The flute consists of a pipe body (including a blowing section, a main section and a tail section) and a key system.

Bamboo flute structure: it is a long tube slightly thicker than fingers, with several small holes on it. A common six-hole bamboo flute consists of a flute head, a blowing hole (1), a membrane hole (1), a sound hole (6), a back sound hole (1), a front sound hole (2, also called drum sound) and a flute tail.

2. Different materials:

Flute material: ordinary type: seamless nickel-silver tube, professional type: hard real silver.

Material of bamboo flute: The flute body is generally made of bamboo. The flute membrane (a small sheet attached to the membrane hole when playing) is generally composed of the inner membrane in the tender reed stem.

3. Different musical instrument features:

Characteristics of flute instruments: fresh and thorough, with cool timbre. The high notes are lively and bright, and the low notes are beautiful and pleasing to the ear, which are widely used in orchestras and military bands.

Characteristics of bamboo flute instruments: they belong to the woodwind family. It is a typical national musical instrument in China.

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Choice of flute

The choice of flute should be considered from the quality and category of flute. The quality of the flute depends not only on the quality of the flute tube itself, but also on the level of production. When purchasing, you should check:

1, check the bamboo quality of the flute. Flute pipes require strong bamboo (bamboo grain is old). Bamboo has a good texture. This pipe is straight and round. Generally, the head of flute body is slightly thicker than the tail, but the difference should not be too big. The flute has a medium thickness. The inner wall of flute tube is flat and smooth. There is no moth, crack and other phenomena in the whole body. Beautiful and generous appearance. These requirements can be identified by vision.

2. Check the pitch of the flute. The method is to play according to the standard flute or musical instrument (accordion, electronic organ, etc.) as far as possible. ) sound calibration instrument. After the tonic is determined, check the accuracy of all the sounds of the flute according to the interval relationship. You can also play overtones to see if it is easy to generate and clean up. Checking overtones is also a good way to check the pitch of real sounds.

3. Check the volume of the flute. Generally speaking, the loudest one is better. The loud flute is loud and vibrates strongly. Sometimes your fingers will feel numb when you play.

4. Check the timbre of the flute. The general requirements for timbre are loose, thick, round and bright, which depends on the quality of the flute itself, on the other hand, it is closely related to the film pasting technology and playing skills.

5. Check the sensitivity of the flute. Generally speaking, it is better to exhale without dull pronunciation, and the sooner you react, the better.

6. Beginners should choose the tune. The same bamboo flute has various tonality.

Generally speaking, it is more suitable for beginners to choose alto flute, e or f flute. Because this kind of flute is easy to play and has a moderate pitch, it is also often used for playing. If conditions permit, you want to choose more flutes. Then besides the flutes in E and F, you can also choose A Qu Di in D and A Band-Aid in G, which are also commonly used.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-flute

Baidu encyclopedia-bamboo flute