# Learn Basuri — Breath & long tones

# Breath & long tones

      Clear bansuri tone is mostly breath control. Long tones train steady air before fancy fingers.

    
    
      ## How

      
        - Start the practice-bar **drone** on Sa.

        - Play any comfortable note you can sound.

        - Hold 5–8 seconds evenly. Rest. Repeat.

        - Grow toward 10–12 seconds.

        - If the tone cracks, shrink the lip opening; do not blast.

      
    
    
      ## 10-minute starter

      
        
          - 2 min — straw or mirror embouchure

          - 4 min — long tones on your best note

          - 4 min — gently close holes once the tone is stable

        
      
    
    
      ## Next

[Practice routine](routine.html)