Hulusi originated in Lianghe County, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture. It is mainly popular in Dehong and Lincang areas of Yunnan where the Dai, Achang, Wa, Deang and Brown ethnic groups live together. It is rich in local color. .
Hulusi has a unique shape and structure. It is made of a complete natural gourd, three bamboo tubes and three metal reeds. The entire gourd serves as an air box, and three bamboos of different thicknesses are inserted into the lower part of the gourd. Tube.
Each bamboo tube inserted into the gourd is inlaid with a copper or silver reed. The middle bamboo tube is the thickest and has seven sound holes on it. It is called the main tube. It is an attached pipe, with only reeds on it and no sound holes (referring to traditional cucurbit flutes). It can only produce harmonies with the sound of the main pipe. Usually the left attached tube pronounces a "3" sound, and the right attached tube does not pronounce (or pronounces a low 6 sound).
This instrument uses a gourd as the speaker and the gourd mouth as the mouthpiece. It is common to use three bamboo tubes of different lengths each equipped with a reed, inserted side by side into the bottom of the gourd. The whole body is about 30 cm long. There are also single tubes, double tubes or four tubes. No matter how many bamboo tubes there are, the middle one is usually the main tube and the rest are deputy tubes.
There are 7 sound holes on the main pipe, six in the front and one in the back. The traditional Hulusi auxiliary pipe has no holes on the top, only the bottom of the pipe body, which is blocked with a plug. There is a wire between the plug and the pipe body. Connect it and use your pinky finger to open it if needed. The improved Hulusi does not use the traditional stopper, but has a sound hole above the tube body like the main tube.
This makes it easier to repeatedly use the subpipe sound during performance, and it is more controllable and flexible. When playing, your fingers control the sound hole of the main pipe to play sounds of different pitches. If the main and auxiliary pipes are turned on at the same time, the pipes will sound in unison when playing. The melody only comes from the main pipe, and the auxiliary pipes only use harmonious and sustained single notes to set off the sound. Usually it is One tube pronounces the a sound, and the other tube pronounces the e sound, producing a harmonious effect and giving people a subtle and hazy beauty.
Extended information:
Hulusi is one of the favorite traditional instruments of the Dehong Dai people. Hulusi is called "筚langdao" in Dai language, which means "a wind instrument made of gourds". Folks play Hulusi.
Firstly, the elderly entertain themselves and relieve their loneliness. The content is mostly narrative ancient tunes with long, desolate and sad notes. It is a way for the elderly to nostalgic for the past and relieve their loneliness. One;
The second is that when young people are talking about love, they play the cucurbit flute to convey their emotions. The melody is beautiful, lyrical and romantic.
Hulusi has a long history, and its origins can be traced back to the pre-Qin era. It was evolved from the gourd sheng. The structure still maintains the legacy of ancient musical instruments. The number of flute pipes is the same as that of the three-tube flute. The two auxiliary pipes do not have sound holes and are exactly the same as the ancient Xiao.
The continuous fifth interval is very similar to the ancient "Yi He Zhong Sheng". However, its main tube has seven sound holes, which is very similar to the flute of later generations, and shows its leap in history.
After the founding of New China, Chinese folk music workers have carried out continuous reforms on the gourd flute. In 1958, the Yunnan Provincial Song and Dance Troupe first expanded its vocal range to 14 notes. Some literary and artistic groups in Beijing have made two new kinds of gourd flutes.
The six-tube calabash flute can play single tones, double tones, a single melody plus a sustained tone, and two harmonic melody plus a sustained tone. It not only maintains the unique timbre and style of the original instrument, but also increases the volume, expands the range, and enriches the sound color and expressiveness.
In the garden of Chinese national musical instruments, it has become an eye-catching exotic flower. In early 1980, a group of the China National Traditional Orchestra visiting Japan used this new gourd flute to perform for the Japanese people, which was well received and well received.
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