Riveting Sound from the South of Clouds
HuluSi is a free-reed wind instrument of China made of bottle gourd. "Hulu"
is the Chinese name for bottle gourd; "Si", silk, used here to describe the
unrelenting characteristic of HuluSi's vibrating tail tone.

The history of Hulusi is not well documented other than that it may have
been used by the ethnic minorities in the nowadays Yunnan (literally means
"South of Clouds") province for a very, very long time, maybe as long as a
thousand years. Yunnan is famous for its diversity of landscapes and ethnic
groups, its culture flavour is rather different from other parts of China.
To-day, HuluSi is the most representative instrument of Yunnan, and in
recent years it has been improved, spread and promoted both at the national
and international levels, and received good recognitions. HuluSi is
especially known for its unrelenting, yet soft, moody tone.

About ChineeHuluSi

ChineeHuluSi contains the sampling of two HuluSi's: a big HuluSi and a
small one: a Big HuluSi in G (note range: B3-E5), a Small HuluSi in C (note
range: G4-A5), with various types of playing techniques woven within.
ChineeHuluSi also features Kong Audio's new Intelligent Legato and improved
keyswitching mechanism.

http://www.chineekong.com/chineehulusi.htm

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