Appearance and structure of bolu

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Bolu is a clarinet gas-sounding instrument of the Zhuang people. The Zhuang language "wave" means blowing, "lu" is a small bamboo tube for spinning and winding threads, and "bolu" means blowing a small bamboo tube. Popular in Fengshan, Donglan, Bama and other places in Hechi area of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Appearance and structure of bolu

Bolu tube body is made of bamboo, the tube length is 40 cm, the upper end is closed with a bamboo joint, the lower end is open, the outer diameter is 1.8 cm, and the inner diameter is 1.2 cm. Thin and flatten the frontal tube wall 3 cm below the head end, and use a sharp knife to carve a rectangular bamboo reed, the reed is 2.5 cm long and 0.5 cm wide, the reed root is connected to the bamboo joint, and the reed tongue faces down. There are seven (six in the front and one in the back) circular sound-pressing holes in the middle and lower part of the pipe body. The front side is one to six holes, and the seventh hole is the back hole.

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Bolu (pinyin: bō lú), a single-reed gas-sounding instrument of the Zhuang nationality, is popular in Fengshan, Donglan, Bama and other places in the Hechi area of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

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When playing the bolu, place the tube upright, hold the bolu with both hands, the right hand is at the bottom, the ring finger, middle finger, and index finger are on the first, second, and third holes, and the left hand is on the top, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth holes are on the ring finger, middle finger, and index finger. , the thumb presses the back hole. The mouth contains the first reed, and it is played by the cyclic ventilation method, which can make the music continuous.
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