How To Make Musical Instruments Flute From Bamboo

Flute is a musical instrument made of reed bamboo. Flute there are two kinds of Indonesian flute with noot do, re mi and so on and Sundanese flute with noot da, mi, na and so on. What will be described here is not how to blow or adjust the tone but will be described briefly how to make it. The way to blow it will be known later from each experience.

Now let's learn how to make bamboo flute.

To make bamboo flute, provide the following tools and materials:

Material:
bamboo reed length 30 cm with center line ± 3cm
plugs (wood cork) or whatever.
Tool:
a sharp folding knife
smaller reeds to smother the holes
little shell

How to make:

The reed is 30 cm long divided by two with a point. Start from the middle make a hole to the right with a diameter of about 1/2 cm. Between the holes one with the other distance as wide as index finger or approximately 1.5 cm. Make as many as 6 pieces with the same distance. When making a hole should be careful and use a sharp knife. To the left of the most centered hole, make a rather large hole to blow.

At the left end of the stopper with a cork or liver nipah heart. That is to say when the air blown did not come out to the left and sounded the sound of the flute. If the holes are not yet smooth, then bend with the borer reeds to become round and slippery. His voice would certainly be smooth and melodious.

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