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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. Northern Chinese dizi are made from purple or violet bamboo, while dizi made in Suzhou and Hangzhou are made from white bamboo.
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) Chi (an ancient center-blown transverse flute with closed ends and front finger holes.)
The fingering chart felt unnecessary to me, since most other woodwind pages, save for the bassoon page, don't go much in depth about fingering. It seems extraneous to go in depth into basic playing technique as the related articles pertaining to transverse flutes and flutes cover this in greater depth.
In music, a method is a kind of textbook for a specified musical instrument or a selected problem of playing a certain instrument.. A method usually contains fingering charts or tablatures, etc., scales and numerous different exercises, sometimes also simple etudes, in different keys, in ascending order as to difficulty (= in methodical progression) or with a focus on isolated aspects like ...
A shakuhachi showing its Kinko school utaguchi (歌口, blowing edge) and inlay Myōan-ji shakuhachi fingering chart and notation. Shakuhachi are usually made from the root end of madake (Phyllostachys bambusoides) bamboo culm and are extremely versatile instruments.
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 ...
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The player only needs to use their fingers to move down the holes to change key easily, whereas with the traditional Chinese flute the instrument itself must be changed. The biggest difference between the xindi and the traditional dizi is the xindi’s lack of a dimo (笛 膜, lit. "di membrane"), which creates the characteristic timbre.