My Dad taught me to use white garlic juice to stick the membrane. Just cut 1 small piece of garlic into half and rub the cut end around the flute hole before placing the membrane onto it. If it dried up, wet the membrane with saliva and stretch the membrane into place. It works all the time! Good luck!
Artemio Sandoval It depends on the intensivity of playing as well as the climate. Generally I replace them once a week, but if I play one dizi very intensive (for example, 8 hours every day), or if the weather is very humid, I may have to replace them everyday. The key is the sensibility of the mambranes. After a longer play or under a moist environment I can feel the mambranes lose its sensibility when playing. You can still play the dizi even the mambrane has poor sensibility. That's no problem, but the sound won't be perfect.
hmmm… that's difficult to answer. In Taiwan when you buy a new bamboo flue, you get a small piece of glue and the membrane usually. But you still have to buy them when you run out of them.
In that case, the tension of the film is not enough. When holding the film in your fingers and pasting it on the flute, you shouldn't lose the tension. Besides, too tight is also bad. There is a balance you need to find.
Hi, the sound is significantly different. The use of membrane started in Tang dynasty (618-907). According to the literature the idea of using membrane on flutes was "to enrich the sound." In practice, if the sound has no difference after attaching the membrane, it means that the membrane is not correctly attached (with too much tension).
Hi Grotto. I know this is coming 2 years later, but the membrane is what makes this a dizi flute instead of just another 6-hole "Celtic" flute. If properly applied the membrane vibrates during play, providing the dizi that traditional sound that cannot be found in other flutes. It is an intrinsic part of the instrument... and applying it is a critical process (but easy enough to learn and perform once one gets the hang of it). : )
thinho nguyen hi, if you really want to get the nice sound color of a dizi, you need a real reed membrane. The tape doesn't have the matching elasticity. :)
Tape works, but makes it sound like a normal flute instead of a dizi. There's no real replacement for a dizi membrane. If all you want is a standard 6-hole flute though, clear tape works fine.
Traditional Chinese get that " paper" from inside of bamboo, today they use inside membrane of reeds,I guess because reeds are much more easier to harvest, I tried to use the very thin plastic bags as replacement but the sound came out of it is not very good,you can however cover that hole with thick paper, that makes it similar to men-di闷笛,a dizi without a membrane hole, just use it when practicing at early stage,when you can actually play some music, then replace it with real membrane. For the glue part, it's donkey-hide-gelatin, the traditional Chinese use the glue naturally produced by peach tree, since I don't want to hurt animals and I don't have a peach tree around,I actually found an apricot tree has glue on it while I was walking my dog, and I tested the apricot glue it works.Guy under this video's comment says garlic is pretty good,I don't know about that, but you can use all kinds of water removable non-health-damaging glue.
The membrane changes the sound color of bamboo flute. Beginners can past a piece of tape on membrane hole. In this case, the bright and colorful sound of a bamboo flute is lost but that makes it easier to play. Use a stick tape that is weak sticky so that the lacquer layer of the flute doesn't get harmed. Much success!
uhm, I did everything correctly, I'm sûre about it, but why is there no sound ? It's not even dull, it's like I'm blowing in a normal bamboo stick ? it is how I blow wrong may be ?
+Nae Lasciami  try paste a piece of normal tape. That works always. :) If not, there are two possible problems: 1. blowing technique is wrong, 2. the instrument has problem.
+OOODesign While waiting for the ejiao for the dimo to arrive, I used normal tape. But it was worse, now I think it's getting to me, there's a sound but still not great. I guess I should just practice more Thank you for your help !
Okay this answer is 4 years later but for new readers: If you already play a flute and can't get a sound out of the dizi, make sure that 2nd hole is covered (either with membrane or tape). If you still can't get a sound out of the flute, there is something wrong with the flute. If you're a new flute player, you will need to practice getting your mouth accustomed to the embouchure (mouth hole). Any beginner flute video will show how to do this. The trick is to blow a thin air stream right across the middle of the edge of the hole so that the air stream is split in two. Chin placement on the flute as well as lip position is critical and can take some time to learn (especially in larger flutes, which are more difficult to play). In addition the finger holes must be completely covered. Any "air leaks" will defeat the sound. As with all instruments, practice makes perfect. : )
@@SnootsDwagon hey! I hope you see this I need help. Ok so I ordered mine and it came with a crack through the last 6 holes 🤦♀️ so it’s not gonna work right? I’m returning it anyways but I’d still like to know
there are usually one blowing hole, six finger holes and one membrane hole (the second holw in your words, maybe) between the blowing hole and six finger holes. The membrane hole should be closed (with membrane).
The mambrane on the bamboo flutes (dizi) give them a very bright and clear sound color. If we analyse the frequency spectrum, we can see the mambrane change the overtones of the flute.
