Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1532
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	bawu
Subject
	422.311.2
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	Dai
	Hani
	Miao
	Yi
Format
	23.6 in. length
Identifier
	2964
Source
	East Asia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	China
Medium
	bamboo
	metal
	reed - metal
	cork
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 open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	exposed free reed mounted on wall of tube
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
	not used
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - changing length/shape of standing wave within single cavity with fingerholes
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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