Looking for a decent dizi =)

[nukito]

hello I am new here, nice to meet you!
I am looking for a dizi for my girlfriend's birthday.
I am looking for a lower sound dizi (qu di or even lower) and I have 2 questions:

1. which is easier for a beginner to handle (qu di da di etc)
2. where can I find a reliable place to buy a dizi? I intend to invest 100$-200$.

(I forgot to write, but I do not live in place where I can buy dizi at. I should order it from oversea. )

thank you!!

[nukito]

o! and I forgot to ask. which key best suits a beginner. thanks

[Flolei]

Hello, Nukito, and welcome to the forum!

My advice is:

- To buy a C or D qudi (da di is for a beginner quite challenging).

- To buy from a reliable seller, for example from Eason (Singapore)

www.easonmusicstore.com/webshaper/store/viewProd.asp?pkProductItem=143

www.easonmusicstore.com/webshaper/store/viewProd.asp?pkProductItem=145

Both models are very good. There are links to C dizi, but they have the same ones in D too.

I know also other sellers, but this one is really reliable and speaks English.

If you have other questions, feel free to ask!

Best wishes,

Flolei

[nukito]

Thank you for your quick answer! why is da di so challenging? do you think this is possible to start with it anyway? she isn't a fan of high sounds and qu di is pretty high as well.

[edcat7]

Hi Nukito and welcome,

The bass dizis are more challenging to play because: the finger stretch is more, more breath is needed to control the tone and a lot of tunes are composed for the D dizi anyway. The other extreme, the high G is also difficult to play because the embrochure has to be very precise.

Why not get both, though not necessarily from the same seller. I got a budget,custom made left handed bass G for my teacher and I love the tone. Curiously he has tiny hands (which I never noticed before)and that's probably the main reason why I seldom see him play it.

[nukito]

I guess I will go for D key qu di dizi. what do you think about this shop: www.shoppingchinanow.com ? is it a good place to buy an instrument?

this flute in particular: www.shoppingchinanow.com/shop/maestro-dizi-flute-2.html

[Flolei]

Yes, this seller is very reliable as well. This model seems to be very good too. I gave you the advice on the basis of the dizis that I bought and that I can surely recommend.

From this seller I bought this one (in E):
www.shoppingchinanow.com/shop/maestro-chinese-dizi.html
I was very satisfied.

I bought also this one (in D):
www.shoppingchinanow.com/shop/professional-purple-bamboo-dizi-2.html
In my opinion, it is good but less good than the two models sold by Eason.

[jock]

I think we can buy Dizi directly from china Top TaoBao Seller as follow:
pdyq.tmall.com/
www.pabbos.com/shop/%E5%93%81%E8%BF%AA%E4%B9%90%E5%99%A8%E4%B8%93%E8%90%A5%E5%BA%97

I have used Taobao or Tmall for Several times for Shopping Dizi or Xiao.

Can be paid by Paypal.

[song]

Hi Nukito

Sorry to see your message so late. If you need any advice in choosing the dizis, do feel free to email me at [e-mail].

Thanks!
SW

[sutong]

There seem to be so many choice. I think sometime I would like to learn but it is really hard to get a good tone. A friend plays it and it seems great to have to carry everywhere. A pipa is too big sometime.

Jock - I look at your site and there are too many with changes in prices between options. How do you tell the good one from the bad one? I check the many pipas on your site - they all look very nice but I know some of them will be much worse than my Shanghai Dunhuang 561M.   I worry someone will buy it and be badly disappointed.   My 561M is not great, and it was not cheap.  Maybe too much choice is confusing for buyers because there is no description of detail about the pipas.  The same goes for dizis on the site.  I think I would only choose by the looks of the pipa or flute on the website then, and that is not a good way