File:Waha pūtōrino - large central aperture.jpg

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Description An example of a simple waha pūtōrino, the large central aperture that acts as a finger-stop (wenewene) for expressing and varying the pitch and tone of the pūtōrino, a traditional Māori musical instrument. This is usually considered to be a mouth and is often represented as such with a carving of a facial mask around it. One method of playing (though no historical provenance appears to exist) allows the player to express a flute voice by playing across this aperture using either the cross-blown, oblique embouchure, or the horizontal, transverse embouchure (as when playing across the top of a bottle). This method creates a very low, breathy and haunting voice and is popular because of its unique sound qualities.
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