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Juqi [Jùqì?] (-)

original: ? [锯气 ?]

➺ remark(s) below

blowing techniques (SE Asian mouth organs): in-/exhaling

Identical types: 9

Literal translation: 锯: "(to) cut (with a saw)"; 气: "breath" [?]; Thrasher, who translates it as "cutting breath", describes it as "a unique practice […], a forceful articulation using a sudden burst of air ([»] Mou 1989)".


Sources

Thrasher, Alan R.: Sheng. In: The Garland encyclopedia of world music (7): East Asia (ed. 2002).

Dictionaries, &c.

汉英词典 (Hàn Yīng cídiǎn) / A Chinese-English dictionary. 北京 [Běijīng], 1985, p.272 (锯 ➁) & 535-536 (气 ➂).