Long ago, I wrote my first bamboo flute song called “In the Rice Fields”. I didn’t have a dizi handy so I just used the Myriad Melody Assistant software I was running on my iMac DV. Today, I own a flute worth almost $100, which is a bit pricier than my guitar. It’s a master-made model with what seems to be laser engraving. It’s in C key -my favorite. I had also written a song for western flute and piano over 20 years ago, “Polynesian Love Crime” which sounds okay with dizi. All in, I only composed 2 flute melodies in 30 years as a songwriter.
Having some downtime lately, I decided I would try to master the bamboo flute, become a virtuoso. After all, it has only 6 finger holes, 3 for each hand. I surfed over to https://soundofdragon.com/dizi/ where I learnt a lot about the instrument, the proper way to play it in various styles of song. More later…
Broke out of lazy street and am practicing the dizi at last. There don’t seem to be that many finger variations as I had expected. Easier the better.
No comments:
Post a Comment