Comparison with other wind instrumentsĪs an instrument, the shinobue is a type of yokobue (transverse flute), and is very similar to the Western flute family. There are many types of fue (flute) in the various regions of Japan. Since the shinobue is an instrument of the common people, there are numerous variations in appearance (presence of wrapping, the extent of wrapping, materials, the extent of painting, and color), the number of finger holes (six or seven), length, and tuning type (variation). The ryuteki flute and nohkan flute, which were used by the upper classes such as court nobles and samurai, differ greatly from the shinobue in that they are adorned with decoration requiring time and care such as wrapping and paintings. This is probably the major reason why the shinobue was favored among the common people. The shinobue has a simple form which resembles a piece of bamboo and do not usually have any decoration aside from being wrapped in to (Japanese wisteria) and coated in lacquer to prevent bamboo from cracking. Refer to pitch name and solfa (names of notes of musical scale) notation. In this article, the names of musical notes in western music are described using the British/American method (German H written as B, German B written as Bb). It is categorized as a reed instrument such as the shakuhachi (Japanese end-blown flute) or the flute. In traditional performing arts, the shinobue is often called the 'fue' or 'takebue' for short. The shinobue is a transverse flute with a simple structure, and it is made from shinodake (small bamboo) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii), whose inner side is coated either in lacquer or synthetic resin, having two openings for Utaguchi (the mouthpiece of the shakuhachi) and tone holes. The shinobue is one of the Japanese woodwind instruments.
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