musical instruments of china (2)
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Musical instruments of
China
1. silk
These are instruments
that have strings made
of silk.
A. PLUCKED
a. ch’in
• Has 7 strings made of silk.
b. se
• Zither made of 25 strings with movable bridges.
c. pipa
• Pear-shaped fretted lute with 4 strings over raised bamboo frets.
d. Yue qin
• 4-stringed lute shaped like a moon.
e. guzheng
• Plucked half-tube zither with movable bridges and 21 strings.
B. BOWED
a. erhu
• 2-stringed fiddle with a bow.
b. gehu• A string
fiddle bowed instrument with a round tubular body.
c. tiqin
• A 2-stringed instrument used in Kungu, Chaozhou and Taiwanese music
C. STRUCK
a. yangqin• A hammered
zither where strings are struck with two small bamboo beaters.
• Its shape is trapezoid with 5 to 6 bridges.
2. bamboo
Mainly composed of aerophones or
blown instruments made
of bamboo.
a. hsiao
• End-blown flute made from a smooth bamboo.
b. ti
• A transverse flute.• Its tip is made from
an ivory.
c. Suona• Double reed
instrument that is commonly used as an accompaniment in Beijing opera.
d. dizi
• Transverse bamboo flute with buzzing membrane.
3. wood
These are percussion
instruments made from wood.
a. muyu
• Made from mulberry wood that is shaped like a fish.
b. paiban
• A clapper made from flat pieces of hardwood.
4. stone
This group of instrument
comprises the various forms of
stone chimes.
a. bianqing• A rack of
stone tablets that are hung by ropes from a wooden frame and struck using a mallet
5. metal
These are percussion
instruments made from metal or
bronze.
a. bianzhong
• Bronze bells that are hung in a wooden frame and struck with a mallet.
b. yun-lo• Another
metal percussion instrument with small gongs struck with a small beater.
6. clay
These are instruments made
of clay soil.
a. xun
• A Chinese vessel flute.
• An ocarina made of baked clay or ceramic.
b. fou
• A clay pot used as a percussion instrument.
7. gourd
These are instruments
created from hardwood.
a. sheng
• A 17-piped instrument used to accompany folk songs.
b. hulusi• A free
reed wind instrument with 3 bamboo pipes which pass through a gourd wind chest.
8. hide/pigskinThese are
Chinese percussion
instruments made from cowhead or
pigskin.
a. bangu• 25cm drum
made from a thick piece of wood.
• Its drumhead is made f pigskin or cowhead.
b. tangu• A barrel
drum.• It is
covered with 2 drumheads made from pigskin or cowhead.
c. Chaozhou dagu
• Large drum which is played with two sticks.
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