JOURNAL OF QUJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY ›› 2017, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (2): 116-121.

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The Bamboo Idiophone in Southeast Asia—A Case Study of Qike and Bugu of Jino People in Yunnan China

Yang Chen   

  1. Mobile Post-doctoral Station, Nanjing Art University, Nanjing Jiangsu, 210012; School of Music and Dance, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming Yunnan, 650500, China
  • Received:2016-12-04 Online:2017-03-26

Abstract: School of Music and Dance, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming Yunnan, 650500, China)Abstract: The main bamboo production area in the world is Southeast Asia, where spread different types of musical instruments made of bamboo. Among them, the most common are idiophones, which have common ways of material selecting, production process, tuning method and acoustic principle. Qike and Bugu, the most distinctive bamboo-made musical instruments of Jino People in Xishuangbanna Yunnan, China, are the main representatives of bamboo idiophones around Southeast Asia. Study on the production process, the tuning method and the acoustical principle of Qike and Bugu helps to understand the general characteristics of similar instruments.

Key words: Jino People, Qike, Bugu, bamboo idiophones, Southeast Asia

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