How to choose a dizi online for a total newbie ?

[syomi]

Hello there ! I'm so happy to have found this place, I'm really interested in traditional chinese music for a while and I want to start learning dizi by myself. It's reassuring to see a lot of people playing here and all the advices and tutorials that can be found in this place !!

Anyway, I'd like to buy a (beginner) dizi but I have zero clue of what I should take. I have zero knowledge in music as well.
I read a bit there, but a lot of the links for eshops are down, so... I just understood that I should take a dizi in a D note ? (or C)
But other than that, what should I look for ?
My budget is 80USD max, if you have any recommandation it would be very useful !!

Thanks a lot !

[phoenixiao]

There's actually more activity/discussion on Facebook these days and it's quite quiet here.

Did you check out Eason? I know they are open as they're active in their Facebook:
www.easonmusicstore.com/collections/wind-instruments

As for advice and tips, do read through the rich info already in the forum. It's old info but fortunately stuff on music doesn't really "expire"

[syomi]

Thank you ! I already saw this website around but most of the time, the links were not active anymore so I couldn't find the dizis that were refered to I will check on facebook though !

[edcat7]

Hi Syomi and welcome. Ordinarily I would recommend Eason in Singapore but tbh I think you are taking on a huge task to learn the dizi by yourself without any previous musical knowledge. I had a really cheap dizi from ebay that played well on all octaves but cracked when I left it on the window sill on a warm day.

I started on the hulusi and it's so much easier to play but even then i had tuition. The system of musical notation or jiangpo will need some explaining.

Good luck, Ed