How to Play Dizi, the Chinese Bamboo Flute: The Basic Skills

Purchased for my daughter, this book has helped her a lot. Along with this book & YouTube videos she's enjoying learning how to play the Dizi Flute.

Such an easy to follow book (if you already have some music knowledge). Good starting music pieces too. Made it very easy to start playing however I had to cross referance some things on the internet to ensure I knew what it was telling me.

I bought a bamboo flute as a Christmas present for my brother in-law, this was a great accompany to it, it teaches the basics clearly including peeping the flute. very good if you want to learn the bamboo flute as a new instrument.

I've never played any instrument. The dizi has 6 holes but the music in this book has upto 8 notes and doesn't explain how to make them or many other notes. It has helped a little, but I'm basically guessing, playing anything "I create" as it's impossible to follow the included music sheets unless you already read music so this is not for a novice. I will finish the book and keep for future reference/ try again when I have more knowledge But I doubt I will purchase the rest of the series. By chance I found a video that explains the holes must be clear, any rough edges etc can effect the function. Bingo - my dizi had a very small amount of material not removed during production and this basically made it unplayable. However I am still unsure if the holes needs further work (this book does not discuss this very important matter). So for now my Dizi playing is reduced to the level of a child playing a toy😞

been trying to teach myself after picking a dizi at a craft fair as a joke being in the uk, this and the first edition of this book are the best ive found that are in english

A good collection of basics about choosing and maintaining the dizi, Chinese music notation, fingerings, musical terms and a selection of songs to play. Perfect for a beginner with a little knowledge of music theory.

Good and helpful guide-book for beginners of Dizi flutes.

Teaches you the basics of how to play the Dizi. The size of the letters is big for comfortable reading. The book refers to other works by the author for further reading however I had no luck finding them. (This could be because this book was published in 2017)