Fue (flute)
Fue (笛/ふえ) is the Japanese word for bamboo flute, and refers to a class of flutes native to Japan. Fue come in many varieties, but are generally high-pitched and made of a bamboo called shinobue. [1] The most popular of the fue is the shakuhachi.
Categorization
Fue are traditionally broken up into two basic categories – the transverse flute and the end-blown flute.[2] Transverse flutes are held to the side, with the musician blowing across a hole near one end; end-blown flutes are held vertically and the musician blows into one end.[3]
History
The earliest fue may have developed from
Nara Period
.
Soon after the introduction of fue instruments,
suizen, or "blowing meditation".[6]
Modern fue performance may feature a soloist or involve either a chamber or large ensemble of the instruments.
Instruments
Japanese fue include many different varieties of Japanese flute, including the following:
Image | Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Shakuhachi | End-blown | One of the most popular and oldest of the Japanese fue | |
Hotchiku | End-blown | Made from the same material as the shakuhachi | |
Hichiriki | End-blown | A unique fue in that it is a double reed instrument. | |
Gakubue | Transverse | Traditional fue | |
Komabue | Transverse | This fue is for komagaku, a type of music used for dances associated with gagaku Imperial Court music. | |
Ryūteki | Transverse | Used in Japanese music seeming to have a Chinese origin. Its sound is said to represent the ascension of dragons. | |
Nohkan | Transverse | A flute used in the Noh theatre and hayashi ensembles. | |
Shinobue | Transverse | Also called the bamboo flute, it is used for nagauta, the background music used in kabuki theatre. | |
Kagurabue | Transverse | This fue is used in a type of Japanese music called mikagura. At 45.5 centimetres (17.9 in) long, it is the longest fue. | |
Minteki (also known as the Seiteki) | Transverse | Used in ceremony. The sympathetically vibrating membrane, such as on a Chinese dizi, is visible in the photograph between the embouchure hole and finger holes. |
References
- ^ Taiko – Japanese Drumming". Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, Drumdojo Magazine, Ed. Paul Marshall, 2000, Retrieved 6 July 2008.
- ^ "Fue (Flute)." Japanese Traditional Music". Archived 2008-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, 2002, Columbia Music Entertainment, retrieved 6 July 2008
- ^ "Fue (Flute)", Japanese Traditional Music Archived 2008-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, 2002, Columbia Music Entertainment, retrieved 6 July 2008
- ^ Malm, William P. Traditional Japanese Music and Musical Instruments. 1959. Rev. ed. Otowa: Kodansha International, 2000.
- ^ Tagliaferro, Linda. "Music and Nature in a Japanese Flute." New York Times, 10 May 1998 retrieved 6 July 2008
- ^ Tagliaferro, Linda. "Music and Nature in a Japanese Flute". New York Times, 10 May 1998, retrieved 6 July 2008
External links
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