Advantages and Disadvantages of Two-tone Hulusi with Pipe

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I saw a kind of two-tone cucurbit flute today. Its attached pipe does not use a plug, but has a hole. When playing, the two-tone or single-tone is converted by closing the hole with the little finger of the left hand. Is the design of this cucurbit flute?

Advantages and Disadvantages of Two-tone Hulusi with Pipe

Due to the backhand playing, I felt it was inconvenient, so I sealed it up with tape. Even for the forehand, it is not very convenient, because the little finger must always block the loop hole, which affects the flexibility of the other fingers.

There are advantages and disadvantages

This kind of cucurbit flute is called the little finger pressing hole type. The advantage is that the attached tube can be closed and played at any time. Cai Yunnan cucurbit silk has solved the shortcomings and retained the advantages.

The solution to the shortcomings of the little finger pressing hole

The biggest problem with the little finger press-hole type is that the little finger is bound, and the flexibility of playing is limited. Cai Yunnan cucurbit flute solves this problem with a plum blossom plug. The plum blossom plug can control the attached tube to receive and play sound at any time. It can be dialed, and it can be used with the little finger of the left hand and the thumb of the right hand.

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Hulusi (pinyin: hú lu sī), also known as "calabash flute", is a musical instrument of ethnic minorities in Yunnan. Hulusi originated in Lianghe County, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, and is mainly popular in Dai, Achang, Wa, De'ang and Brown. The Dehong and Lincang areas in Yunnan where ethnic groups live together are rich in local colors.

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