About the product:

→ Set of 7 'Dizis' flutes tuned in C, D, Eb, E, F, G, A

🌍 Origin: China

📐 Dimensions: 61.5 centimeters x 3.2

🧬 Material: Wood.

🎶 Sound type: Traditional

📦 Packaging: In set only

🎁 Ideal for giving as a gift or treating yourself!

👉 Bamboo dizis are also known as "Chinese bamboo flutes." Often played with various advanced techniques, such as circular breathing, harmonics, flying finger trills, polyphony, fluttering, and double-talk.

In addition to the blow hole and the six finger holes, the Dizi also has another hole, the mokong.

A very thin, slightly crumpled bamboo or rice paper membrane is attached above with a small pin, which produces a nasal buzzing sound when played, giving the dizi its unique timbre.

📋 Fact sheet:

Appearance	Details

Origin

China, traces of bone flutes (Jiahu, Henan) dated 7,000 to 9,000 years ago.

Historical appearance

Warring States Period (475-221 BC).

Apogee

Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, very present in operas (Kunqu, Northern and Southern operas).

Modern era

20th century: standardization, adaptation for modern orchestras (creation of chromatic xindi ).

Instrument type

Transverse (lateral) flute, woodwind, woodwind family.

Material

Mainly bamboo, sometimes with decorative tips (horn, ivory, plastic).

Dimensions

Variable: ~40 cm ( bangdi , high) to ~70 cm ( qudi , low).

Holes

1 mouthpiece ( chui kong ), 1 membrane hole ( mo kong ), 6 playing holes, 1-2 resonance holes.

Membrane (dimo)

Thin film of reed/bamboo glued onto the mo kong , which gives the characteristic vibrant timbre.

Extent

About 2 octaves.

Tones

Different depending on the length (C, D, F, G…). Longer = lower.

Main types

Bangdi (short, high-pitched, piercing sound), Qudi (long, low-pitched, soft timbre), Xindi (modern, chromatic, without membrane).

Playing techniques

Vibrato, glissando, trills, ornamental effects ( flower of language ), micro-intervals by half-coverage.

Use	Chinese opera, traditional regional music, modern orchestras, soloist, fusions (jazz, world music).