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  2. 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

  3. 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]

  4. Jiangnan sizhu - Wikipedia

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    Dizi – transverse bamboo flute, most commonly with traditional equal distant finger holes which does not produce an equal temperament, although the equal-tempered dizi is standard with professionals; Xiao – end-blown bamboo flute, as with the dizi, equal distant finger holes are preferred with the equal-tempered type standard with professionals

  5. Method (music) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Xiao (flute) - Wikipedia

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    A ceramic xiao flute player excavated from an Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD) tomb in Sichuan province Several dongxiao in the G-key. A Taiwanese xiao. The xiao (simplified Chinese: 箫; traditional Chinese: 簫; pinyin: xiāo; Wade–Giles: hsiao 1; Jyutping: siu1, pronounced [ɕi̯ɑ́ʊ̯]) is a Chinese vertical end-blown flute.

  8. 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 ...

  9. Flute method - Wikipedia

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    A Flute method is a type of specific textbook-style pedagogy for learning to play the flute. It often contains fingering charts, scales , exercises, and occasionally etudes . These exercises are often presented in different keys in ascending order to aid in difficulty, known as methodical progression, or to focus on isolated aspects like ...