The material and structure of the Dilie

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Dilie is a clarinet gas-sounding instrument of the Li nationality. It is popular in Baoting and Tongshi area in Hainan Province.

The body of the flute is made of bamboo, and it is made of a bamboo tube with a bamboo knot at the beginning. The tube length is 40 cm and the inner diameter of the tube tail is 0.8 cm.

Thin the side of the tube wall below the upper bamboo joint, and use a sharp knife to carve a rectangular bamboo reed, the reed root is connected to the bamboo joint, and the reed tongue faces down. There are three circular sound-pressing holes on the body of the pipe, of which the two holes on the front are closer to the end of the pipe, which are the first and second holes, and the third hole is the back hole, which is closer to the reed of the pipe head. At the end of the tube, there is a flared mouth wrapped in a spiral with reed leaves or "keel" leaves.

After the research and reform of the Guangdong Provincial National Song and Dance Troupe, a series of keyed flutes were made. The tube body was made of hard rubber, the end was slightly bent, and it was bowl-shaped. The reed at the first end was also changed from bamboo to reed.

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笛列(百度百科)

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Dilie (pinyin: dí liè) is a clarinet gas-sounding instrument of the Li nationality. Popular in the areas of Baoting and Tongshi in Hainan Province, it is made of bamboo pipes with bamboo knots at the beginning.

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