Different Types Of Bamboo Flutes
There are numerous types of bamboo flutes made all over the world such as the dizi xiao shakuhachi palendag and jinghu.
Different types of bamboo flutes. Follow me on facebook here. The tube of the alto flute is considerably thicker and longer than a standard c flute and requires more breath from the player. The alto flute is a transposing instrument meaning that music written for it is in a different pitch than it s actual sound. The regular bansuri has six holes and both hands are used to control them.
Depending on whichever holes you have left open or kept closed the sound is produced due to resonance created inside the column of the instrument. The indian version of the bamboo flute the bansuri ranges from 12 inches to 40 inches the 20 inch one being the most common. The antara pan flute originated in the andes mountains. The dizi is a transverse keyless bamboo flute used in chinese opera folk music and orchestra.
Usually the antara is made of 13 bamboo pipes which are slightly curved. There are several varieties of this instrument made from different bamboos species as well as several front blown traditional flutes. The antara pan flute is traditionally played by boys and men in the andes mountain region where it is still used today. The 13 pipes create 13 different notes.
The alto flute is notated a fourth above its actual sound.