![]() ![]() Most players carry a chromatic set of instruments varying in size. The dizi is very expressive and allows highly virtuosic performance. A skilled player will also use circular breathing. Several distinct playing techniques are used: fluttered tonguing, double tonguing, triple tonguing, combinations of tonguing techniques and fingering techniques. The flautist plays the instrument by blowing across the mouthpiece and produces different notes by stopping the six holes found in the rod. ![]() The dizi has six fingering holes, a blowing hole and it can have a membrane over an extra hole to give the characteristic buzzing effect. It is believed to have been brought in from Tibet during the Han Dynasty and since then it has been used for over the past 2000 years in China. The ordinary range is about two octaves, its sound is clear, sonorous, transparant, and mellow. The dizi is the traditional Chinese transverse bamboo flute.
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