Just cave, Tibetan, Mongolian, Han Ming lip vibration gas instruments. Tibetan, also known as Gang Order, tie orders. “Gang” means the legs, the “hole” means number, “order” means flute. Han said the Buddhist name, Lama Road, a short corner copper number, silver leg number, called the ghost number. Popular in Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, Hebei and other provinces.
An Overview
Just cave, Tibetan, also known as Okabayashi, bar orders, Han said the Buddhist name, Lama Road, evolved from the ancient corner of musical instruments, one of the instruments used for Tibetan Buddhism. Mostly copper tube, there are silver. Similar shape with the big horns, is a veritable horn-shaped legs. Different specifications, and more from the three components. A monastery in Lhasa, Tibet just holes, length 45 cm, thin tube under the thick, slightly curved, oval-shaped lower end of the bell. Tube body beautifully decorated exterior ornamentation carve a variety of patterns, near the bell end of the faucet embossed engrave or god picture, also inlaid with agate or loose otoliths. Tibet Shigatse Tashilhunpo just holes, made Akagane piece, length 42 cm, inlaid with silver exterior pipe, the bottom has a silver ring, the Department is decorated with yellow silk.
2 History
Long history, is derived from the ancient musical instruments from the corner, one of the instruments used Buddhist temples. In Tibetan Buddhist monasteries are still in use.
3 shape structure
Tube
Mostly copper, there are silver or bone system. Different shapes, different specifications. Copper or silver just cave, is a veritable horn-shaped legs, shape and large horns similar to the three components. Lhasa, Tibet, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in just holes, tube full-length 45 cm, 15.5 cm in length and on the upper end of the nozzle to the mouthpiece, diameter 2.5 cm, length 11.5 cm in section, under section 18 cm long, the entire tube under thick thin upper body, slightly curved shape, the lower end of the bell oval, diameter 8.5 cm, 5.8 cm shorter diameter tube body beautifully decorated exterior ornamentation carve a variety of patterns, near the bell end of the Lou leading the relief (map) or god avatar, also inlaid with agate or loose otolith; bone just cave, is a veritable leg bone flute. According to Mr. ethnomusicologists IAAF Tao “Tibetan traditional instruments” set: “It is said that multi-virgin (or young mothers die due to childbirth) tibial made, the size of sizes, usually about 30 cm long, the mouthpiece at one end of the bone cross-section, number of joints thick mouth at one end, open porosity two, according to the number of tubes no sound hole, inlaid with copper (or silver) ring, engraved exquisite patterns. ”
4 playing method
While playing with his left hand or right hand vertical Enforcement upper end, air from the mouthpiece and pronunciation enter. No fixed pitch. Copper just holes, hair whining sound, rough timbre, volume is very large, and often use two play, take turns playing first, and then the ensemble together, their music has summoned God intended. Mainly used lama temple chanting music, performances and rituals Cham other occasions, is a large Tibetan Buddhist monasteries common religious musical instruments; bone Gang order, pronunciation slender, dark timbre, often play a single branch. Mainly used Lama reciting “sleep” (jio) was held burial ceremonies or wandering monk alone engage in religious activities and other occasions.
The upper end of the vertical Enforcement hand, air and pronunciation from blowing into the mouth, no fixed pitch. Copper hair just whining sound hole, rough timbre, volume is very large. Often use two play, first turns solo, ensemble and then together, their music has summoned God intended. Mainly used lama temple chanting music, performances and rituals Cham other occasions, is a large Tibetan Buddhist monasteries common religious instruments.
5 existing condition
Baoding in Hebei Province, Xu water, Ding County, Laishui other places, but also the use of copper just holes for “South Club” playing in the local lama called number or “sea vertebral child.” From the name can also be seen with the Tibetan Buddhist music has a relationship. Little shorter shape, length 38 cm, on a section of the conical tube body, top with the mouthpiece, under section tube body bent like a horn, on which there is a leader carving. When playing, wearing a tube into the upper section of about half of the inner section of pipe, the pipe length is shortened to 30 cm, from a holding tube, flare up, mostly for two playing together. Mainly used for starting a song, stop, or climax, in general, do not blow tunes, tunes played with only four or five degrees or freedom to jump into playing long tones, can enhance the atmosphere of the song melody or rendering. Laishui village in the south of Nghe An “South Club”, then the hole with just a click play.
Beijing China Art Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Music Instrument Museum has two copper just exactly the same shape hole in the tube body Akagane produced three components. A total length of 45 cm, length 16 cm on the festival, mouthpiece diameter 2.6 cm, depth of 1 cm mouth, aperture 0.8 cm, length 15.5 cm in section, under section 13.5 cm long, the lower end of the nozzle (Longkou), rectangular, length 4.8 cm wide and 4 cm, the entire section leader Lou embossed carving. End of the tube body, the waist and lower are inlaid with silver, Longkou following features coral, yellow silk Department spike or silk for decoration. This is just two holes have been included in “Chinese musical illustrations” in large pictures.
