

yes yes I know. I have both quenas and quenachos and they sound quite different. I don't even know why I chose to say quena instead of quenacho. Probably because I was originally intending to use a quena in the video. Apologies for the misinformation. I can't change the video without taking it down completely, but I changed the title and will put an *added note in the description. Thank you for pointing that out.

Yes, xiao is a tricky one. 👍

Haha! Pretty cool right?! I think that their chamber size is similar, just a different shape. 👍

@@AshleyJarmack ohhhhh okay it makes much more sense now I guess

Thanks so much for the kind words. I'm so glad you like my playing and enjoyed my video. ☺️👍

Weird Face Nope! Not forgotten. ☺️ I was comparing flutes with a similar blowing edge. Recorder is closer to an Irish whistle, or even a Native American flute. I will be doing a comparison video on instruments like that at some point 👍😉

@@AshleyJarmack ok cool!