Material and structure of Fizak

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Ficak is a single-reed air-sounding instrument unique to the Xibe people. The Xibe language is also called Olhuifizak. The Han people call it the reed flute. It is popular in Qabqal Xibo Autonomous County, Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Material and structure of Fizak

The Fizak consists of a double-pipe and two-pipe whistle, with a total length of 25 cm. The tube body reed system is made by cutting two reed tubes of the same length and thickness from a reed.

Generally, the length of the pipe is 21 cm and the inner diameter is 0.8 cm. There are six identical circular sound holes on the two pipes, and the distance between the holes is equal. The two whistles are made of thin reed tubes, the length of the tubes is 5 cm and the outer diameter is 0.8 cm. The upper end can be left open or not, and the lower end is open. At 1 cm from the first end, a rectangular reed is carved with a sharp knife. The reed, the reed base is down, the reed tongue is up, and the reed is 2.5 cm long and 0.4 cm wide. Finally, insert the two pipe whistles into the upper mouths of the two pipes respectively.

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菲察克(百度百科)

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Ficak (pinyin: fēi chá kè) is a single-reed gas-sounding instrument unique to the Xibe people. The Xibe language is also called Olhuifizak. The Han people call it the reed flute. It is popular in Qabu Chaerxibo Autonomous County, Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Xibe people have a long cultural tradition, and folk songs and dances are popular. You can often hear high-pitched and unrestrained hunting songs, cheerful wedding songs, field songs of productive labor and pastoral songs full of grassland flavor. When night falls on the earth, the duet of love songs of young men and women will be heard from a distance, with beautiful tunes and beautiful words, sometimes replaced by the melodious and euphemistic sound of reed flutes.

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When playing Fitzak, the tube is upright. Hold the reed flute with both hands, press the two holes with one finger, the ring finger, middle finger and index finger of the right hand horizontally press the lower three holes of the double tube, and the ring finger, middle finger and index finger of the left hand horizontally press the upper three holes of the double tube. The mouth contains a double-pipe reed whistle, the tip of the tongue blocks the upper mouth of the whistle, and it is played with a gentle breath.
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