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Mabu

Mabu (pinyin: mǎ bù), also known as buja, is a single-reed gas-sounding instrument unique to the Yi people, popular in Congjiang County and Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County.

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  • type:clarinet air musical instrument
  • nickname:Boujah
  • Pinyin:mǎ bù
  • popular area:Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province
  • nationality:Yi people
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In the 1960s, some literary and artistic performance groups in my country began to reform the traditional mabu and achieved remarkable results.
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During festivals, festivities or spare time from labor, the boys of the Yi family will play the mabu and have a set of self-composed solo repertoires, most of which reflect the daily labor situation and life experience.
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Mabu's tone is crisp and melodious, full of field flavor. Although the shape is similar to the small suona, the tone is rounder and softer than that of the small suona, very close to the high-pitched tone of the oboe of Western instruments, and brighter.
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When playing mabu, the tube body is placed upright, the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger of the left hand press the three holes, and the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger of the right hand press the three holes. The mouth contains the upper reed, and it is played by the method of circulating ventilation.
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The structure and appearance of the horse cloth are similar to those of the small suona, but the body is made of bamboo instead of wood, and the whistle is not a double reed but a single reed.
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