Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1251 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title dongxiao Subject 421.141.12 Contributor Roger Vetter, Toby Austin Type Han Format 29.1 in. length (first instrument) 24 in. length (second instrument) 19.3 in. acoustical length (both instruments) Identifier 862 856 Source East Asia Language EN Coverage China Alternative Title xiao Medium bamboo Requires 1 Is Part Of Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection Spatial Coverage Asia Provenance Grinnell College Music Department Air cavity design for aerophones tubular - cylindrical with closed 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 --