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The Wind Section
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Pungi This instrument from India is commonly known as the snake charmer's pipe! It is also known as the magudi. It has double cane pipes. One acts as a chanter and the other has finger holes for the melody. I could find very little information about this instrument. I think that one blows it through the hole at the neck of the gourd. If anyone has more details, please let me know!
Links
Sorry, the Web sites I had found for this elusive instrument have disappeared! I'm still searching for new ones.
"Chinese" Mouth Organ This is a very ancient Asian instrument. The Chinese name for it is actually the sheng. It consists of varied lengths of bamboo pipes with metal reeds in them placed in a gourd bowl. The performer blows through the hollow neck of the gourd, varying the pitch and creating chords by "fingering" the pipes. Sound can be produced by breathing either in or out.
Links
Clarion Music - A description of the sheng. Big Sky - World of Chinese Musical Instruments - Scroll down the page to see a picture of the sheng. Sounds of Borneo - This page has a picture and a sound sample of a sompoton,an instrument similar to the sheng. Finding appropriate music for this page was definitely a challenge! The music is "Orientale" by C'esar Cui, a Russian composer who lived at the turn of the last century. It was sequenced by
Mark Knezevic and used by permission.
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