Azuma play flute - Azuma play flute

...The main transverse flutes today are the Ryuteki flute (used in Togaku) ​​of gagaku, the Komabue (used in Goryeo music), the Kagura flute (used in Kagura), the Nohkan flute used in Noh and Kyogen, and the Shinobue flute used in Kabuki music and folk performing arts. Gagaku also had the Azuma Asobibue (also called Chukan), but this flute disappeared during the Heian or Kamakura period. Strictly speaking, none of these flutes are cylindrical, but have a tapered inner diameter, so the pitch produced by the finger holes near the tail is lower than that of a cylindrical flute, and the range is wider....

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Toyuteki" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…現行の横笛は雅楽の竜笛(唐楽用)，高麗笛（こまぶえ）(高麗楽用)，神楽笛(神楽用)，能･狂言などの能管，歌舞伎囃子や民俗芸能の篠笛（しのぶえ）が主である。雅楽ではこのほか東遊笛（あずまあそびぶえ）(東遊用，中管（ちゆうかん）とも)があったが，平安時代か鎌倉時代に廃絶した。これらの横笛は厳密にいうといずれも円筒管ではなく内径が先細りのため，尾端に近い指孔による音高は円筒管の場合に比べて低くなり，音域が広くなる。…

※「東遊笛」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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