Mangtong

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for the town in Burma see Mangtong, Burma

The mangtong (芒筒; pinyin: mángtǒng) is a Chinese end-blown free reed wind instrument. It is used primarily by the Miao and Dong ethnic groups of the southern Chinese provinces of Guizhou and Guangxi, although it is sometimes used in contemporary Chinese compositions for traditional instrument orchestra.

The instrument consists of a bamboo free reed pipe without finger holes, which is fitted with a metal free reed; the instrument's playing pipe is placed inside a bamboo resonator of larger diameter. The mangtong is made in several different sizes, with the largest up to two meters in length. As the mangtong produces only a single pitch, several mangtong are normally played together in hocket. Mangtong are often played together with an ensemble of free reed mouth organs called lusheng, serving as the bass instruments of that ensemble.

A modernized version of the mangtong, called gǎigé mángtǒng (改革芒筒), was developed in the 20th century.[1]

[edit] External links

• Mangtong photo
• Mangtong article (Chinese)
• Mangtong article (Chinese)
• Photo of mangtong ensemble

[edit] See also

• Lusheng
• Yu (wind instrument)
• Sheng (instrument)
• Traditional Chinese musical instruments
• Music of China

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