Xun (instrument)
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For the languages of southern Africa, see Xun language (disambiguation).
The xun (simplified Chinese: 埙; traditional Chinese: 塤; pinyin: xūn; Cantonese= hyun1) is a globular, vessel flute from China. It is one of the oldest musical instruments in China and has been in use for approximately seven thousand years.[1] The xun was initially made of stone, baked clay, or bone,[1] and later of clay or ceramic; sometimes the instrument is made with bamboo. It is the only surviving example of an earth[2] (also called "clay") instrument from the traditional "eight-tone" (bayin) classifications of musical instruments (based on whether the instrument is made from metal, stone, silk, bamboo, gourd, earth, hide, or wood).[3]
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Woodwind instrument | |
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Classification | aerophone |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 421.221.42 (vessel flute) |
Developed | c.1600 BCE (Xia Dynasty) |
Related instruments | |
hun, tsuchibue |
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