Chinese Traditional Musical Instruments,xiao a vertical bamboo flute

The xiao,also known as vertical flute, is a straight wind instrument. Different from bamboo flute, it has fixed tone holes without a membrane hole.In ancient times,use of the xiao was spread among people living in Sichuan and Gansu. 

It is made of a bamboo pipe with a V-shaped mouthpiece.The xiao covers a wide variety, with such common ones as the black bamboo xiao, nine-section xiao, and yuping xiao. The xiao has a pure,soft, and elegant sound, and it is suitable for playing long,peaceful,and lyrical works,but the volume is weak with minor changes in the extent of the volume.It is mostly used for solos or ensembles with the n (inither)such as Chun Jiang Hua Yue Ye.