Sumui

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The '''''sumui''''' ([[flute]]) is one of the most [[ancient]] and commonly played [[musical instrument|instruments]] in the musical tradition of [[Tripura]]. Sumui, is the most perfect and least mechanical of all the instruments. It is made of [[bamboo]]. There are two types of sumui, one having 7 (seven) holes and the other having 8 (eight) hole. Mostly found are two manipulator characteristic features:

a) Those held along the mouth

b) Those held across the mouth


==Construction==
Sumui is made of the hollow stem of a bamboo. The instrumentalist himself cuts the bamboo to a suitable length and putting the bamboo to his lips in a playing position determines the distances of the flute stops by simply putting his fingers to the position marking the places where the two fingers nearest to a bamboo node come down. The distance between them becomes the standard length and on ascertaining the whole position the marked areas are burned with a hot iron nail. In the final stage, a separate mark is scratched carefully in alignment with the stop-hole near the upper rim, at a distance of one finger-width for a rectangular notch, gradually sloped as per thickness of the stem. The marked area is cut with a knife.

==See also==
*[[Bansuri]]
*[[Venu]]
* [[Tripuri people]]
*[[Sarinda]]
*[[Tripuri Dances]]
*[[Musical instruments of Tripura]]

[[Category:Indian musical instruments]]

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