in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of instrument, and their history. Bamboo is fast-growing, widely available and versatile, which makes it a useful material for ...

Archaeologists have found a pre-historic instrument carved from cave bear bones, and it can still be played today. The Neanderthal Flute, found in the cave of Divje Babe in Slovenia, is thought to ...

The sight of a mysterious Chinese girl in hanfu playing the bamboo flute on the streets ... a sign introducing the dizi, and she is eager to share her passion for the instrument and invite ...

The instrument’s versatility allows for ... renowned flutists like Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. The dizi is a Chinese transverse flute made of bamboo, featuring a unique membrane over one ...

The instrument is played horizontally ... A 20th-century addition to the dizi family is the xindi, which means "new flute". Similar to the flute used in Western music, it has five more finger ...