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Turen overview

Turen

Turen (pinyin: tǔ rèn), also known as Tuliang, Teling, and Laku in Jingpo language, is a fringe musical instrument of Jingpo, Lisu, Lahu and other ethnic groups. It is popular in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province and Nujiang Lisu. Autonomous Prefecture and Lincang area.

The earliest turen was made by Jingpo children using two bamboo pipes, one thick and the other thin, of the same length. There is no sound hole on the tube. The craftsmanship is rough, the intonation is poor, and the range is less than an octave. Because the musical instrument originated from the memory of the dead in the wild, it was never played at home or in the village before.

Today's Turen is mostly made of a knotless thin bamboo tube. The length of the tube varies from 38 cm to 55 cm, and the diameter of the tube is 1.1 cm to 1.4 cm. An oval blowing hole is opened in the middle of the bamboo tube slightly to the left. , the aperture is 1 cm at the longest point and 0.7 cm at the widest point, the hole wall is trimmed sharply, thinly and symmetrically, and there is no sound hole on the tube body.

  • type:edge air musical instrument
  • nickname:Turian, Special Order, Raku
  • Pinyin:tǔ rèn

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