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Chinese Flute Solos Schott Series Softcover with CDPieces for the dizi, a Chinese bamboo flute, are transcribed and adapted for the Western transverse fluteThe CD contains a recording of the original pieces performed by the dizi and a recording of the transcribed version for flutePieces for the dizi, a Chinese bamboo flute, are transcribed and adapted for the Western transverse fluteThe CD contains a recording of the original pieces performed by the dizi and a recording of the transcribed version for flute
Hi there!
The dizi is awesome! Welcome to the club! First off, I'm going to assume the green liquid is something to help the membrane stick. When I bought my kit ages ago, I got a small little glue rock thing that works. But anyway, in order for it to make the desired sound, you need to cover the hole after the tone hole with a piece of bamboo membrane. Cover the hole with the membrane stretched tight across, it should look almost like you've scotch taped over the hole. After that you can play away!
Things to keep in mind - the dizi is actually reversible, you can play it on the right OR left side! Which is kind of neat, but if you started on the Western flute (like me), that doesn't matter much since you'll always hold it to the right. Fingering charts for the dizi is complicated because the chinese music notation system is completely different. If you want to ease into it, I found that the book was a really nice way to ease into the music first without worrying about learning a new notation system yet. I don't know about this edition, but I own the previous one and it has a lot of great information on the history and culture of the dizi, which is really nice!