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Title: Lydia Ayers


1
Expressive Performance of Five Chinese Flutes
  • Lydia Ayers

2
Instruments
  • Xiao end-blown notched bamboo flute with five
    frontal finger holes
  • Paixiao 11 to 22 stopped tubes

paixiao
3
Instruments
  • Xun clay or porcelain vessel flute and one of
    the oldest Chinese instruments (at least 6,700
    years old)
  • Koudi a small, flute-like whistle, frequently
    used to make flamboyant bird-like sounds

4
Di / Dizi
5
Di / Dizi
  • Wrinkled membrane over one hole produces bright
    timbre

6
Di / Dizi
  • Each dizi in one major key

7
Di / Dizi Fingerings
  • Straightforward for pitches in the major scale
  • Other pitches require half hole fingerings, which
    are especially difficult on small flutes

Fingering for 5
8
Chinese Cipher Notation
  • 1 D, sounds 8va
  • The Key and Time Signatures

9
Lu Chun Ling Huang Le Ge (Happy Song)
Example 1 Grace Notes in Measures 8-9
Chinese Notation
escape note
grace note
tonic
daiyin
Transcription
10
Musical Examples
  • Red crane bone flute Xiao Bai Cai (Little
    Cabbage) http//www.pubaf.bnl.gov/pr/bnlpr092299.h
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  • Paixiao Qian Zhaoxi Feng Xia Kong (Descending
    Phoenix)
  • Xiao Zhuang Tai Qiu Si (Autumn Reflection at the
    Dressing Table) excerpt performed on dizi by Yu
    Xun-Fa, accompanied by zheng
  • Xiao Zhuang Tai Qiu Si (Autumn Reflection at the
    Dressing Table) excerpt performed on dizi by Chan
    Hung-Yan, accompanied by zheng

11
Musical Examples
  • Dizi in D Lu Chun Ling Huang Le Ge (Happy Song)
  • Glad Tidings Version
  • Art of Lu Chun-Ling Version
  • Chan Chun-Nins Version (personal recording)
  • Magic Flutist Lu Chun-Ling Version
  • Xun Liu Hongjun Xianren aisi (Dreaming of
    Ancestors)

12
Musical Examples
  • Koudi Bai Chengren Miao Ling Di Zao Chen
    (Morning in Miao Mountain)
  • Dizi in F Li Da Tong Pa Mi Er Di ChunTian
    (Spring in the Pamirs)
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