The flute is an ancient Chinese musical instrument and the most popular among Chinese musical instruments. The most representative wind instrument with national characteristics. One of the horizontally blown woodwind instruments commonly used in traditional Chinese music, the Chinese bamboo flute is generally divided into the southern tune flute, the northern bang flute and the alto flute in between.
The flute is often used in Chinese folk music, opera, Chinese folk orchestras, Western symphony orchestras and modern music. It is one of the representative musical instruments of Chinese music.
In the national band, the flute is an important wind instrument and is regarded as the representative of national wind music. Most flutes are made of bamboo, but there are also flutes made of stone, jade and mahogany. In ancient times, there were also bone flutes. However, the best raw material for making flutes is still bamboo, because bamboo flutes have better sound and lower production costs.
