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A bansuri is traditionally made from a single hollow shaft of bamboo with seven finger holes. Some modern designs come in ivory, fiberglass and various metals. The six hole instrument covers two and a half octaves of music. The bansuri is typically between 30 and 75 centimetres (12 and 30 in) in length, and the thickness of a human thumb.
The oldest written sources reveal the Chinese were using the kuan (a reed instrument) and hsio (or xiao, an end-blown flute, often of bamboo) in the 12th-11th centuries b.c., followed by the chi (or ch'ih) in the 9th century b.c. and the yüeh in the 8th century b.c. [3] Of these, the chi is the oldest documented cross flute or transverse flute ...
The daegeum (also spelled taegum, daegum or taegŭm) is a large bamboo flute, a transverse flute used in traditional Korean music. It has a buzzing membrane that gives it a special timbre . It is used in court, aristocratic, and folk music , as well as in contemporary classical music , popular music , and film scores .
Dangjeok (당적; 唐笛) – A small transverse bamboo flute of Tang Chinese origin, slightly smaller than the junggeum Ji ( 지 ; 篪 ) – An ancient transverse bamboo flute with a protruding notched blowhole and five finger holes (one in the back and four in the front), derived from the Chinese chí.
The tungso (Korean: 퉁소; sometimes tongso, transliteration of its Chinese name of dòngxiāo) is a Korean notched, end-blown vertical bamboo flute used in Korean traditional music. [1] It is similar to the danso, but longer and larger. [2] The hanja tong (洞) was used to describe the shape of the instrument that resembles a long cave. [3]
The dan in the instrument's name means "short", and so refers to the notched, end-blown vertical bamboo flute. To match its name, It is the shortest wind instrument played vertically. [ 3 ] Another Korean end-blown vertical bamboo flute, the tungso ( Korean : 퉁소 ; Hanja : 洞 簫 ), is longer.
The gayageum or kayagum (Korean: 가야금; Hanja: 伽倻琴) is a traditional Korean musical instrument. It is a plucked zither with 12 strings, though some more recent variants have 18, 21 or 25 strings. It is probably the best known traditional Korean musical instrument. [1]
The oldest written records about an hourglass-shaped drum may be traced to the reign of King Munjong (1047–1084) of Goryeo as a field instrument. The Korean record from 1451 titled Goryeo-sa, or History of Goryeo, in chapter 70, records twenty janggu as the gifts of instruments to be used in the banquet attended by the Song dynasty emperor ...