Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1250
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	xiao
Subject
	421.141.12
Contributor
	Roger Vetter, Toby Austin
Type
	Han
Format
	32.7 in. length (first instrument)
27.2 in. length (second instrument)
20.7 in. acoustical length (both instruments)

Identifier
	861 
	855
Source
	East Asia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	China
Alternative Title
	dongxiao
Medium
	bamboo
	reed - cane
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Sizhu Ensemble from China
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Asia
Provenance
	Grinnell College Music Department
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - cylindrical with open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	notched cut in rim at end of tube or in opening of vessel
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	opening fingerholes to reduce space or shorten length of standing wave in air cavity
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	overblowing at consecutive partials
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - changing length of standing wave within cavity with fingerholes and by selecting partials through overblowing
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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