What are the types of flutes

Qu flute, bang flute, Mongolian flute, Uygur flute, Tibetan flute, mouth flute, Dong flute, Yuping flute, wind instruments and so on.

1, qu flute

qu flute, also known as "ban flute", "city flute" or "tie line flute", is a kind of musical instrument used for the accompaniment of the southern kunqu and other operas, because of the abundance of suzhou, so it is also known as "kunqu flute". It is a musical instrument used for the accompaniment of southern kunqu and other operas, and is also known as the "Su flute" because it is abundantly produced in Suzhou.

The pipe is thick and long, the tone is pure, mellow and long, and the change of strength is meticulous, often using the first release and then close, a sound of three rhymes, melodious and gentle, and the tunes played are more beautiful, delicate and gorgeous, with a strong flavor of the south of the Yangtze River.

2, bang flute

Bang flute is used for the accompaniment of the northern bang opera, the flute body is thin and short, the tone is high, bright and powerful, focusing on the use of skills on the tongue, such as the famous flute player Mr. Feng Zicun played the northern folk music "five bangs," the "joyful reunion," in the performance of the performance of the strong local color, the use of breath in the more violent, and the use of the tongue to play the sound of the sharp jumps, strong stacks of sound, rich in emotion. The performance is characterized by a strong local color, a fierce use of breath, and the use of a sharp, jumping tongue, a strong pallet sound, and an amorous flower tongue sound.

3, Uyghur flute

Uyghur people can sing and dance well, their music is bright and hot. More soprano flute, generally do not use the flute membrane, or the flute membrane will be very tight (sometimes also use the loose membrane effect). In the blowing method, they generally have more luck, more impulse, and the contrast between strength and weakness is especially obvious. The most popular techniques are the "sharp slide" and some decorative ones such as "leaning tone", "complimentary tone", "calling tone", etc. etc. In addition, "flower tongue" and "spit" is also often used, and most of the requirements of the spit broken and powerful.

4, mouth flute

Mouth flute - China's smallest member of the bamboo flute family, the earliest can be traced back to 7000 ~ 8000 years ago, Henan Jiahu Maoyang bone flute and Zhejiang Hemudu bone whistle, this kind of bone flute, bone whistle most of the use of animal bones and made. Compared with the ancient bone flutes and whistles, most of the familiar mouthpieces nowadays are made of mahogany, plastic, bamboo and other materials, and there is a big difference in tone, volume and appearance.

5, Dong flute

Dong flute, is the Dong unique blowing breath sounding instruments. Dong language, called Jie Ge, Jie Ge Si. Also known as each flute, grass flute. Popular in Guizhou Province, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Rongjiang, from the river, Liping, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, Hunan Province, the passage of the Dong Autonomous County and Qian, Guizhou, Hunan Province, three provinces adjacent to the vast area.

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