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Is tuning-joint necessary?

The tuning joint (made of copper) can be found in most Dizi and Xiao bamboo flutes in China, while is such joint really necessary?

If the flutes are to be played with other instrument, then such tuning joint can be of help as it can change the valid length of the flute body which in turn ...

Erhu Tuning

The most used Erhu tuning is: inner string to D1 and outer string to A1.

The reasons behind can be easily understood that the Erhu instruments is used to express the feelings people have and in some cases used to emulate people’s sound, while tune D is the lowest and A the ...