Txistu

The txistu - to pronounce/čiʂtu/(as tchishtou ) - is a Basque musical instrument . It is a Flûte with three holes which is played of the left hand, the line being used to strike the Ttun-ttun, a small cord drum, or the Atabal a small drum in skin. The player of txistu is a txistulari.

The origin in is very old since one discovered flutes in bone dating from the paleolithic superior in the Grottes of Isturitz and Oxocelhaya in Low-Navarre.

One distinguishes:

the txistu , granted in " F shining " (slightly higher than the F ),
the silbote or txistu handi , granted low in B flat ,
the txirula , a Drunk kind of txistu out of boxwood employed in particular in under the name of Txülüla and granted in C , an octave higher than the silbote.

The principle of play of the txistu is the same one as for all the flutes with three holes: the notes are obtained according to the tact, but also according to the intensity of the breath. With regard to the Tact, only the index, the major one and the inch come into play, the annular one and the auricular one being used mainly for the maintenance of the instrument (the auricular one also being able to be used - in particular with regard to the txirula - to produce deteriorations on the level of the house of the flute).

One finds these flutes in other areas:

the Flabuta in Gascogne, very near to the txirula from which it differs by the ornamentation and the repertory,
the chirula with the Béarn,
the Galoubet in Provence,
the tabor British pipes .

The Flabiol S Catalan S and the flageolet S are derived from these flutes with three holes.

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