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Also Known As	dizi • ti • Chinese flute • ti-tzu

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A group of di; in the Musée Instrumental du Conservatoire Royal, Brussels.

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Chinese music cross flute fife piccolo taegŭm pipa qin kunqu xiao luogu lü pipes qing

Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

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