Dizi for Professional Performers – Unjointed Single Stem

Description

A five-year old bamboo is the requirement to make quality dizi for professional use. Its tone is crisp and solid, as requested by professional performers. The density of material this grade and above tends to be high, else, the bamboo itself will not be able to survive the drying process. ie. The less dense bamboos will start splitting if they are dried out without the restraining bands tied onto it at intervals.

This grade of dizi is usually for beginners preparing for an upgrade of instruments, or professional musicians who would like to have a set of spare dizis and would like to spend less money on them.

A point to note though, is that this grade of dizi is reasonably priced, but they might even have an improvement in tone over time as it dries out more. at TBG, we grade dizi materials empirically by the amount of time it was air dried, and the density of the material. The is no telling the potential of this grade.

Unjointed single stem dizis are preferred by many as they retain their tone over many years, or even decades. They also require the performer to be confident in the intonation and embouchure. For performers who prefer the jointed versions, please see Dizi For Professional Performers – With Copper Jointing