Chinese Flutes and Bansuri Quiz

• Returning home after a long absence abroad changes the way one perceives familiar details.
• The bansuri is a surprising instrument that affects the author deeply. (correct)
• Listening to any flute draws one into the commonality of all mankind.
• Each Chinese flute has its own unique fingering and compass.

• The emotional impact of familiar bansuri phrases after returning home.
• The detailed fingering and compass of the Chinese flutes.
• The lack of significance invested in familiar details on previous returns home. (correct)
• The commonality of all mankind in relation to music and flutes.

• The motive force being living breath and the need to pause and breathe. (correct)
• The surprising impact of the bansuri on the author.
• Specific fingering and compass of the flutes.
• The ability of every flute to weave its own associations.