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  2. Dizi (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    In the 1930s, an 11-hole, fully chromatic version of the dizi was created called the xindi (新笛), pitched in the same range as the western flute. However, the modified dizi's extra tone holes prevent the effective use of the membrane, so this instrument lacks the inherent timbre of the traditional dizi family. [citation needed]

  3. List of Japanese interpreting and translation associations

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    It created training resources such as actual video interviews with patients in Leicestershire (having various accents), and a 3-way glossary (Japanese, doctors' English, patients' English). Japan Association for Health Care Interpreting in Japanese and English (J.E.) ja:日本英語医療通訳協会; Founded in 2006, but website apparently ...

  4. Chinese flutes - Wikipedia

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    Chi (an ancient center-blown transverse flute with closed ends and front finger holes.) Hengxiao (dizi without membrane) Xindi (fully chromatic dizi without membrane) Jiajian Di (keyed dizi without membrane) [citation needed] End-blown flute: Xiao (end-blown vertical bamboo flute) Gudi, an ancient vertical flute made from the bones of large birds

  5. Di mo - Wikipedia

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    The dimo (Chinese: 笛膜; pinyin: dímó; lit. 'di membrane') is a special membrane applied to the transverse Chinese flute called dizi (or di), giving the instrument its characteristic buzzing timbre. Di mo papers with packaging. Dimo, made from the tissue-thin membrane from the interior of a specific variety of bamboo, are supplied as ...

  6. Guo Yue (musician) - Wikipedia

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    Guo Yue (simplified Chinese: 郭 跃; traditional Chinese: 郭躍; pinyin: Guō Yuè; born 1958) is a virtuoso of the dizi (Chinese bamboo flute) and bawu (Chinese free reed pipe). [1] He was born in Beijing, China. He plays a wide range of the bamboo flute and currently lives in London.

  7. Japan Association of Translators - Wikipedia

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    The Japan Association of Translators (JAT) is the largest professional association of practicing translators and interpreters in Japan, with approximately 800 members. [ citation needed ] The association was founded in 1985.

  8. ECC (eikaiwa) - Wikipedia

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    ECC Foreign Language Institute (ECC外語学院, -gaigo gakuin) is one of the major private English teaching companies or eikaiwa in Japan. [1] It is part of the ECC group. [2] ECC (Education through Communication for the Community) is based in the Kansai region of Japan and also has many branches in the Chūbu and Kantō regions.

  9. Xindi (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The xindi (Chinese: 新 笛; pinyin: xīndí; literally "new flute") is a Chinese musical instrument. A 20th-century derivative of the ancient dizi (bamboo transverse flute), the xindi is western influenced, fully chromatic, and usually lacks the dizi's distinctive di mo, or buzzing membrane. The xindi is also known as the 11-hole di (十 一 ...