Acoustics of the xiao : a case study of modern methods for the design of woodwind instruments

The xiao is a Chinese end-blown flute with a history over a thousand years and well known in China for its elegant sound. The xiao is little known outside China, but its close relative, the Japanese shakuhachi, is better known internationally. The xiao has not been well developed or standardized (be...

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Main Author: Lan, Yang
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/51768