Dizi are made from bamboo and have six finger holes and are characterized by an additional hole covered by a piece of very thin paper-like fibre that buzzes when played.
Modern dizi can be found with additional keys to aid in playing accidentals, but traditionally players had a set of dizi, one for each desired key, and accidentals and slides were accomplished by very subtle adjustments of the fingers to cover only a quarter or half of a hole.
Although a relatively easy instrument at first, the standard for good dizi playing is extremely high, and professional dizi players from China are stunning in their virtuosity, although they often lack the emotional depth that is found in flute playing from other cultures.
Common in many cultures throughout the ages, the dizi is the Chinese version of the transverseflute.
Whereas the dizi’s ancient ancestors were made from bone, the dizi as we know it today is most commonly made from bamboo, sometimes from stone and in some cases from jade.
Modern dizi may have additional keys to help with accidentals, but traditionally players would have a set of dizi to use in different keys (similar to the way harmonica players may change instruments for different keys).
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The characteristic buzz-like or reedy tone of the Dizi is produced by an extra seventh hole which is covered with rice paper.
There are also usually vent holes at the far end of the instrument from the mouth hole which are sometimes decorated with colorful strings and tassels.
Hear the Dizi on 'Botswana Waltz' and 'Just Visiting' from 'bamboo dynasty', on 'Dizi Gigue' and ' "Five" ' from 'Svadharma', on 'Rain Forest Cave' from 'Lake Melva Meditation', and on Tracks 1 and 3 from 'Riversticks: The Ferryman's Release'.
On traditional dizi the finger-holes are spaced approximately equidistantly, which produces a temperament of mixed whole-tone and three-quarter-tone intervals.
During the middle of the 20th centurydizi makers began to change the finger hole placements to allow for playing in equal temperament, as demanded by new musical developments and compositions, although traditional dizi continue to be used for purposes such as kunqu accompaniment.
Listening to a DIZI player, one would notice several distinct playing techniques: fluttered tonguing, double tonguing, triple tonguing, combinations of tonguing techniques and fingering techniques, and in skilled players circular breathing.
The Dizi has a very simple structure: 1 blowhole, 1 membrane hole, 6 finger holes, and two pairs of holes in the end to correct the pitch and hang decorative tassels.
Despite some experimental Dizis (11 hole flute, half note flute or adapting the idea of western flute by putting a few mechanical keys for temporary notes), six finger hole Dizis are still the popular choice of most Dizi players.
The Dizi's range is 2 octaves plus 2 or 3 notes (depending on which size Dizi you use).
The second way to identify the key of that same Dizi is to use the note produced by covering all 6 finger holes.
Most of the time the key of the Dizi is marked between the membrane hole and the 6th finger hole, or between the 1st finger hole and the drapes hole (Again, see fig.
Dizi players usually use the 3rd finger hole to identify the key, while Western flute players use covering all 6 finger holes.
Three grades of instruments are available - the standard model, a flute made from specially-selected bamboo or a professional quality dizi along with a package of reed membranes and bai-chi (a special Chinese herb root used to paste on the membranes).
Diziflutes are available with or without the program of instruction.
Tim Liu was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and graduated in 1979 from the College of Chinese Culture in Taipei where he studied "Dizi" (also known as "D'Tzu"), the Chinesebambooflute with Chen Sheng-Tien and "Erhu" from Li Chen Tung.
Dizi is led by 18-year-old singer AMY VEE from THE WHISPERING JACK SHOW and THE TWO VEES.
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En esa fecha, la región fue conquistada por el ejército del Imperio etíope, tras lo cual muchas personas del pueblo Dizi fueron sometidas a situación de esclavitud.
Los Dizi están divididos en veinte subgrupos que mantienen una organización social jerarquizada.
Our advanced prefessional dizi supervised by Tang Junqiao who is one of the popular dizi players in China currently who play did the solo in the movie of Crouch Tiger and Hidden Dragon.
Most of our dizis are tunable(the metal part of the dizi photo abobe).
A free carry dizi case for hold 7 dizis; two free packs of professional reed papers (dimo); one free pack of E Jiao(glue)
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It is believed to have been brought in from Tibet during the Han Dynasty and since then it has been used for over the past 2,000 years in China.
The player plays the Dizi by blowing across the mouthpiece and produces different notes by stopping the six holes found in the rod.
The player uses several distinct playing techniques: fluttered tonguing, double tonguing, triple tonguing, combinations of tonguing techniques and fingering techniques.
In a blind audition held by the flautist for the musical, Lisha McDuff, Claude-Michel Schonberg chose these flutes for their purity of tone and superior intonation.
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Chinese Music Classics of the 20th Century: Dizi I by Feng Zichun at Audio Lunchbox(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
KVR: Kong Audio Mini DiZi - Virtual Instrument(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Mini DiZi is the free version of Kong Audio's ChineeWinds Chinese Flute VSTi.
Mini DiZi covers Tenor DiZi, Xiao, and some different expression styles to give you a taste of the various Dizi sounds.
Be sure to check out the DiZi tutorial MIDI files (which are designed for ChineeWinds, but also work for Mini DiZi) to get an idea of how a dizi is supposed to be played, just in case you are not familiar with it.
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DİZİ dizidizi nedir anlami nasil kim kimdir ne zaman
tren vagonu gibi peşpeşe giden bölümlere dizi deniyor (muş) evlat!
ben hiiç dizi izlemediğim için bilmem de...........- :))
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Music I listen to: Club Classics, Funky House, Electro House, Deep House, Progressive House, Tech House, Trance, Chillout / Leftfield
Already nearly 250 strong and introducing the Launch of DiZi, Resident DJ & Producer of The-FMC.
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