Nai (pan flute)

The nai (archaic: muscal) is a Romanian diatonic pan flute used since the 17th century and used in lăutari bands.

Structure

The nai has usually at least 20 pipes made of bamboo or reed. They are arranged in a curved array, allowing a greater speed of play. Generally the longer, lower pipes are on the right. The pitch of each pipe is adjusted with beeswax; usually nais are tuned in G for Romanian folk music, or in C for classical. Traditional Romanian pan flutes have tubes with varying diameters which go from wide to narrow as you go up the scale, to maintain the volume/length ratio of the tube and therefore produce the best consistent tone quality.

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Flute (song)

"Flute" is a song by Australian electronic DJ and record production duo New World Sound and Thomas Newson. The song was released in Australia as a digital download in November 2013 through Doorn Records, Spinnin Records and Ministry of Sound Australia. The song was written and produced by New World Sound and Thomas Newson. The song has charted in Belgium, France, Netherlands and Switzerland.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Flute" was first released onto YouTube on 21 November 2013 at a total length of three minutes and twenty-nine seconds.

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Chart performance

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Release history

Flutes

New World Sound and Thomas Newson released a second version of the song titled "Flutes" featuring guest vocals from British Grime artist Lethal Bizzle. It was released as a digital download on 21 December 2014.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Flutes" was first released onto YouTube on 30 September 2014 at a total length of three minutes.

Bansuri

The bansuri is a transverse flute of South Asia made from a single hollow shaft of bamboo with six or seven finger holes. An ancient musical instrument associated with cowherds and the pastoral tradition, it is intimately linked to the love story of Krishna and Radha and is also depicted in Buddhist paintings from around 100 CE. The Bansuri is revered as Lord Krishna's divine instrument and is often associated with Krishna's Rasa lila; mythological accounts tell of the tunes of Krishna's flute having a spellbinding and enthralling effect not only on the women of the Braj, but even on the animals of the region. The North Indian bansuri, typically about 14 inches in length, was traditionally used as a soprano instrument primarily for accompaniment in lighter compositions including film music. The bass variety (approximately 30", tonic E3 at A440Hz), pioneered by Pannalal Ghosh has now been indispensable in Hindustani Classical music for well over half a century. Bansuris range in size from less than 12" to nearly 40".

Nai

Nai or NAI may refer to:

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Naï

Naï is a town in the Bané Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso. As of 2005, the town has a population of 1,168.

References

Sodium iodide

Sodium iodide (chemical formula NaI) is the salt of sodium and iodide. It is a white, crystalline solid that is used mainly as a nutritional supplement and in organic chemistry. It is produced industrially by acidic iodides and sodium hydroxide.

Uses

Food supplement

Sodium iodide, as well as potassium iodide, is commonly used to treat and prevent iodine deficiency. Iodized table salt contains one part sodium or potassium iodide to 100,000 parts of sodium chloride.

Organic synthesis

Sodium iodide is used for conversion of an alkyl chlorides into an alkyl iodides. This method, the Finkelstein reaction, relies on the insolubility of sodium chloride in acetone to drive the reaction:

Nuclear medicine

Some radioactive iodide salts of sodium, including [¹²⁵I]NaI and [¹³¹I]NaI, have radiopharmaceutical uses, such as in the treatment of thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism or as radiolabeling tracers in imaging (see Isotopes of iodine > Radioiodines I-123, I-124, I-125, and I-131 in medicine and biology).

Pan

Pan and panning can have many meanings as listed below in various categories.

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