改良竹笛初探

A Preliminary Exploration of the Modification of Chinese Bamboo Flute

20世纪初叶西洋音乐开始大规模传入中国,传统六孔竹笛在半音演奏、任意转调及音域、音色方面,日渐显露出弊端,因而自大同乐会笛家改良竹笛以适应西洋音乐演奏以来,多种非传统六孔形制的"新笛"纷纷涌现。梳理和考察改良新笛,并将之与传统竹笛进行对照性的比较,总结得出无键十孔新笛在各类新笛中更具有突出优势,具有一定的推广应用价值。

Western music was introduced to China on a large scale in the early 20th century. Since then, the disadvantages of the traditional bamboo flute in such aspects as semitones, modulation, range, and tone have emerged. The modification of traditional bamboo flutes originated from the musicians of the Datong Music Association in an attempt to make them fit for western music. Since then, many non-traditional ＂New Flutes＂ have been invented. With an exploration of the modified bamboo flutes and a comparison of the traditional flutes with the modified ones, this article concludes that the keyless flute with ten holes has obvious advantages over other modified flutes and it has potential for application.