There are simple wind instruments in absolutely all nationalities, historians say. The more developed an ethnic group, the more complex their instruments, but at the heart of almost any wind is a traditional simple pipe. Everything else is just its modifications.
Instructions
Step 1
The pipe is a reed wind instrument that has been considered a Russian folk instrument since ancient times. The traditional pipe is a cylindrical hollow tube made of wood or reed. In general, for the manufacture of this tool, deciduous trees are used, and of conifers only pine. Modern masters of making musical instruments use a material such as ebonite.
Step 2
Several holes are drilled on the surface of the pipe to adjust the flow of the blown air, the number of holes can be varied and depends on its length. To obtain a through hole along the entire length of the pipe, it is drilled or burned out.
Step 3
To facilitate blowing air into the pipe cavity, a mouthpiece is embedded at one end. There is a kind of double pipe, when one is inserted into the free end of the other, the mouthpiece for this double pipe is one. The length of the tool can range from twenty centimeters to half a meter.
Step 4
The pipe can be made in a conical shape with a bell end or with a tapered end. A special variety is a nozzle or nozzle, such names are used in Ukraine or Belarus, these are simple tools with two to four holes.
Step 5
One of the varieties of the pipe is the piston pipe, which was widespread in the territory of Western Belarus. Its design is a hollow cylindrical rod with a built-in whistle device. The device has a piston. The sound on the piston pipe is emitted when air is blown in, and an oscillatory motion is created with the help of the piston. The sound is adjusted by the height of the air column. The highest sound is obtained when the piston is fully closed, and a dull sound is obtained when the piston is fully opened. The performance on a piston pipe is associated with the performer's own auditory perception.
Step 6
Almost in all countries of the world, the pipe is used as a musical instrument, only the name of the pipe is different in different countries. So, it can be an alpine horn, and a bassoon, and a piccolo flute, as well as a Japanese chitiraki or an Indian shivi flute.
Step 7
The word "pipe" has various uses and meanings. The whistle is called the whistle, which is used by the boatswain on the ship to transmit conditioned signals. It is called the "boatswain's pipe". And the expression "to dance to someone else's tune" means "to be under someone else's influence."
Step 8
The pipe as a musical instrument is successfully used in the orchestra of folk instruments. Symphony orchestras use a kind of flute - the flute.
