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The suona (simplified: 唢呐; traditional: 嗩吶; also called the laba 喇叭 or haidi 海笛) is a Han Chinese shawm (oboe). It has a distinctively loud and high-pitched sound, and is used frequently in Chinese traditional music ensembles, particularly those that perform outdoors. It is an important instrument in the folk music of northern China, particularly the province of Shandong, where it has long been used for festival and military purposes. It is still used, in combination with sheng mouth organs, gongs, drums, and sometimes other instruments, in wedding and funeral processions. Such wind and percussion ensembles are called chuida or guchui. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1603x2814, 590 KB) Two Suonas (Chinese Oboes) Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin Photographer: User:Dr. Meierhofer Date: July 2006 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Suona...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1603x2814, 590 KB) Two Suonas (Chinese Oboes) Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin Photographer: User:Dr. Meierhofer Date: July 2006 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Suona...
Han Chinese (Simplified Chinese: 汉æ—; Traditional Chinese: æ¼¢æ—; Pinyin: hà nzú) is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China and the largest single human ethnic group in the world. ...
Woman playing a bass shawm, (Tobias Stimmer ca. ...
(Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ShÄndÅng; Wade-Giles: Shan-tung) is a coastal province of eastern Peoples Republic of China. ...
The Chinese sheng (Chinese: 笙, Pinyin shēng) is a mouth-blown free reed instrument (the first) consisting essentially of vertical tubes, in the Chinese orchestra. ...
Construction The suona has a conical wooden body, similar to that of the European oboe, but uses a brass or copper mouthpiece to which a small double reed is affixed, and possesses a detachable metal bell at its end.
The instrument is made in several sizes. Since the mid-20th century, "modernized" versions of the suona have been developed in China; such instruments have keys similar to those of the European oboe, to allow for the playing of chromatic notes and equal tempered tuning (both of which are difficult to execute on the traditional suona). There is now a family of such instruments, including the zhongyin suona, cizhongyin suona, and diyin suona. These instruments are used in the woodwind sections of modern large Chinese traditional instrument orchestras in China, Taiwan, and Singapore, though most folk ensembles prefer to use the traditional version of the instrument. Chinese rock musician Cui Jian featured a modernized suona in his song Nothing to My Name (一无所有) (played by the saxophonist Liu Yuan). Chinese orchestra can refer to: Ancient Chinese orchestras Modern large Chinese orchestras // Ancient Chinese orchestras According to recent archaeological findings, ancient Chinese music was much more developed and sophisticated than is generally believed. ...
Cui Jian (Chinese: ; pinyin: Cuī Jià n; Korean: 최건; born August 2, 1961) is a Beijing-based musician, songwriter, trumpet player, guitarist and composer. ...
Liu Yuan (刘元, pinyin: Liú Yuán, surname Liu, b. ...
History The suona is believed to have been developed from Central Asian instruments such as the surnay or zurna, from which its Chinese name probably derives. It was originally introduced into China from central or western Asia. A musician playing an instrument very similar to a suona is shown on a drawing on a Silk Road religious monument in western Xinjiang province dated to the 3rd to 5th centuries, and depictions dating to this period found in Shandong and other regions of northern China depict it being played in military processions, sometimes on horseback. It was not mentioned in Chinese literature until the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), but by this time the suona was already established in northern China. The music of Central Asia is as vast and unique as the many cultures and peoples who inhabit the region (that is, not particularly vast or unique). ...
A surnay (surla, zurna, zournas) is a traditional folk shawm, developed in ancient Egypt. ...
Turkish Zurna in Ottoman band For other meanings, see Zurna (disambiguation) and Surna (disambiguation) The Zurna (also called Surna) is a surnay woodwind instrument of Asia Minor used in traditional weddings along with a Davul. ...
The Silk Road – Armenian: ; Georgian: áƒáƒ‘რეშუმის დიდი გზáƒ; Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: sÄ«chóu zhÄ« lù; Persian: ‎; Râh-e Abrisham; Turkish: ; Kyrgyz: (Äžibek ÄŸolu); Kazakh: ; Azerbaijani: ; Hungarian: ; Polish: ; Russian: (VÄ›lkij Å jolkovyj Put ) – or Silk Route is an interconnected series of routes through Southern Asia traversed by caravan and ocean...
For the county in Shanxi province, see Xinjiang County. ...
(Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ShÄndÅng; Wade-Giles: Shan-tung) is a coastal province of eastern Peoples Republic of China. ...
The Ming Dynasty (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644. ...
Use outside China Interestingly, the suona is also used as a traditional instrument in Cuba, having been introduced by Chinese immigrants during the colonial era. It is known there as trompeta china and is used in some forms of son and carnival music. The trompeta china, a Cuban traditional wind instrument, is actually the Chinese suona, an instrument in the oboe family introduced to Cuba by Chinese immigrants during the colonial period (specifically the late nineteenth century). ...
The American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman often played the suona in his performances, calling it a "musette." This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
In Korea, a similar instrument is called taepyeongso, and in Vietnam similar oboes are called kèn. The hojok, also known as the taepyongso (tae-pyong-so, big peace wind instrument), is a Korean wind instrument that falls into the oboe family. ...
References - Wang, Min (2001). The Musical and Cultural Meanings of Shandong Guchuiyue from the People's Republic of China. Ph.D. Dissertation. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University.
- New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001)
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