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Turen operating guide

Turen is a musical instrument on the edge of Jingpo, Lisu, Lahu and other ethnic groups. In Jingpo people, whether it is grazing cattle on the hillside, rushing in the forest, or young men and women in love, they must be accompanied by the melodious sound of Turen. When playing, the pipe body is placed horizontally. Since there is only one blow hole for the turen, the blowin...
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The earliest turen was made by Jingpo children using two bamboo pipes, one thick and the other thin, of the same length. There is no sound hole on the tube. The production process is rough, the intonation is poor, and the sound range is less than one octave. Because the musical instrument originated from the memory of the dead in the wild, it was never played at home or in the village before. ...
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