Editing Suling (section)

==Playing method==
To play the suling, performers blow into a gap between the rattan band and the bamboo tube at one end of the instrument.

There are two factors that affect a fine suling's tone:
#Fingering position.
#Speed of the airflow blown by the mouth. This factor also should be supported with the position of the mouth around the blowing hole.

The fingering position changes the wavelength of sound resonance inside the suling's body. Depending on the distance of nearest hole to the suling's head, different [[Musical note|note]]s can be produced. The airflow speed also can modify the tone's frequency. A note with twice frequency can be produced mostly by blowing the air into suling's head's hole with twice speed.

In the [[music of Bali]], the suling is an essential instrument and it appears to be similar to other forms of Javanese suling. The way it is played, however, sets it apart from other forms of Indonesian suling. Namely, it is necessary for the performers to use the technique [[circular breathing]] in order to create a highly strung sense of constancy that continues even at moments of dramatic climax by the percussive gamelan instruments.[[File:Musician Borobudur.jpg|thumb|right|Suling players (bottom row) depicted on the 8th-century reliefs of [[Borobudur]] temple in [[Central Java]], [[Indonesia]]]]
===Special effects===
*'''Slur''', is dynamically changing note from one tone position to another position without stopping the airflow. For example, changing from 5 to 4, 4 to 5, 2 to 1 etc.
*'''Puruluk''', ([[Sundanese language|Sundanese]] term) is an effect produced by a-repeatedly-fast opening-and-closing of suling's hole by one or more fingers. The produced sound is similar to voice of a pigeon. The easiest puruluk can be produced by opening and closing mid-finger as shown by the following picture:
[[File:How to blow into a suling.jpg|thumb|A diagram showing the technique used to play a suling.]]
[[File:Suling Tambur.jpg|thumb|Suling, transverse bamboo flute, [[Papua, New Guinea]]. The word ''suling'' describes mostly lengthways flutes but also some transverse flutes made of bamboo.]][[File:SambaSunda Quintett in Cologne (0204).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sundanese suling performer, member of the [[Gamelan]] group ''[[SambaSunda]]'']]
[[Image:Puruluk.png]]

*In Sundanese technique, there are other known effects such as ''wiwiw'', ''keleter'', ''lelol'', ''gebos'', ''petit'', ''jengkat'', and ''betrik''.