Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/628
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	suling
Subject
	421.211.12
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Date
	1983
Type
	Javanese
Format
	19.8 in. length (first instrument)
21.1 in. length (second instrument)
17.4 in. length (third instrument)

Identifier
	2438
	2440
	2439
Source
	Southeast Asia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Indonesia
Medium
	bamboo
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Gamelan Besi (Iron) from Central Java
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Asia
Provenance
	Vetter gift
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, indirectly blown against with aid of duct
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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