Bamboo musical instruments

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Top and bottom-side views of a shakuhachi, end-blown bamboo flutes from Japan
An example of a slit drum from the Philippines known as a kagul by the Maguindanaon people[1]

Bamboo's natural hollow form makes it an obvious choice for many musical instruments, most commonly flutes.

Overview

There are numerous types of bamboo flutes made all over the world, such as the dizi, xiao, shakuhachi, palendag and jinghu. In India, it is a very popular and highly respected musical instrument, available even to the poorest and the choice of many highly venerated maestros of classical music. It is known and revered above all as the divine flute forever associated with Lord Krishna, who is always portrayed holding a bansuri in sculptures and paintings. Four of the instruments used in Polynesia for traditional hula are made of bamboo: nose flute, rattle, stamping pipes and the jaw harp. Bamboo may be used in the construction of the Australian didgeridoo instead of the more traditional eucalyptus wood. In Indonesia and the Philippines, bamboo has been used for making various kinds of musical instruments, including the kolintang, angklung and bumbong.

Bamboo is also used to make slit drums. Traditional Philippine banda kawayan (bamboo bands) use a variety of bamboo musical instruments, including the marimba, angklung, panpipes and bumbong, as well as bamboo versions of western instruments, such as clarinets, saxophones, and tubas.[2] The Las Piñas Bamboo Organ in the Philippines has pipes made of bamboo culms. The modern amplified string instrument, the Chapman stick, is also constructed using bamboo. The khene (also spelled khaen, kaen and khen; Lao: ແຄນ, Thai: แคน) is a mouth organ of Lao origin whose pipes, which are usually made of bamboo, are connected with a small, hollowed-out hardwood reservoir into which air is blown, creating a sound similar to that of the violin. In the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, the valiha, a long tube zither made of a single bamboo stalk, is considered the national instrument.

Bamboo has also recently been used for the manufacture of guitars and ukuleles. Bamboo Ukuleles are constructed of solid cross laminated bamboo strips not plywood. The bamboo solid wood strips are similar to bamboo manufactured flooring. In addition to their strength, bamboo ukuleles have excellent sound & rival ukuleles made out of more traditional woods like Mahogany and Koa. Bamboo makes an excellent choice for an eco-friendly cost conscious ukulele aficionados.

Bamboo flutes

Flute Country of Origin
Atenteben Ghana
Bashi India
Bansuri India
Chi China
Dizi China
Daegeum Korea
Dangjeok Korea
Danso Korea
Dongdi China
Hotchiku Japan
Jeok Korea
Ji Korea
Junggeum Korea
Kagurabue Japan
Khene Laos
Khloy Cambodia
Khlui Thailand
Komabue Japan
Koudi China
Lalove Indonesia
Minteki Japan
Native American flute Native American
Nohkan Japan
Ney Iran
Ohe Hano Ihu Hawaii
Paixiao China
Quena Andes
Ryūteki Japan
Sáo Vietnam
Shakuhachi Japan
Shinobue Japan
Siku Andes
So India
Sogeum Korea
Sompoton Malaysia
Suling Indonesia
Tongso Korea
Venu India
Xiao China
Xindi China
Yak Korea
Yokobue Japan
Yue China

References

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