ammoon C key Bamboo Flute Dizi Pluggable Bitter Traditional Handmade Chinese Musical Woodwind Instrument Key of C Study Level

I bought the bamboo flute in the key of "C". (You know which key it's in when you've got it because it's printed on the flute itself)Before buying this, I looked at a few youtube videos regarding the bamboo flute. It's not quite as simple as "pick up and blow". There's two holes - a blow hole and a membrane hole. If you've never used one of these before (I hadn't) stretch some sticky tape over the membrane hole at first. It needs to be covered to make a hole. The membrane tape it comes with is meant to be used and makes a better sound overall apparently - but you need to be able to get sounds first, so use some tape! (I even found one person using scrunged up tissue paper and pritt stick to cover the hole, and they got a good sound :) )Once I did that, I initially didn't get any sounds, except by luck... I tried a variety of things, and then found out another name for this is a "Dizi". Once I did that I eventually found a video on youtube called "Dizi (Chinese Flute) Lesson - How to Make a Sound? How to Blow it?"After watching that I've been able to make sounds consistently and play simple 3 note songs. It's challenging, but I'm improving and I had this now for 4 days. This tells me one simple thing - any problems I had in the first few days were down to me, not this product. One of the big mistakes I was making was blowing too hard it seems. If you've even blown over the top of a glass bottle to make it make a sound - milk bottle, beer bottle, etc - then you should be able to make this make a nice sound - albeit with practice!How does it sound? Well, when I can get a good note, it sounds really nice. I want to be able to learn simple christmas music for next year, so I've got just under 12 months to get somewhere!For something that's cheaper than some cinema tickets round here, or take away pizzas, I'm really quite pleased with this.it comes in a nice box, and enough membrane to last a good while once I get to that stage. The tassle is a nice touch, even if not "needed".The key search term you need for finding help with playing this though with this is "Dizi".

Seems a decent enough instrument, and looks nice. It comes neatly packed in an attractive box.I have, as yet, no idea how to play it, or whether the dimo membrane is going to make a lot of difference. It's pretty cheap, so even if I never play it, it can be used as an ornament, though that's not my intention. Mine did come with the red tassel, and two packs of dimo membranes - each containing two membranes to cover the dimo hole. Some have commented on the lack of glue to attach the membrane on these instruments - I guess I'll work something out. I think I read that Pritt works, though one suggestion is to use garlic cloves.Perhaps I'll update the review when I've got further with learning how to play this. For now it seems a reasonable instrument to have as a first attempt at playing Chinese flutes, and yes - I can make a sound on it, but now I need to figure out the fingering and other issues.This can certainly be of interest to musicians wantig to try something new.

I'm already a flautist, so I can get a sound out of it straightforwardly (wrap around the hole below the mouth hole - if you don't want to tape it (as another review said) use an elastic band). Blow harder for the upper octave(s).The sound quality is very expressive and I can see me using it once I've worked out the fingering nuances and put it in a case. It's well-made but you might find the finger holes a stretch more comparable to a tenor recorder than a descant (again a reason why it's not really a beginner's instrument).

i bought this for my daughter's birthday as a little extra as she is getting interested in music. It's beautiful, simple and well-presented. We used other tape instead of the proper membranes for now to cover the hole. It takes a bit of effort and empathy with the instrument to get some good sounds out of it, but it's definitely worth it! There are plenty of helpful videos online. If you can blow a note from a bottle, you can soon get the hang of this; and if you really can't, it will look very lovely on your wall! I suspect it takes a lot of practice to get the best tones out of it.

So this is an excellent flute for getting started with. I mean, I'm sure if you went and got one from a music shop it'd be better, but also ten times the price, and you can decide if you really like playing first.It is initially very difficult to make, uh, really any sound at all, but that'd be true of an expensive one too - it's the nature of the instrument. This instrument is quite lovely, well made, and doesn't suffer from the same problems as e.g a beginner violin with horrible sound; I have (basically entirely by accident so far) managed to get some beautiful notes from it.Do follow the top comment's advice about using tape over the second hole to get started with. It's quick, easy and you can get going spending quite some time searching for youtube videos and blowing into your instrument trying to figure out how to make it sound :D

This flute looks amazing. Also a few notes on their own sound great. However, if you've played a normal flute before and decide to take this one up, expect quite a fiddle.Firstly there's the hole that requires a Membrane of thin paper to cover. Expect a tea ceremony type zen commitment to getting this right. And it's not a one off. I used washable glue stick for art which worked a charm. But in the end I just couldn't really get a consistent sound.Then you have the issue of sharps and flats. You have to do half hole covering to achieve that.In the end I bought a proper flute. My old flute from 40 years needed a complete referbishment which would have run into the hundreds. So I got myself a sub £100 flute. After 2 sessions I'm back playing again as I did 40 years ago. Lots of work still but I'm feeling good returning to this great hobby.The bamboo flute can be a lovely ornament. It served a purpose for a tiny amount of money to see if I actually would return to playing the flute again.