Simple wind instruments are absolutely in all nationalities, historians say. The more developed the ethnos, the more complicated their instruments, but the basis of almost any wind instrument is the traditional simple pipe. Everything else is just its modifications.
Instruction manual
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The pipe is a wind reed instrument, which has long been considered Russian folk. A traditional pipe is a cylindrical hollow tube made of wood or reed. In general, for the manufacture of this tool, species of deciduous trees are used, and from conifers only pine. Modern masters of making musical instruments use such material as ebonite.
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Several holes are drilled on the surface of the pipe to adjust the flow of blown air; the number of holes can be varied and depends on its length. To get a through hole along the entire length of the pipe, it is drilled or burned out.
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To facilitate the injection of air into the cavity of the pipe at one end, a mouthpiece is built in. There is a kind of double pipe, when one is inserted into the free end of the other, the mouthpiece for this double pipe is one. The length of the tool can range from twenty centimeters to half a meter.
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The pipe can be made conical in shape with a bell at the end or with a tapered end. A special kind is a nozzle or nozzle, such names are used in Ukraine or Belarus, these are simple tools with two or four holes.
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One of the varieties of the pipe is the piston pipe, which was distributed in the territory of Western Belarus. Its design is a hollow cylindrical rod into which a whistle device is integrated. The device has a piston. The sound on the piston-pipe is made when air is blown in, and an oscillating movement is created with the help of the piston. The sound of the sound is regulated by the height of the air column. The highest sound is obtained when the piston is completely closed, and a dull sound at the maximum opening of the piston. Execution on a pipe-piston is associated with the auditory perception of the artist himself.
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Almost in all countries of the world they use a pipe as a musical instrument, only the name of a pipe is different in different countries. So, it can be an alpine horn, a bassoon, and a piccolo flute, as well as a Japanese hitiraki or an Indian shivi flute.
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The word "pipe" has various uses and meanings. A pipe is a whistle used by a boatswain on a ship to transmit conditional signals. It is called the “boatswain pipe”. And the expression "dance to someone else's tune" means "to be under the influence of others."
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The pipe as a musical instrument is successfully used in the orchestra of folk instruments. Symphony orchestras use a kind of pipe - flute.
