Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1533
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	dizi
Subject
	421.121.12
Contributor
	Roger Vetter, Toby Austin
Type
	Han
Format
	19.9 in. length
19.1 in. length
15.6 in. length

Identifier
	2965
Source
	East Asia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	China
Alternative Title
	di
	ti
	ti-tzu
	hengdi
Medium
	bamboo
	membrane - bamboo
	cork
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Sizhu Ensemble from China
	Jingju (Beijing Opera) 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
	beveled edge in wall of instrument, directly blown against
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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