Description:FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to musical instrument. More particularly, the present invention relates to improvement in conventional flute. Specifically, the present invention relates to an improved flute that assists in accurate fine tuning of the finger/tune holes so that it can produce lower semitones or higher semitones and it allows to fine tune each and every finger/ tune hole individually.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The flute, a type of musical instrument traditionally used in Indian classical music, and also use as a main high-pitched melody instrument in modern orchestral and chamber music. Therefore, it holds a special place in the hearts of musicians and listeners alike. The flute produces sweet, melodious tones which evoking feelings of serenity and tranquillity. It is not only a beautiful musical instrument but also carries with its centuries of tradition and cultural significance. It is believed to have originated in ancient India, where it was used in religious ceremonies and court music. Today, the flute continues to be a popular instrument among musicians worldwide, capturing the hearts of all who listen to its soulful melodies. Whether played alone or as part of an ensemble, the flute’s timeless beauty shines through every note it produces.
Generally, flute is made up from bamboo or wood and other natural materials. However, flute is traditionally made up from a single hollow shaft of a bamboo. Some regional flutes come in ivory, fiberglass and various suitable metals. Particularly, flute is a cylindrical hollow long tube with several sound holes. The general flute consists of a mouthpiece, a flute body and a flute tail. The sound holes are provided on the flute body and flute tail. When the player plays the flute, they need to use both fingers to press the holes of the flute to generate the melodious sound.
In India, there are two main types of flutes that are popular among musicians: the first is a transverse or side-blown flute and the second is a fipple or straight-blown flute. The transverse flute is played horizontally, similar to the western classical flute, and it is also commonly used in classical music performances. It has a sweet and melodious tone that can convey a wide range of emotions.
In side-blown flute, the player blows directly across the edge of a mouthpiece while the remainder of the flute's tubular body is held transverse to the player's body. The air stream across the mouthpiece creates a Bernoulli Effect that excites the air contained in the tubular body. The player changes the pitch of the sound by opening and closing holes in the body of the instrument, thus changing the effective length of a resonator and its corresponding resonant frequency. By varying the air pressure, a flute player can also change the pitch of a note by causing the air in the flute to resonate at a harmonic other than the fundamental frequency without opening or closing any holes.
On the other hand, a fipple or straight-blown flute. The classical/ traditional Indian flute belongs to the transverse flute category while many other folk flutes such as Algoza belongs to the category of fipple flutes which is made up from bamboo material and this flute is popular in folk music and devotional music genres. It is played vertically and it has a unique sound that is earthy and hauntingly beautiful. Both flutes have their own distinct characteristics and cultural significance in Indian music, attracting both seasoned musicians and beginners alike to learn and master these traditional instruments.
The flute has been known for centuries, and in its classical form generally comprises an elongated tube of generally cylindrical configuration having an embouchure hole in the head joint thereof and six or seven tone holes that covers two and a half octaves range of music. These six or seven tone holes are particularly arranged for respective closure by the fingers of a player. Such a flute has generally suffered the deficiency of a rather thin and breathy sound which is low in harmonic content and for many musical purposes it is found to be wanting in quality and character. Such flutes are generally constructed in several sections, usually three, which are interconnected by means of slip joints. During assembly of the flute, the several sections are joined together by means of the slip fittings and must be rotationally aligned to orient the embouchure and tone holes in proper playing position and axially adjusted to tune the instrument pitch.
While playing a flute, a player utilizes all the player's fingers except the right and left thumb to operate the holes provided on the flute. For support, the flute rests on the root of the player's left index finger and on the player's right thumb. Unfortunately, this arrangement is not particularly stable. If the flute is not adequately supported, the pressure on the mouthpiece may cause the flute to rotate about its longitudinal axis. Likewise, that same pressure may try to twist the flute so that its distal end moves towards the player's body. Each of these effects may become more pronounced when the player's hands become sweaty due to hyperhidrosis or due to the stress of a performance. Under extreme conditions, the flute may even slip away entirely and the player may lose the player's hand position.
In the conventional flute, the air outlet tube is directly connected to a tube body on which number of finger/tone holes are provided. Since the pitch of the flute must be limited or set to an accurate frequency band, it is necessary to ensure that there should be a sufficient distance between the mouthpiece and the finger/tone holes that creates the musical notes by covering and uncovering the finger on that particular finger/ tone holes during playing. The open hole or specific combinations of open holes produce typical full tones while partially covered holes produce semitones, quarter tones or flavours of microtones.
Generally, all flutes have a specific scale according to its design and construction. It has a base key and/or tonal centre called 'Sa' (Shadja, natural tonic) of the swara scale. In flutes, tuning is achieved based on length, inner diameter, and finger/tone hole placement. Some flutes have an additional tuning hole towards the open end. Each flute has a fixed scale or tuning system, and musicians can choose one or have their own personal tuning system as per their convenience. However, there is no any provision provided for fine tuning the finger holes to produce lower semitones or higher semitones as desired with clarity in conventional flute.
Accordingly, the art is continuously seeking new and improved musical instrument that is improved flute which brings in an important structural innovation in the traditional/conventional flute. More specifically, to provide a unique arrangement in the traditional/conventional flute for fine tuning the finger/tune holes due to which it produces lower semitones or higher semitones according to specific closure and open position of tone holes as desired with clarity. For which the additional ring accessory provided that would be advantageous component which allows to fine tune each and every finger/ tune hole individually, thus making a provision for Raga-specific tuning for a flute.
There is need of an improvement in conventional flute to enhance the potential of traditional flute in multiple ways and to re-asserts the versatility of ancient Indian musical heritage by providing additional ring accessory and unique arrangement which would create facility to fine tune the finger/tone holes as results, this improved flute produce lower semitones or higher semitones as desired with clarity. The specific arrangement of additional ring accessory would permit for Raga-specific tuning for a flute. The provided additional ring accessory can be optionally used to completely cover the finger hole to eliminate a particular swara (Varjya swara) which is not used in a particular Raga.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide an improved flute which produces lower semitones or higher semitones as desired with clarity and can be incorporated in many wind instruments in the best possible way.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide an improved flute which allows to fine tune each and every finger hole individually, thus making a provision for Raga-specific tuning for a flute.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved flute having the ring accessory which can be optionally used to completely cover the finger hole to eliminate a particular swara (Varjya swara) which is not used in a particular Raga.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved flute which produces semi tonalities with absolute precision to bring forth the authentic aesthetic beauty of Indian Music.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved flute that having the ring accessory which can be appropriately adjusted by rotating around the flute body to produce the desired musical tone or for setting the tuning for the performance.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide an improved flute which overcomes the barrier to produce a semitone in a conventional flute arrangement.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following presents a simplified summary of one or more aspects in order to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated aspects, and is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of all aspects nor delineate the scope of any or all aspects. The summary’s sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more aspects in a simplified form as prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
Accordingly, the present invention provides an improved “flute’’ (100) (hereinafter, "the flute"). The flute comprises a hollow cylindrical body, a cork, a blowing hole, plurality of rectangular slots provided on the hollow cylindrical body, threads tied around the hollow cylindrical body, plurality of ring accessories on which plurality of holes are provided.
In one aspect, the present invention provides an improved flute comprising a hollow cylindrical air flowing body having a proximal end at one end which is closed by a cork and at the distal end is purposely kept open to resonate the air flow pattern. To produce sound from the flute a blown air flowing through the hollow cylindrical body. The hollow cylindrical body comprises a blowing hole near the closed end of this body and it is provided for blowing the air thereinto by a player’s (user’s) mouth/lip. The hollow cylindrical body also comprises plurality of rectangular slots appropriately created in the line of the blowing hole. These rectangular slots are positioned on the places where the finger/tonal holes of the traditional/conventional flute are provided. Moreover, this hollow cylindrical body is tied with threads appropriately in circular form to skip the particular rectangular slots by closing it completely. The hollow cylindrical body rotatably attached with plurality of rings as accessories which are fitted appropriately on the circular body of flute around the respective rectangular slot for covering them by rotating around the body. Each ring accessory having plurality of holes on the circular body in order to that when this ring accessory placed on the rectangular slot and rotated around the hollow cylindrical body, each hole on the ring accessory can act as a finger hole of the flute thereby producing different sounds. This unique arrangement create facility to fine tune the tone produced by the flute. Therefore, this improved flute produces lower semitones or higher semitones as desired with clarity. This specific arrangement of additional ring accessory would permit for Raga-specific tuning for a flute.
Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which delineate the present invention in different embodiments
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The embodiments can be better understood with reference to the following drawings and description. The components in the figures are not necessarily to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating the principles of the embodiments.
Reference will be made to embodiments of the invention, examples of which may be illustrated in the accompanying figures. These figures are intended to be illustrative, not limiting. Although the invention is generally described in the context of these embodiments, it should be understood that it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention to these particular embodiments.
The above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of the improved flute according to an exemplary implementation of one of the embodiments of the present invention.
Figure 1a illustrates a perspective view of the improved flute without the ring accessory according to an exemplary implementation of one of the embodiments of the present invention.
Figure 2 illustrates a perspective view of the improved flute with the thread arrangement with ring accessory according to an exemplary implementation of one of the embodiments of the present invention.
Figure 3 illustrates a perspective view of the ring accessory for producing semitone according to an exemplary implementation of one of the embodiments of the present invention.
Figure 3a illustrates a perspective view of the ring accessory for producing quartertone according to an exemplary implementation of one of the embodiments of the present invention
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The foregoing objects of the present invention are accomplished and the problems and shortcomings associated with the prior art, techniques and approaches are overcome by the present invention as described below in the preferred embodiments.
The present invention is related to musical device which developed from a different mechanical components and assembly thereof constituting operative mechanism and assembled by connecting multiple components which are fitted or assembled or constructed using number of manufacturing processes suitable for ease of production. In this device one or more accessories are may be connected in a single device or multiple devices.
The disclosed musical device is used by controlling the actuation of various mechanical component constituting the number of components controlling the airflow pattern to perform their associative function for executing the method of performing the flute to obtain accurate, customized tonal frequencies.
In the following description, for the purpose of explanation, specific details are set forth in order to provide an understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these details. One skilled in the art will recognize that embodiments of the present invention, some of which are described below, may be incorporated into a number of different types of flutes.
The various embodiments of the present invention to provide an improved musical instrument or device that is improved flute that assists in accurate fine tuning of the finger/tune holes so that it produces lower semitones or higher semitones according to specific closure and open position of finger/ tone holes as desired with clarity. For which there is an additional ring accessory provided which allows to fine tune each and every finger/ tune hole individually, thus making a provision for Raga-specific tuning for a flute. The ring accessory can be optionally used to completely cover the finger hole to eliminate a particular swara (Varjya swara) which is not used in a particular Raga. Therefore, this improved flute becomes convenient for playing semitones and it becomes simpler in operation and its control becomes easy especially for producing semitones.
Furthermore, connections between components and within the figures are not intended to be limited to direct connections. Rather, these components and structure may be modified, re-formatted or otherwise changed by intermediary components. The device described herein are explained using examples with specific details for better understanding. However, the disclosed embodiments can be worked on by a person skilled in the art without the use of these specific details.
Throughout this application, with respect to all reasonable derivatives of such terms, and unless otherwise specified (and/or unless the particular context clearly dictates otherwise), each usage of:
a. “a” or “an” is meant to read as “at least one.”
b. “the” is meant to be read as “the at least one.”
c. References in the present invention to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” mean that a particular feature, structure, characteristic, or function described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase “in one embodiment” in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment.
If the specification states a component or feature "may”, “can", "could", or "might" be included or have a characteristic, that particular component or feature is not required to be included or have the characteristic.
As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of "a, an," and "the" includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein, the meaning of "in" includes "in" and "on" unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
Exemplary embodiments will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. These embodiments are provided so that this invention will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those of ordinary skill in the art. Moreover, all statements herein reciting embodiments of the invention, as well as specific examples thereof, are intended to encompass both structural and functional equivalents thereof. Additionally, it is intended that such equivalents include both currently known equivalents as well as equivalents developed in the future (i.e., any elements developed that perform the same function, regardless of structure).
Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail. For clarity of the description, known constructions and functions will be omitted. Parts of the description may be presented in terms of operations performed by a mechanical component, using terms such as hollow cylindrical body, hole, and ring accessory consistent with the manner commonly employed by those skilled in the art to convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art. As is well understood by those skilled in the art.
While embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, it will be clear that the invention is not limited to these embodiments only. Numerous modifications, changes, variations, substitutions, and equivalents will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without departing from the scope of the invention, as described in the claim.
The present invention is illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings, throughout which reference numbers indicate corresponding parts in the various figures. These reference numbers are shown in bracket in the following description. Table below enlists the reference numerals and components indicated by them:
Table 1
Reference Numerals Component
100 Improved Flute
101 Hollow cylindrical body
102 Cork
103 Blowing hole
104 Rectangular slots provided on hollow cylindrical body
105 Threads tied around the hollow cylindrical body
106 Plurality of ring accessories
107 Plurality of holes provided on the ring accessories

Disclosed is a unique and improved flute for producing specific or particular lower or higher semitones which are obtained by using different constructional arrangement and additional ring accessories provided in the flute which creates unique arrangement to produce higher or lower semitones near the hole. This musical device is provided with a ring accessory with thread arrangement to close the particular hole or slots provided on the flute body which would create different structural arrangement which can easily produce higher or lower semitones near the hole. This improved musical device can facilitate a to fine tune each and every finger hole individually, thus making a provision for Raga-specific tuning for a flute which also overcomes the difficulty in fine tuning of different methods of tuning the flute. This improved musical device is provided with the ring accessory can be optionally used to completely cover the finger hole to eliminate a particular swara (Varjya swara) which is not used in a particular Raga.
The main purpose of the invention is to provide a unique arrangement with constructional modification in the conventional flute by providing a plurality of ring accessories and threads wound around the hollow cylindrical body to cover the completely or partially rectangular slots. The provided ring accessory having number of holes arranged on the circular surface of the ring accessory which are arranged or configured in particular manner for closing and opening of rectangular slots to fine tune the finger holes which produces lower semitones or higher semitones as desired with clarity by particular configuration arranged on the hollow cylindrical body.
Referring to figures 1 to 3, flute (100), a musical device provided to fine tune the tone produced by the flute and to produce a lower semitones or higher semitones as desired with clarity (‘the flute (100)’ hereinafter) is shown, in accordance with the present invention. The improved flute comprises hollow cylindrical body, one cork, one blowing hole, plurality of rectangular slots provided on the hollow cylindrical body, and threads tied around the hollow cylindrical body. The flute is provided with plurality of ring accessories on which plurality of circular holes are provided. These plurality of ring accessories that act as flute finger holes when placed on a rectangular slot and rotated around the hollow cylindrical body of flute. These holes produce a musical tone by opening them while playing the flute. On the ring accessories preferably three holes are provided to produce semitone lower or higher than its nearest hole.
In an embodiment of the present invention the device is made from plurality of components. As shown in Fig. 1 and Fig.2, the flute of the present invention that is improved flute (100) includes at least one hollow cylindrical body (101), one cork (102), one blowing hole (103), plurality of rectangular slots (104) provided on the hollow cylindrical body, and threads (105) tied around the hollow cylindrical body to cover the particular rectangular slots provided on the hollow cylindrical body (101). There is plurality of ring accessories (106) rotatably placed on the hollow cylindrical body (101) The ring accessory having plurality of holes (107) on the circular surface of the ring accessory which act as flute finger holes when placed on a rectangular slot (104) and made particular provision on the dimeter of hollow cylindrical body (101) and the ring accessories (106) so that it can rotate around the hollow cylindrical body (101). The plurality holes (107) are arranged in a such way that the improved flute produce a musical tone by opening or closing them in a particular manner. The particular arrangement obtained by rotating the ring accessories (104) around the hollow cylindrical body (101) with the help of the plurality of holes (107) comes in either close or open position of the plurality of rectangular slots (104) that produces a semitone lower or higher than its nearest hole desired with clarity. Therefore, it allows to fine tune each and every finger/ tone hole individually, thus improved flute (100) making a provision for Raga-specific tuning for a flute. The ring accessory can be optionally used to completely cover the finger hole to eliminate a particular swara (Varjya swara) which is not used in a particular Raga. There is an additional arrangement is provided to cover the particular rectangular slot completely for which the hollow cylindrical body (101) is tied with threads (105) around the hollow cylindrical body appropriately for skipping the rectangular slots (104).
In an embodiment of the present invention the musical device that is improved flute (100) comprising the hollow cylindrical body (101) is an air flowing tube having a proximal end at one end which is closed with the help of cork (102) and at the other end is kept open purposely to resonate the air flow pattern. There is at least one blowing hole (103) provided near the proximal end; and plurality of rectangular slots (104) provided between the blowing hole (103) and the open end. These rectangular slots (104) positioned on the places where the finger/tonal holes of the traditional/conventional flute are provided. A flute player/musician (user) needs to hold the device in such a way that its closed end remains close to his mouth/lip, and its open end remains away from his mouth/lip. Therefore, the blowing hole (103) at the closed end is used to blow the air thereinto and the air is finally released through the rectangular slots (104) and also with the plurality of ring accessories (106) at the closed end. Preferably, there are six or seven number of rectangular slots (104) which are adapted to be closed or opened position which is achieved with the help plurality of ring accessories (106) by rotating around the hollow cylindrical body (101) by adjusting the position of plurality of holes (107) provided on the ring accessories (106). To produce different tones when the flute player/ user blows air through the blowing hole (103) it changes the air flow pattern inside the hollow cylindrical body due to plurality of rectangular slots (104) and plurality of holes (107) provided on the plurality of ring accessories (106). Therefore, player or user can produce a semitone lower or higher than its nearest hole, and by rotating the plurality of ring accessories (106) around the hollow cylindrical body (101) to achieve the desired musical tone or to set the tuning for the performance. On the ring accessories preferably three holes are provided to produce semitone lower or higher than its nearest hole.
In an alternate embodiment of the present invention the musical device that is improved flute comprising the improved flute (100) comprising the hollow cylindrical body (101) is an air flowing tube having a proximal end at one end which is closed with the help of cork (102) and at the other end is kept open purposely to resonate the air flow pattern. There is at least one blowing hole (103) provided near the proximal end; and plurality of rectangular slots (104) provided between the blowing hole (103) and the open end. These rectangular slots (104) positioned on the places where the finger/tonal holes of the traditional/conventional flute are provided. A flute player/musician (user) needs to hold the device in such a way that its closed end remains close to his mouth/lip, and its open end remains away from his mouth/lip. Therefore, the blowing hole (103) at the closed end is used to blow the air thereinto and the air is finally released through the rectangular slots (104) and also with the plurality of ring accessories (106) at the closed end. Preferably, there are six or seven number of rectangular slots (104) which are adapted to be closed or opened position which is achieved with the help plurality of ring accessories (106) by rotating around the hollow cylindrical body (101) by adjusting the position of plurality of holes (107) provided on the ring accessories (106). To produce different tones when the flute player/ user blows air through the blowing hole (103) it changes the air flow pattern inside the hollow cylindrical body due to plurality of rectangular slots (104) and plurality of holes (107) provided on the plurality of ring accessories (106). Therefore, player or user can produce a quartertone lower or higher than its nearest hole, and by rotating the plurality of ring accessories (106) around the hollow cylindrical body (101) to achieve the desired musical tone or to set the tuning for the performance. On the ring accessories preferably five holes are provided to produce quartertone lower or higher than its nearest hole.
In an implementation of this musical device means when the flute player/ musician (user) blows the air through blowing hole (103) the air inside the hollow cylindrical body (101) behaves like a fluid, with the motion of air molecules and the pattern inside the device forming perpendicular direction creating a sound through device. When player/ musician (user) rotates plurality of ring accessories (106) around the hollow cylindrical body (101) by adjusting the position of holes (107) by opening and closing of rectangular slots (104) creates a complex air flow pattern for producing a unique and melodious tonal quality. The velocity of air molecules is controlled by the ring accessories (106) the air flow pattern created on the surface of the flute body further enhances the air flow pattern adding more complex frequencies of the sound. This creates semi tonalities with absolute precision on this musical device bring forth the authentic aesthetic beauty of Indian Music in most auditory experience for everyone to enjoy.
In an alternate embodiment this creates quarter tonalities with absolute precision by using this musical device means improved flute with a different ring accessory to produce quartertone with the same musical device.
The main purpose of the invention is to provide to musical device that is an improved flute to produce semitone or quartertone by changing constructional arrangement of the conventional flute design and by adding extra ring accessory which allows to fine tune each and every finger/ tune hole individually to enhances the potential of traditional flute in multiple ways and re-asserts the versatility of ancient Indian musical heritage. It also enhances the possibilities of fine tuning the finger holes to produce lower semitones or higher semitones as desired with clarity.
From the above description, it can be seen that the musical device disclosed in present invention to provide an improved flute which produces a semitone/quartertone lower or higher than its nearest hole. Due to unique arrangement it allows to fine tune each and every finger hole individually, thus making a provision for Raga-specific tuning for a flute. The ring accessory can be optionally used to completely cover the finger hole to eliminate a particular swara (Varjya swara) which is not used in a particular Raga. Therefore, by rotating the ring accessory around the hollow cylindrical body to produce the desired musical tone or for setting the tuning for the performance. This feature makes the disclosed device a completely new and distinct instrument as compared to any existing flute or any other wind instrument.
Usually, the flutes are available in several sizes and several different configurations which are within the scope of the present invention. For example, the size of the flute can be altered to be suitable for different requirements. The configuration of the holes can be altered by ring accessories arrangement so as to provide different size and shape of hole. The shape of each hole can be altered to provide increased usability or to fine tune the tones while playing the flute. This ring accessories can be accommodated in different size of flute according their respective diameter and length of the body or in any other dimension and with different size.
The foregoing descriptions of specific embodiments of the present invention have been presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the present invention to the precise forms disclosed, and obviously many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the present invention and its practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the present invention and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. It is understood that various omission and substitutions of equivalents are contemplated as circumstance may suggest or render expedient, but such are intended to cover the application or implementation without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims:CLAIMS
We Claim

1. A flute (100) comprising:
a hollow cylindrical body (101) having a proximal end closed by a cork (102) and distal end kept open to resonate the air flow pattern;
at least one blowing hole (103) provided near the proximal end;
a plurality of rectangular slots (104) provided between the blowing hole (103) and the open end on the hollow cylindrical body (101);
a plurality of threads (105) tied around the hollow cylindrical body (101) to cover the plurality of rectangular slots (104);
a plurality of ring accessories (106) rotatably placed on the hollow cylindrical body (101), each of the plurality of ring accessories (106) having a plurality of holes (107) provided on a circular surface thereof; wherein
each of the plurality of holes (107) is configured to act as a finger hole when placed on each of the plurality of rectangular slots (104) and to produce a musical semitone lower or higher than its nearest hole by opening and closing them by changing the air flow pattern while playing the flute (100) by blowing air through the blowing hole (103).

2. The flute (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of ring accessories (106) is optionally used to completely cover the finger hole to eliminate a particular swara (Varjya swara) which is not used in a particular Raga, thus making a provision for Raga-specific tuning for a flute.

3.The flute (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hollow cylindrical body (101) is made up of ivory, fiberglass, and/or any suitable metals.

Dated this on 19th day of August, 2024