What kinds of shaw are there? What is the difference? What do people usually play?

Dong Xiao: It is about 2.2 cm in diameter, with one to six sound holes in the front and six in the back, which is usually loved by the people. There is an improved Dong Xiao, with seven holes in the front and eight holes in the back. The volume is relatively large and the tuning is more convenient. ) Dong Xiao is usually used for solo.

Qin Xiao: The diameter is slightly smaller than that of Dong Xiao. There are one or eight sound holes in the first seven and the last eight, and the volume is smaller than that of Dong Xiao. Usually used for ensemble with guqin. Generally, the piano and flute will be connected by a bronze joint, which is two or three flutes. The purpose is to better tune when tuning is needed, and achieve the same timbre as guqin. Convenient.

Xiao Yuping: Its diameter is about 1.05 cm, which is even thinner than ours. There are five holes in the front and six holes in the back, and bamboos produced in Yuping, Guizhou are often used as materials. This kind of flute has a low volume, and sometimes it is carved with dragons and phoenixes. It is generally used for self-entertainment or as a handicraft.

Purple bamboo flute, with thick pipe, unlimited number of sections and deep and loud timbre, is mostly used for solo or ensemble.

Nine flutes, with nine flutes, are engraved with various patterns or characters, and some have cow bone rings embedded in their lower ends. The black painted pipe body is also called the black painted nine-section flute. These two kinds of nine-segment flutes have simple pronunciation and beautiful timbre, and are suitable for local operas or light music, and sometimes for solo or ensemble.

Among the modern eight-hole flutes, there is an eight-hole flute, the diameter of which is the size of a cave flute, and the sound hole is opened with eight sound holes similar to a piano flute, which is called an eight-hole flute. The playing method is exactly the same as the six-hole flute (traditional cave flute), but the fingering is slightly different. The advantages of this eight-hole flute are: loud volume and convenient tuning. Generally, it is most commonly used in art colleges.

Modern eight-hole flute is generally the most commonly used now.

Xiao's playing skills are basically the same as those of the flute, and he can play glide, overlapping sound and beat freely, but his sensitivity is far less than that of the flute, so he is not suitable for playing characteristic skills such as colorful tongue and overlapping sound, but is suitable for playing long, quiet and lyrical tunes to express quiet and elegant feelings. Xiao is not only suitable for solo and ensemble, but also suitable for national instrumental ensembles such as Jiangnan Sizhu, Fujian Nanyin, Cantonese Opera, Changzhou Sixian and Henan Bantou Band, as well as the accompaniment of local operas such as Yue Opera. In the ancient song "Moonlit Night on the Spring River", at first the flute played a light Boeing, and with the drum sound simulated by the pipa, it described the scene of playing the flute and drum on the cruise ship. In the whole piece of music, the sound of the flute is continuous and smooth.