page_title: Chinese flutes
hierarchical_section_title: Chinese flutes
caption_attribution_description: Neolithic bone flute (Henan Provincial Museum)
context_page_description: Chinese flutes come in various types. They include
  Transverse Flutes:
  Dizi
  Koudi
  Tuliang
  Chi
  Hengxiao
  Xindi
  Jiajian Di
  End-Blown Flutes:
  Xiao
  Gudi, an ancient vertical flute made from the bones of large birds
  Paixiao
  Xun
  Fipple Flutes:
  Jiexiao "Sister xiao"
  Dongdi
  Paidi
  Taodi and Wudu
  Free-Reed flutes:
  Bawu
  Hulusi
  Chinese flutes are generally made from bamboo and belong to the bamboo classification of Chinese music, although they can be made of other materials such as jade.
context_section_description: Chinese flutes come in various types.  They include
  Transverse Flutes:
  Dizi (and its varieties such as the qudi and bangdi; primary transverse flutes, usually made of bamboo and distinctively has a buzzing membrane)
  Koudi (a small center-blown mouth flute with open-ends)
  Tuliang (a large center-blown flute with open-ends)
  Chi (an ancient center-blown transverse flute with closed ends and front finger holes.)
  Hengxiao (dizi without membrane)
  Xindi (fully chromatic dizi without membrane)
  Jiajian Di (keyed dizi without membrane)
  End-Blown Flutes (air split directly on mouthpiece):
  Xiao (end-blown vertical bamboo flute)
  Gudi, an ancient vertical flute made from the bones of large birds
  Paixiao (pan pipes with distinctive notched or curved blowholes to allow for greater expression)
  Xun (clay globular flute)
  (Uyghur and Mongolian minorities also play a version of the Turkish ney.)
  Fipple Flutes (air split through whistle flue duct):
  Jiexiao "Sister xiao" (one of many forms of recorder-style flutes)
  Dongdi (special recorder-style flute with additional internal reed)
  Paidi (fipple pipes)
  Taodi and Wudu (Chinese ocarina.)
  Free-Reed flutes (use free-reed instead of splitting the airway, but otherwise play in a similar capacity to flute in terms of breath support and fingering.):
  Bawu (transverse free-reed flute)
  Hulusi (vertical gourd free-reed flute normally with one or two drone pipes)
  Chinese flutes are generally made from bamboo and belong to the bamboo classification of Chinese music, although they can be (and have been) made of other materials such as jade.
caption: One of the gudi flutes discovered at Jiahu, on display at the Henan Museum.
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