The ryūteki is one of the three flutes used in gagaku, in particular to play songs of Chinese style. The pitch is lower than that of the komabue and higher than that of the kagurabue. The ryūteki is held horizontally, has seven holes, and has a length of 40 centimetres (1 ft 4 in) and an inner diameter of 1.3 centimetres (1⁄2 in).

The ryūteki is a seven-holed transverse flute made of bamboo. It is approximately 40 cm long (16 inches). The inside of the bamboo is hollow and lacquered, and the outside is wrapped with strands of bark. The first three holes are assigned to the …

Seldom played as a solo instrument, the ryūteki, along with the double-reed hichiriki, is a main melodic instrument of gagaku (court music). Its bamboo body tubing is wrapped with cherry bark or rattan twine to help preserve it.

The ryūteki, literally meaning “dragon flute,” is a traditional Japanese transverse bamboo flute used in gagaku, the classical music of Japan’s imperial court.

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Image: The Great Wave of Kanagawa.Track 6: Cry of the Dragon - Japanese Ryuteki From the album: Flutes of World.

Double reed, vertical flute. Made of bamboo, about 18 cm long, this flute has seven finger holes on the front and two on the back. A reed is inseted into the pipe to play. The reed is about 6 cm long and made of pressed river reed. Flute (Ryuteki, Komabue, Kagurabue)

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 684. The rkyūteki, the longer of the two shown here, is used in gagaku (court music) to play the melody line with the double reeded hichiriki. Displayed here with their lacquered cases, are used in ensembles and are seldom played as a solo instrument like the end blown shakuhachi.

Ryuteki flute is a transverse flute made of a bamboo tube with 'Utaguchi' (mouthpiece) and seven tone holes. Ryuteki flute is also believed to be a prototype and origin of all Japanese transverse flutes, such as flutes used in Noh hayashi (percussion ensemble) and …

The ryuteki (kanji, hiragana; literally "dragon flute") is a Japanese transverse flute made of bamboo. It is used in gagaku, the Shinto classical music associated with Japan's imperial court.