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Description: | The di is the most common transverse flute of Chinese traditional music. Its most distinctive feature is the mirliton hole. This is the hole nearest the embouchure and is the second from the left on the photograph. It is designed to be covered by a paper membrane that vibrates as the flute is played to create a more nasal tone. (The membrane is missing from this example.) The most basic form of the di dates from the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), but the mirliton is a more recent development, having been added around the 10th century AD.
Di, ti-tsi, transverse flute of bamboo. There are ten oval holes along the top, the first an embouchure, the second a mirliton hole (membrane absent), and six fingerholes. The lowest two holes are vent holes. Two further holes on the underside near the distal end are threaded with two tassles, one white, one red. The bore is blocked immediately above the embouchure, but the top section above this is open. There is a bone ferrule at each end. The exterior of the pipe is varnished. There are twenty- four black bands along the body where the varnish has been removed and replaced with black paint. Each band is encircled in the middle by a thread. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | bamboo dis transverse flutes | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-15325 |
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