Traditional Chinese musical instruments comprise a wide range of string, wind, and percussion instruments. Traditionally, they were also classified according to the materials used in their construction.

The Eight Sounds (八音)

The eight classifications are: silk, bamboo, wood, stone, metal, clay, gourd and hide. There are other instruments which may not fit these classifications. Silk weaver Silk is a natural protein fibre, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. ... This article is about the plant. ... Trunks A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood is derived from woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs. ... The rocky side of a mountain creek near Orosí, Costa Rica. ... Hot metal work from a blacksmith In chemistry, a metal (Greek: Metallon) is an element that readily forms positive ions (cations) and has metallic bonds. ... The Gay Head cliffs in Marthas Vineyard are made almost entirely of clay. ... A gourd is a hollow, dried shell of a fruit in the Cucurbitaceae family of plants. ... Rawhide is a hide or animal skin that has not been exposed to tanning and thus is much lighter in color than treated animal hides. ...

Silk (絲)

Silk instruments are mostly string instruments (including plucked, bowed, and struck). Since the very beginning, the Chinese have used silk for strings, though today metal or nylon are more frequently used. Instruments in the silk category include: A string instrument (also stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ...

Plucked

• Guqin (Chinese: 古琴; pinyin: gǔqín) - Seven-stringed zither
• Se (Chinese: 瑟; pinyin: sè) - 25 stringed zither with moveable bridges (ancient sources say 13, 25 or 50 strings)
• Guzheng (古箏) - 16-26 stringed zither with movable bridges
• Konghou (箜篌) - Chinese harp (much like a Western one)
• Pipa (琵琶) - 4 or 5 stringed pear-shaped lute
• Sanxian (三弦) - A plucked lute with body covered with snakeskin and long fretless neck
• Ruan (Chinese: 阮; pinyin: ruǎn) - Moon-shaped lute in five sizes: gaoyin-, xiao-, zhong-, da-, and diyin-
• Liuqin (柳琴) - A small plucked lute with a pear-shaped body and four strings
• Yueqin (月琴) - A plucked lute with a wooden body, a short fretted neck, and four strings tuned in pairs
• Qinqin (秦琴) - A plucked lute with a wooden body and fretted neck
• Duxianqin (Traditional Chinese: 獨弦琴; Simplified Chinese: 独弦琴) - A plucked zither with only one string

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Bowed

• Huqin (胡琴) - Family of vertical fiddles
• Erhu (二胡) - Two-stringed fiddle
• Zhonghu (中胡) - Two-stringed fiddle, lower pitch than erhu
• Gaohu (高胡) - Two-stringed fiddle, higher pitch than erhu
• Banhu (板胡) - Two-stringed fiddle with a coconut resonator and wooden face
• Jinghu (京胡) - Two-stringed fiddle, very high pitched, used mainly for Peking Opera
• Erxian (二弦) - Two-stringed fiddle, used in Cantonese, Chaozhou, and nanguan music
• Tiqin (提琴) - Two-stringed fiddle, used in kunqu, Chaozhou, Cantonese, Fujian, and Taiwanese music
• Yehu (椰胡) - Two-stringed fiddle with coconut body
• Daguangxian (大广弦) - Fiddle used primarily in Taiwan and Fujian
• Datong (大筒)
• Datongxian (大筒弦)
• Hexian (和弦) - Large fiddle used primarily among the Hakka of Taiwan
• Huluqin (葫芦琴) - Two-stringed fiddle with gourd body used by the Naxi of Yunnan
• Huluhu (Traditional Chinese: 葫盧胡; Simplified Chinese: 葫芦胡) - Two-stringed fiddle with gourd body used by the Zhuang of Guangxi
• Maguhu (Traditional Chinese: 馬骨胡; Simplified Chinese: 马骨胡; pinyin: mǎgǔhú) - Two-stringed fiddle with horse bone body used bu the Zhuang and Buyei peoples of southern China
• Tuhu (土胡) - Two-stringed fiddle used by the Zhuang people of Guangxi
• Jiaohu (角胡) - Two-stringed fiddle used by the Gelao people of Guangxi, as well as the Miao and Dong
• Sihu (四胡) - Four-stringed fiddle with strings tuned in pairs
• Sanhu (三胡) - A 3-stringed erhu with an additional bass string; developed in the 1970s[1]
• Zhuihu (Traditional Chinese: 墜胡; Simplified Chinese: 坠胡) - Two-stringed fiddle with fingerboard
• Zhuiqin (traditional: 墜琴; simplified: 坠琴) - Two-stringed fiddle with fingerboard
• Leiqin (雷琴) - Two-stringed fiddle with fingerboard
• Dihu (低胡) - Low pitched two-stringed fiddles in the erhu family, in three sizes:
  • Xiaodihu (小低胡) - Small dihu, tuned one octave below the erhu
  • Zhongdihu (中低胡) - Medium dihu, tuned one octave below the zhonghu
  • Dadihu (大低胡) - Large dihu, tuned two octaves below the erhu
• Dahu (大胡) - Another name for the xiaodihu
• Cizhonghu - Another name for the xiaodihu
• Gehu (革胡) - Four-stringed bass instrument, tuned and played like cello
• Diyingehu (低音革胡) - Four stringed contrabass instrument, tuned and played like double bass
• Laruan - Four-stringed bowed instrument modeled on the cello
• Niutuiqin or niubatui (牛腿琴 or 牛巴腿) - Two-stringed fiddle used by the Dong people of Guizhou
• Matouqin (馬頭琴) - Mongolian two-stringed "horsehead fiddle"
• Xiqin (奚琴) - Ancient prototype of huqin family of instruments
• Yazheng (simplified: 轧筝; traditional: 軋箏) - Bowed zither; also called yaqin (simplified: 轧琴; traditional: 軋琴)
• Zhengni (筝尼) - Bowed zither; used by the Zhuang people of Guangxi
• Aijieke (艾捷克) - Four-stringed bowed instrument used in Xinjiang; similar to kamancheh[2]
• Sataer (萨它尔) - A long-necked bowed lute used in Xinjiang

Huqin are a family of instruments used in Chinese music. ... Side view of an erhu. ... Zhonghu The zhonghu (中胡, pinyin: zhōnghú) is a low-pitched Chinese bowed string instrument. ... The gaohu (高胡) is a Chinese bowed string instrument used in playing traditional Guangdong Cantonese music and operas. ... Banhu is a huqin family instrument in China. ... A jinghu (Pinyin: JÄ«ng Hú) is a bowed Chinese instrument used in Beijing Opera. ... The erxian (二弦, lit. ... The tiqin (Chinese: ; pinyin: tíqín) is a name applied to several two-stringed Chinese bowed string instruments in the huqin family of instruments. ... Yehu is a Chinese stringed huqin family instrument used particularly in the South. ... The daguangxian (大广弦; pinyin: dàguÇŽngxián) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. ... The huluhu (traditional: 葫盧胡; simplified: 葫芦胡; pinyin: húlúhú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... The maguhu (馬骨胡; simplified: 马骨胡; pinyin: mÇŽgÇ”hú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as scheme of the Chinese phonetic alphabet... The tuhu (土胡, pinyin: tÇ”hú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. ... The jiaohu (角胡; pinyin: jiÇŽohú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. ... The Gelao people (own name: Klau, Chinese: 仡佬族 Gēlǎozú) are an ethnic group. ... The sihu is a Chinese bowed string instrument with four strings. ... The sanhu (Chinese: 三胡; pinyin: sānhú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument with three strings. ... The zhuihu (坠胡, pinyin: zhùihú; also called zhuiqin or zhuizixian) is a two-stringed bowed string instrument from China. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... The zhuihu (坠胡, pinyin: zhùihú; also called zhuiqin or zhuizixian) is a two-stringed bowed string instrument from China. ... The leiqin is a Chinese bowed string instrument. ... A dadihu (the largest instrument shown), with other Chinese string instruments The dihu (低胡, pinyin: dÄ«hú) is a large bowed string instrument from China. ... The dahu (大胡, pinyin: dàhú) is a large bowed string instrument from China. ... Cizhonghu is the tenor member of the Chinese huqin family of stringed instruments. ... The Gehu is a Chinese instrument developed by Yang Yusen in the 20th century. ... Diyingehu is a bowed Chinese huqin family string instrument. ... The laruan (also called la ruan) is a relatively new Chinese string instrument blending the acoustics of the ruan with that of the Western cello. ... The morin khuur (from the Mongolian: морин хуур) or matouqin (from the Chinese: 馬頭琴) is a chordophone of Mongolian origin whose name translates into horse-head fiddle in English. ... Image:Yaqin. ... The Zhuang (Simplified Chinese: 壮族; Traditional Chinese: 壯族; Hanyu Pinyin: ; own name: BouчcueÅ‹ÑŒ/Bouxcuengh) are an ethnic group of people who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. ... Guangxi (Zhuang: Gvangjsih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西; Traditional Chinese: 廣西; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ«; Wade-Giles: Kuang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangsi), full name Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Zhuang: Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西壮族自治区; Traditional Chinese: 廣西壯族自治區; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ« Zhuàngzú ZìzhìqÅ«) is a Zhuang autonomous region of... Woman playing the kamancheh in a painting from the Hasht-Behesht Palace in Isfahan Persia, 1669 The kamancheh or kamānche (Persian: کمانچه - violinette, Azeri: kamança) is a Persian, Azeri and Armenian instrument similar to a violin. ...

Struck

• Yangqin (揚琴) - Hammered dulcimer of varying strings struck using two bamboo hammers
• Zhu (筑) - Ancient zither, struck or plucked with a stick
• Jiaoweiqin (焦尾琴)

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Bamboo (竹)

Bamboo mainly refers to woodwind instruments, which include:

Flutes

• Dizi (笛子) - Transverse bamboo flute with buzzing membrane
• Xiao (Traditional Chinese: 簫; Simplified Chinese: 箫; pinyin: xiāo) - End-blown flute
• Paixiao (Traditional Chinese: 排簫; Simplified Chinese: 排箫; pinyin: páixiāo) - Pan pipes
• Chi (篪) - Ancient Chinese flute
• Xindi (新笛) - Modern transverse flute with as many as 21 holes
• Dongdi (侗笛)
• Koudi (口笛; pinyin: kǒudí) - Very small transverse bamboo flute

Bangdi The dizi (Chinese: 笛子; Pinyin: dízi), is a Chinese transverse flute. ... Xiao blowing hole (the hole faces away from the player, against the lower lip, when the instrument is played) The xiao (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: hsiao) is a Chinese vertical end-blown flute. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... The paixiao (traditional: 排簫; simplified: 排箫; pinyin: páixiao; also pai xiao, pai-hsiao) is an ancient Chinese wind instrument, a form of pan pipes. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pan pipes (also known as the panflute or the syrinx or quills) is an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the stopped pipe, consisting usually of ten or more pipes of gradually increasing length. ... The koudi (Chinese: 口笛; also spelled kou di) is a very small Chinese flute made from bamboo. ...

Oboes

• Guan (Chinese: 管; pinyin: guǎn) - A cylindrical double reed wind instrument made of either hardwood (Northern China) or bamboo (Cantonese); the northern version is also called guanzi (管子) or bili (traditional: 篳篥; simplified: 筚篥) and the Cantonese version is also called houguan (喉管)
• Suona (Traditional Chinese: 嗩吶; Simplified Chinese: 唢呐) - A double reed wind instrument with a flaring metal bell; also called haidi (海笛)

Guanzi The guan (管; pinyin: guǎn; literally pipe or tube) is a Chinese double reed wind instrument. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as scheme of the Chinese phonetic alphabet... A double reed is a type of reed by means of which the sound is originated in various wind instruments. ... Two Suonas The suona (simplified: 唢呐; traditional: 嗩吶; also called the laba 喇叭 or haidi 海笛) is a Han Chinese shawm (oboe). ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ...

Free reed pipes

• Bawu (Traditional Chinese: 巴烏; Simplified Chinese: 巴乌; pinyin: bāwū) - Side-blown free reed pipe with finger holes
• Mangtong (芒筒; pinyin: mángtǒng) - End-blown free reed pipe producing a single pitch

The bawu (simplified: 巴乌; traditional: 巴烏; pinyin: bāwū; also ba wu) is a Chinese wind instrument. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as scheme of the Chinese phonetic alphabet... The mangtong (芒筒; pinyin: mángtǒng) is a Chinese end-blown free reed wind instrument. ...

Wood (木)

Most wood instruments are of the ancient variety:

• Zhu (Chinese: 柷; pinyin: zhù) - A wooden box that tapers from the bottom, played by hitting a stick on the inside, used to mark the beginning of music
• Yu (Chinese: 敔; pinyin: yǔ) - A wooden percussion instrument carved in the shape of a tiger with a serrated back, played by hitting a stick with an end made of around 15 stalks of bamboo on its head three times and across the serrated back once to mark the end of the music
• Muyu (Traditional Chinese: 木魚; Simplified Chinese: 木鱼; pinyin: mùyú) - A rounded woodblock carved in the shape of a fish, struck with a wooden stick. Often used in Buddhist chanting

Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as scheme of the Chinese phonetic alphabet... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as scheme of the Chinese phonetic alphabet... Wooden fish Image:ManpukujiKaipan. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as scheme of the Chinese phonetic alphabet...

Stone (石)

• Bianqing (Traditional Chinese: 編磬; Simplified Chinese: 编磬; pinyin: biānqìng) - A rack of hung stone tablets struck using a mallet
• Zenghou Yi Bianqing (曾侯乙編磬)

Bianqing (Simplified Chinese: 编磬; Traditional Chinese: 編磬; Pinyin: biān qìng) is an ancient Chinese musical instrument consisting of a set of L-shaped flat stone chimes, played melodically. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as scheme of the Chinese phonetic alphabet...

Metal (金)

• Chuzeng Baizhong (楚曾百鐘) - 100 bronze bells hung on a rack, struck using poles
• Bianzhong (編鐘) - 65 bronze bells hung on a rack, struck using poles
• Fangxiang (Traditional Chinese: 方響; Simplified Chinese: 方响; Hanyu Pinyin: fang1 xiang3; Wade-Giles: fang hsiang) - A set of tuned metal slabs (metallophone)
• Shangnao (商鐃)
• Bo (鈸) - A flat plate of metal struck with a mallet
• Luo (Traditional Chinese: 鑼; Simplified Chinese: 锣; pinyin: luó) - Gong
• Yunluo (Traditional Chinese: 雲鑼; Simplified Chinese: 云罗) - "Cloud gongs" 10 or more small tuned gongs in a frame
• Shimianluo - 10 small tuned gongs in a frame
• Laba (喇叭) - A long, straight trumpet without valves

Bianzhong (編鐘) is an ancient Chinese musical instrument consisting of a set of bronze bells. ... The fangxiang (also fang xiang, fang hsiang; 方响 or 方響 in Chinese, pinyin: fang1 xiang3) is an ancient Chinese metallophone. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin (拼音, Pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... Generally speaking, a metallophone is any musical instrument consisting of tuned metal bars which are struck to make sound, usually with a mallet. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Yunluo (cloud gongs) is a traditional Chinese musical instrument. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ...

Clay (土)

• Xun (Chinese: 塤; pinyin: xūn) - Ocarina made of baked clay
• Fou (Chinese: 缶; pinyin: fǒu) - Clay pot played as a percussion instrument

The xun is a Chinese ocarina made of clay or ceramic. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as scheme of the Chinese phonetic alphabet... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as scheme of the Chinese phonetic alphabet...

Gourd (匏)

• Sheng (Chinese: 笙; pinyin: shēng) - A free reed mouth organ consisting of varying number of bamboo pipes inserted into a gourd chamber with finger holes
• Yu (Chinese: 竽; pinyin: yú) - An ancient free reed mouth organ similar to the sheng but generally larger
• He (Chinese: 和; pinyin: he) - An ancient free reed mouth organ similar to the sheng but smaller
• Lusheng (Traditional Chinese: 蘆笙; Simplified Chinese: 芦笙; pinyin: lúshēng) - A free reed mouth organ with five or six pipes, played by various ethnic groups in southwestern China and neighboring countries
• Hulusi (Traditional Chinese: 葫盧絲; Simplified Chinese: 葫芦丝; pinyin: húlúsī) - A free reed wind instrument with three bamboo pipes which pass through a gourd wind chest; one pipe has finger holes and the other two are drone pipes; used primarily in Yunnan province
• Hulusheng (Traditional Chinese: 葫盧笙; Simplified Chinese: 葫芦笙; pinyin: húlúshēng) - A free reed mouth organ with a gourd wind chest; used primarily in Yunnan province

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Hide (革)

• Daigu - (大鼓) - Large drum
• Huzuo Dagu (虎座大鼓)
• Huzuo Wujia Gu (虎座鳥架鼓)
• Jian`gu (建鼓)
• Paigu (排鼓)

The Chinese pai gu is a set of five tuned drums, traditionally made of wood with leather covers. ...

Others (其他)

• Gudi (骨笛) - An ancient flute made of bone
• Lilie (唎咧) - A reed wind instrument with a conical bore played by the Li people of Hainan
• Lusheng (蘆笙) - A free reed mouth organ with five or six pipes, played by various ethnic groups in southwestern China and neighboring countries
• Kouxian (口弦) - A Jew's harp, made of bamboo or metal

Look up Lilie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Li (黎 pinyin Lí) is a minority Chinese ethnic group. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The lusheng (traditional: 蘆笙; simplified: 芦笙; also spelled lu sheng) is the Chinese name for a musical instrument with multiple bamboo pipes, each fitted with a free reed, which are fitted into a long blowing tube. ... It has been suggested that Morsing be merged into this article or section. ...

Playing contexts

Chinese instruments are either played solo, or collectively in large orchestras (as in the former imperial court) or in smaller ensembles (in teahouses or public gatherings). Normally, there is no conductor in traditional Chinese music, or use of musical scores or tablature whilst in performance. Music was generally learned orally and memorized by the musician(s) beforehand, then played without aid, meaning totally accuracy and teamwork is required. But nowadays, music scores can be used, or a conductor if the number of musicians is large enough for that need.

External links

• Chime A look at ancient Chinese instruments
• Chinese musical instruments (Chinese)
• Chinese Instruments Website (English)
• Chinese musical instruments
• The Musical Instruments E-book

See also

• Music of China
• Yayue
• CHIME Conference