15 Pipes Brown Pan Flute G Key Chinese Traditional Musical Instrument Pan Pipes Woodwind Instrument (Right-Hand)

Pour un cadeau d'anniversaire.

I’ve played a lot of instruments over the years, but a mild stroke made anything with a lot of manual dexterity a challenge I can’t seem to overcome. So I’ve dealt with the learning curve for a lot of instruments over the years. Typically, things sound bad, until you gain a bit of proficiency, and this instrument is no different, except my limitations don’t interfere with the learning curve. So that’s my background, for relevance.The construction is very beautiful, no issues with unplayable notes; it just looks good. Design is sturdy and light, feels like it will last as long as I can avoid weather damage.Notes are all easy to play, though they do get harder on the higher notes, because smaller holes are less forgiving of imperfect blows. I was able to easily play the lowest notes, right away, but it took some time to consistently play higher notes, but I view this as the nature of the instrument, and not a product of its quality.I tuned the pipes to the Key of C major, starting with a G (GABCDEFGABCDEFG) to allow me to easily play C major and A minor keys, but you could tune it to other keys, if you wished. There is a limit, since pipe length only allows for a note to go so low, before the stopper inside would fall out, or the play depth is too shallow for higher notes. But if you chose different starting positions for your scales, you could easily set one up for any scale.Precise tuning took a few weeks of practice, and I’m still slightly tweaking it. With the lower notes, a large change effects the pitch less, and it’s almost impossible to tune as you play. This means you must make adjustments, and then play, and hope you didn’t go too far, or not far enough. This makes tuning the high notes difficult, as they are effected by small changes, more, and blowing consistently, is difficult. As I learn better muscle memory with practice, I reduce my blowing imperfections, and that has made tuning easier. Again, the nature of the instrument, not it’s quality of construction.A more consistent blow has improved note quality, and it’s becoming a more beautiful sounding instrument every day. I’m also better at knowing where I am, when changing pipes. As I hold the pipes, I keep my fingertips on the same pipe, so I can be more consistent with my movements, and the curves of the individual pipes help me keep track of how many I’ve moved passed.I don’t read music, I memorize tunes, so I don’t feel a need to use the note markers. They would be difficult to see, and are made for the key of G, which is the original tuning for mine. Most Irish folk songs are easy to play, even a few Jethro Till flute solos have worked. Basically, any music that keeps to one key will be possible. The biggest issue is when a half step (like any sharps and flats in the key of C major) outside of the scale arises. You can slightly bend the note by changing blowing angles, but I’ve not been able to bend a note an entire half step. With 15 pipes, one could tune for a chromatic scale, but I’d expect that to go poorly. A second pan flute, meant to fill in those gaps, might be easier, or just avoid those kinds of music piecesOverall, I’m really happy with it. It’s given me some sense of performance, since my stroke, and the value feels worth the cost.

I love it

this one would've sound really great, because it does, the pipes that aren't broken sounds really great! but it's a shame for the broken parts and the two tube pipes that are literally break in half alongside the pipe... beware guys, the packaging or the handling before they'll send it to you, wishing you don't have the same luck as I.

let the Michaels go