The bawu (simplified: 巴乌; traditional: 巴烏; pinyin: bāwū; also ba wu) is a Chinese wind instrument. Although shaped like a flute, it is actually a free reed instrument, with a single metal reed. It is played in a transverse (horizontal) manner. It has a pure, clarinet-like timbre and its playing technique incorporates the use of much ornamentation, particularly bending tones. Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell(ing) and yin means sound(s)). This article describes the most common variant called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉è¯æ‹¼éŸ³; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; pinyin: Hà nyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... A free reed aerophone is a musical instrument where sound is produced as air passes a reed in a chamber, causing the reed to vibrate. ... In music, timbre, also timber (French, IPA /tæmbÉ™r/ as in the first two syllables of tambourine), is the quality of a musical note or sound which distinguishes different types of sound production or musical instruments. ...
Although the bawu likely originated in the Yunnan province of southwest China, it has become a standard instrument throughout China, used in modern Chinese compositions for traditional instrument ensembles. It is typically used as a solo instrument, and is often featured in film scores; it is sometimes also heard in popular music recordings. (Simplified Chinese: 云å—; Traditional Chinese: 雲å—; pinyin: Yúnnán south of the clouds) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country. ...
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A hulusi The hulusi (traditional: 葫盧絲; simplified: 葫芦ä¸; pinyin: húlúsÄ«) is a free reed wind instrument from China. ... It has been suggested that Chinese orchestra be merged into this article or section. ...
In recent years, the rich, mellow tone of the bawu has become a favorite with composers of film soundtracks (the bawu was strongly featured in the score to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") and many small Chinese music ensembles now feature a bawu player.
James Cottingham briefly discusses the physics of the bawu in his study The Asian Free Reed Mouth Organs.
The repair of bawu'sfree reed, in Chinese, but with lots of good pictures.
She said in the midnight of July 20, this year, Bawu woke the victim up and wanted to have sex with her and when she resisted, he threatened to kill her with a knife.
According to the prosecutor, Bawu, after the first incident, slept with the daughter every midnight till July 23, this year, and when she could not bare the ordeal reported it to her headteacher, who in turn reported it to WAJU.
Bawu was arrested and in his caution statement admitted the offence and pleaded for leniency.
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