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2. Dizi (instrument) - Wikipedia

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   The dizi is also a popular instrument among the Chinese people as it is simple to make and easy to carry. [a] Most dizi are made of bamboo, which explains why dizi are sometimes known by simple names such as Chinese bamboo flute. However, "bamboo" is perhaps more of a Chinese instrument classification like "woodwind" in the West.

3. Chinese flutes - Wikipedia

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   Chinese flutes come in various types. They include Transverse flutes: Dizi (and its varieties such as the qudi and bangdi; primary transverse flutes, usually made of bamboo and distinctively has a buzzing membrane) Koudi (a small center-blown mouth flute with open-ends) Tuliang (a large center-blown flute with open-ends)

4. Bamboo flute - Wikipedia

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   The oldest written sources reveal the Chinese were using the kuan (a reed instrument) and hsio (or xiao, an end-blown flute, often of bamboo) in the 12th-11th centuries b.c., followed by the chi (or ch'ih) in the 9th century b.c. and the yüeh in the 8th century b.c. [3] Of these, the chi is the oldest documented cross flute or transverse flute ...

5. Shakuhachi - Wikipedia

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   The bamboo end-blown flute now known as the shakuhachi was developed in Japan in the 16th century and is called the fuke shakuhachi (普化尺八). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A bamboo flute known as the kodai shakuhachi ( 古代尺八 , ancient shakuhachi ) or gagaku shakuhachi ( 雅楽尺八 ) was derived from the Chinese xiao in the Nara period and died out ...

6. List of Chinese musical instruments - Wikipedia

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   Chi (Chinese: 篪; pinyin: chí) – ancient transverse bamboo flute; Yue (Chinese: 籥; pinyin: yuè) – ancient notched vertical bamboo flute with three finger holes; used in Confucian ritual music and dance; Xindi (新笛) – modern transverse flute with as many as 21 holes; Dongdi (侗笛) – wind instrument of the Dong people of ...

7. Xiao (flute) - Wikipedia

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   An ancient name for the xiāo is shùzhúdí (豎竹笛, lit. "vertical bamboo flute", [ʂûtʂutǐ]) but the name xiāo in ancient times also included the side-blown bamboo flute, dizi. [1] The xiāo is a very ancient Chinese instrument usually thought to have developed from a simple end-blown flute used by the Qiang people of Southwest China ...