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Chinese musical instruments
Materials:
metal,
stone,
clay,
leather,
silk,
wood,
bottle-gourd and bamboo.
These instruments are divided into four groups:
Wind or Blowing Instruments
Bowed String Instruments
Plucked String Instruments
Percussion
Wind or Blowing Instruments
Sheng:
1.Made by reed and gourd
2.also called the “Chinese mouthorgan”, is one of the most
ancient Chinese instruments.
Wind or Blowing Instruments
bamboo flute:
1.Made by bamboo
2.A transverse flute.
3.It has one blowing hole,a film hole and six finger holes.
Bowed String Instruments
erhu:
1.sometimes known in the West as the “Chinese violin”.
2.A two-stringed bowed musical instrument
Plucked String Instruments
zheng
1.Made by metal.
2.The modern zither is a plucked,half-tube zither
with movable bridges and 21 strings,although it can
have from 15 to 25 strings.
Plucked String Instruments
KONG HOU
The konghou went extinct sometimes in the Ming
Dynasty, but was revived in the 20th century. The
modern instrument does not resemble the ancient one.
Plucked String Instruments
The Pipa
It has a pear-shaped wooden body.It has been
played for nearly two thousand years of history
in China.
Percussion
Tanggu
1.A kind of drum used in Chinese operas.
2.Made by wood
Percussion
bronze chime
1.It is made by metal
2.Its long history can be dated back to Shang Dynasty (
BC1600-BC1046)