The earliest musical instrument in China

The earliest musical instrument in China was the bone flute.

The bone flute is the earliest musical instrument in China. It is also known as the eagle flute or the eagle bone flute, or Dangjia in Tibetan. Made of vulture eagle wing bone, popular in Tibet, Qinghai, Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu and other Tibetan pastoral areas. Often used for solo performance, is the Tibetan youth favorite self-entertainment wind instrument.

The bone flute is a kind of flute, is also the earliest musical instrument in China. Also known as the eagle flute or eagle bone flute, Tibetans, Tajiks, Kirgiz side of the prongs of the gas sounding musical instruments, the Tibetan language said when the messenger. Made of vulture eagle wing bone, popular in Tibet, Qinghai, Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu Province and other Tibetan pastoral areas. Commonly used in solo performance. Is the Tibetan youth favorite self-entertainment wind instrument, more in the summer grazing or field labor rest blowing self-entertainment.

When playing, the middle finger of the left hand presses the upper hole, and the index and middle fingers of the right hand press the two holes. The body of the pipe is placed vertically and tilted slightly to the left or right, the mouth contains the upper mouth, and the tip of the tongue blocks half of the mouth of the pipe, blowing on the wall of the pipe, so that the air column in the pipe vibrates, and through the finger presses the hole and pronounces the sound, both flat blowing and super blowing, the range of the tone dl-e2, which is up to nine degrees.

The tone is high and bright, and the whistle sound is very similar. Traditional eagle flute are in pairs. Tajik people often use an eagle's pair of wing bones, made of two left and right lining, size and opening completely consistent pair of eagle flute, blowing up, the tone is exactly the same, as if a pair of twin dolls, quite rich in national style.