The material and structure of Sournay

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Uyghur folk traditional Surnai, Han people call it wooden suona. It is popular in southern, northern and eastern Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, especially in southern Xinjiang.

The material and structure of Sournay

The wooden suona is composed of a pipe body, a core, a gas sign and a pipe whistle, with a total height of 46 cm.

The tube body is made of wood, and the whole body is made of hard pear wood, apple wood or jujube wood. The height of the tube is 38 cm to 40 cm. The bell mouth is bell-shaped, but the bell mouth is small. The tube body and the bell mouth are connected as a whole. There are seven or eight (all with a back hole) circular sound-pressing holes on the tube body. The first hole is inclined to the left of the hole row, so that the little finger can press the hole, and the back hole is set above the corresponding position of the seventh hole on the front, which is the pronunciation hole for controlling the treble. A core is inserted into the pipe opening at the upper end of the pipe head. The core is made of copper, is a hollow cone, the core is 5 cm long, the upper mouth is placed with a whistle, the middle is sleeved with a gas card, and the lower mouth is inserted into the upper mouth of the tube body. Air cards are flat and round, made of plexiglass or plastic. The pipe whistle is a double-reed reed made of reed, and the lower end of the whistle is sleeved outside the upper mouth of the core.

The whole body of the wooden suona is twisted with lines or carved with patterns, and its appearance is exquisite and beautiful. In the Yili area of northern Xinjiang, the surnai with wooden poles and copper trumpet mouths is mostly used, which is the same as the suona in the Han area.

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苏尔奈(百度百科)

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Surnai (pinyin: bā lā màn) is the Xinjiang suona, which is a double-reed air-sounding instrument of Uyghur, Uzbek and other ethnic groups. Uyghur is called Surnai and Suonai, and there are various translations such as Suona, Suona, Suona, Suona and so on. Common name trumpet. Popular in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

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