Guide to Pan Flutes

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Kinds of Pan Flutes include the following:

Nai pan flute

• The nai is the Romanian pan flute.
• Its pipes are arranged in a curved array.
• The notes can all be played by swiveling the head.
• It can play sharps and flats by using a special technique involving jaw movements and pipe tilting.

• The siku is a zampoña panpipe used for playing folk music in the high Andes.
• It is also widely used in Bolivia.

• The antara is a pan flute made of bamboo.
• It has 13 pipes that produce 13 notes.
• It is also commonly used in the Andes.

• The so or “cho” is the Korean version of the pan flute.
• It is the term used for non-reed instruments in the woodwind section.

• The p’ai hsiao was invented by the Chinese before they found out that different tones can be played in just one pipe.
• It is made up of tubes in different lengths bound together in the form of Pandean pipes.
• The first p'ai hsiao was made up of 10 tubes bound by a silken cord.
• The modern p'ai hsiao how has 16 tubes arranged in an ornamented frame.

Tuner:  Look for a pan flute with a tuner such as corks and rubber stoppers for quickly tuning each pipes.  

Harmonics:  Choose a pan flute that can produce harmonics (notes with frequencies that are multiples of the fundamentals) for a wider range of sound.  

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