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Description
Bamboo made flute, with flat ends and six holes. At the upper end the opening is rather small, and around the tube there are two metal rings, which are apart one from the other, but united by a thin vertical piece also made of metal. Along the tube, there are ornaments that have been carved by using fire. In order to play, the musician blows the air through an external duct, formed by a reedy limb tied around the tube, slightly above the upper opening of the instrument. The museum’s specimen does not have the external duct.
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Instrument from Indonesia, Malaysia and South of the Philippines. In Java Island (Indonesia), the instrument is used either in solos or in Gamelan traditional ensembles. These groups are formed by a significant number of metalophones, xylophones, drums and gongs, which differ in size and instrumentation according to each town. Bamboo idiophones such as the angklung and flutes such as the suling are part of some of these groups.
General data (classification and additional names)
421.211.12 Open flutes with external duct with fingerholes
Sorlings (Source: MINERVA DATABASE, 2014), Sorlin (Source: SOARES, 1990)
Specimen’s data (this item specifically)
Donated by João Baptista da Motta and Rodolfo Bernadelli
MIDC/EM/UFRJ Aerofones 421.22 I2 Prat. 21
Bibliography
ALMEIDA, 1994.
BASE MINERVA, 2014.
BERKLEY, 2009.
BETHENCOURT; BORDAS; CANO; CARVAJAL; SOUZA; DIAS; LUENGO; PALACIUS; PIQUER, ROCHA, RODRIGUEZ; RUBIALES; RUIZ, 2012.
BRANDÃO, 2013.
CARVALHO, 1905.
MIMO, 2014.
RANDEL, 1986.
ROLLA, 1974.
SOARES, 1990.
BASE MINERVA, 2014.
BERKLEY, 2009.
BETHENCOURT; BORDAS; CANO; CARVAJAL; SOUZA; DIAS; LUENGO; PALACIUS; PIQUER, ROCHA, RODRIGUEZ; RUBIALES; RUIZ, 2012.
BRANDÃO, 2013.
CARVALHO, 1905.
MIMO, 2014.
RANDEL, 1986.
ROLLA, 1974.
SOARES, 1990.
