nay is superior to flute
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nay is superior to flute
nay has a much more beautiful sound than flute has.
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Jon Palombi
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Re: nay is superior to flute
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All flutes are wonderful in their own way. None are "superior ", although their human counterparts may have varrying degrees of skill and innate musical sensibility. It behooves each of us to gaze into the mirror and challenge ourselves to grow musically and more so, as human souls.
At best, you might state that to you, yourself, do prefer the nay /ney over the. Bohme classical western silver flute. I am not so singular in my flute preferences. I love most of them, be they eastern, middle-eastern or western. Each possesses a unique and magical tonal range.
Sure, I have a soft spot for the European silver concert flute in C... but I also adore the Japanese shakuhachi, Indian bansuri, Chinese xiao & dizi, Peruvian quena/quenacho and the Egyptian/Turkish/Syrian/Persian nay /neh.
Frankly, it's the musician who breathes life and beauty into the instrument. No need to act xenophobic about your preferences. Each flute, whistle and pipe is beautiful in it's own cultural context. It's all good, so chill out friend.
I was just listening to Omar Faruk Tekbilek, just the other day. A disc called, One Truth. He's quite brilliant and the Neh has a unique voice. It is unarguably one of the finest bamboo flutes born upon this earthly body. However, the idea that one culture's flute variant is somehow superior, is both fallacious and downright arrogant.neyzen wrote:nay has a much more beautiful sound than flute has.
All flutes are wonderful in their own way. None are "superior ", although their human counterparts may have varrying degrees of skill and innate musical sensibility. It behooves each of us to gaze into the mirror and challenge ourselves to grow musically and more so, as human souls.
At best, you might state that to you, yourself, do prefer the nay /ney over the. Bohme classical western silver flute. I am not so singular in my flute preferences. I love most of them, be they eastern, middle-eastern or western. Each possesses a unique and magical tonal range.
Sure, I have a soft spot for the European silver concert flute in C... but I also adore the Japanese shakuhachi, Indian bansuri, Chinese xiao & dizi, Peruvian quena/quenacho and the Egyptian/Turkish/Syrian/Persian nay /neh.
Frankly, it's the musician who breathes life and beauty into the instrument. No need to act xenophobic about your preferences. Each flute, whistle and pipe is beautiful in it's own cultural context. It's all good, so chill out friend.