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    How to Play Dizi, the Chinese Bamboo Flute: The Basic Skills: How to Play Dizi, the Chinese Bamboo Flute, #1
    How to Play Dizi, the Chinese Bamboo Flute: The Basic Skills: How to Play Dizi, the Chinese Bamboo Flute, #1
    How to Play Dizi, the Chinese Bamboo Flute: The Basic Skills: How to Play Dizi, the Chinese Bamboo Flute, #1
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    How to Play Dizi, the Chinese Bamboo Flute: The Basic Skills: How to Play Dizi, the Chinese Bamboo Flute, #1

    By H.H. Lee

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    This book will teach you to play the dizi at the beginner's level and no prior knowledge is needed.  The dizi structure, the ways to choose and maintain a dizi, the numbered music notation and key signatures of the dizi will be introduced, whereas a number of sheet music will also be provided for practices.  After reading the whole book, you should have a basic understanding of the dizi and can play some simple songs by yourself.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherH.H. Lee
    Release dateSep 3, 2017
    ISBN9781386587873
    How to Play Dizi, the Chinese Bamboo Flute: The Basic Skills: How to Play Dizi, the Chinese Bamboo Flute, #1
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    H.H. Lee

    H.H. Lee is a Chinese who has played the erhu for around 20 years. Having joined the Chinese orchestra for long, he knows various Chinese musical instruments well and hopes to introduce their elegance to people outside China.

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    How to Play Dizi, the Chinese Bamboo Flute - H.H. Lee

    How to Play Dizi, the Chinese Bamboo Flute

    -  the Basic Skills

    By H.H. Lee

    How to Play Dizi, the Chinese Bamboo Flute – the Basic Skills

    Copyright © 2017 by H.H. Lee

    All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.

    First published on 3 September 2017

    Edition 1.4 on 17 February 2023

    Table of Contents

    Preface

    The Structure of the Dizi

    How to Choose a Dizi

    How to Play the Dizi

    The Numbered Music Notation

    The Key Signatures of the Dizi

    Maintenance of the Dizi

    Selected Songs

    Online Materials

    Preface

    The dizi, also called Hengdi/橫笛, is a Chinese transverse flute (horizontally held when played) usually carved with twelve holes.  With a history of more than 8 000 years since the Neolithic Age, the dizi is one of the musical instruments indigenous to China.  Known as the Chinese bamboo flute in the West, the dizi belongs to the blowing family[1] in the modern Chinese orchestra[2].  Popular for its portability and relatively low price, the dizi is playable in the forms of both solo and ensemble.

    Members of the blowing family

    Bangdi/梆笛

    Qudi/曲笛

    Sheng/笙

    Suona/嗩吶

    The dizi is indispensable to the modern Chinese orchestra and plays a role similar to its western counterpart, the flute.  Songs in different genres have emerged after the end of the Cultural Revolution, whilst the adaptation of foreign songs has brought continuous advances on playing techniques for the dizi.

    In the following, I will show you how to play the dizi.  Even if you are an amateur of Chinese music, you can still play some simple songs with enough efforts.  Remember, practice makes perfect!  But the first thing to do, doubtlessly, is to choose a dizi.

    The Structure of the Dizi

    An understanding of the dizi structure will help us to choose and play the instrument.  In the following, the traditional six-hole bamboo flute will serve as the model for demonstration:

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