Will the flute be eliminated?

The flute is an important instrument in China's national musical instruments, divided into bang flute and flute, suitable for ensemble, accompaniment and solo, in addition to the folk band, in the theater is also commonly used. It is an indispensable musical instrument. Now playing the flute is a lot of people, because of its beautiful tone, wide range of uses, loved by the people, the flute will never be eliminated in China, but also to inherit and develop, because this is China's traditional culture.

For a long time, for the Chinese bamboo flute from when there has been this problem has been a lot of opinions. In recent years in Zhejiang Yuyao Hemudu unearthed cultural relics and our today's six-hole flute is very similar to the bone flute, 7,000 years ago, it should be said that this is the oldest musical instrument found so far. In addition, there are American overseas Chinese collection of the Warring States period seven holes according to the sound of the horizontal brass flute; Hubei Suixian unearthed at the beginning of the Warring States period (433 BC) Zenghouyi tomb of the two horizontal blowing flute; Changsha, Hunan Province, Mawangdui unearthed in the third tomb of the Han Dynasty (168 BC) in the two horizontal blowing of the flute; Guangxi, Guangxi County, Luopo Bay unearthed in Tomb No. 1, a two section of the bamboo made of seven holes according to the sound of the horizontal blowing of the flute, are sufficient to prove that flute is several years earlier than any other musical instruments, the flute is a very similar to today's six holes, it should be said that this is the oldest musical instrument found to date. is a few generations earlier than any other musical instruments, the most primitive musical instruments.

One, bang flute and qu 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, and the emphasis is on the use of tongue skills, for example, Mr. Feng Zicun, a famous flute player, played the northern folk music "five bangs," "happy to meet each other," in the performance of the performance of the strong local color, the use of breath is more violent, and the use of the tongue of the sharp jumps, strong and strong. The flute has a strong local color, and it is more vigorous in the use of breath, and adopts the special techniques of rapid and leaping tongue, powerful palletizing, and interesting flower tongue. The flute is good at expressing robustness and boldness, lively and brisk mood, with strong northern colors, which is inseparable from the characteristics of the region where the people of the north are located and the habits of life and labor. It is mostly used for the accompaniment of northern opera, opera and opera (such as Qinqiang, Hebei Opera, Pu Opera, etc.), and can also be used for solo performance. Qu flute is used for the accompaniment of Kunqu opera in the south, also known as "Ban flute", "city flute" or "tie line (i.e., wrapped silk) flute", because it is produced in Suzhou, so it is also known as the "Su flute". Because it is produced in Suzhou, it is also known as "Su flute". Most of the flutes are in the key of C or D. The pipes are thick and long. The body of the pipe is thick and long, and the tone is simple, rounded, and long, with meticulous changes in strength, often using the first release and then close, a sound of three rhymes, melodious and gentle, the tunes played are more beautiful, delicate, and gorgeous, with a strong flavor of the South of the Yangtze River. The flute has a strong Jiangnan flavor, and the northern style of the bang flute solo flute is rough and powerful, forming a sharp contrast. For example, the famous flute player, Prof. Lu Chunling, plays "Partridge Fly", "Little Cowherd" and other folk tunes, with moist, clear tone, tone control, contrast of strength and weakness, and more application of the flute on the "call tone", "send tone", "playing", "leaning", "vibrato" and other techniques, the use of breath requires full and even, as little as possible with the use of spit sound breaks.

The flute is widely popular in the south of China and is suitable for solo and ensemble playing. It is one of the characteristic musical instruments in the local music such as Kunqu opera music, Jiangnan silk and bamboo, Southern Jiangsu blowing and beating, and Teochew flute set of gongs and drums, etc. Nowadays, the newly-created flute solos have been widely used in the music industry, and the flute has become one of the most popular instruments in the world. Nowadays, most of the newly created solo flute pieces have absorbed the performance characteristics of "Qu flute" and "Bang flute".