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This page is devoted to any
Chinese musical instruments that don't really fit in
any other category. These include ones made of clay,
bone, and rocks
Our main information resource remains the very reliable
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_traditional_Chinese_musical_instruments
which is complimented by many others, as referenced
below
For ease of reference we have divided Chinese instruments
into four main categories:
• Strings
• Bowed
and 2-stringed
• Other
Strings, Lutes and Zithers
• Wind
• Percussion
• Other Instruments (This Page)
Free music samples and downloads Comply with International
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Rights.
Note: Spelling
Most Chinese instruments are written as two Chinese
characters (Mandarin). Pinyin is a standard way to write
these characters in English. The Chinese would write
these as one English word in lower case. Westerners
tend to Capitalise the words. Other Western spellings
sometimes exist, especially changing 'qin' to 'ching'
etc. We use the standard letters as approved by Beijing,
and generally Capitalised the first letters of both
Chinese words (For correct syntax)
Other Instruments
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The qing is made of stone, and
is one of the oldest ethnic musical instrument.
It is designed finely, and carries with it an
ancient flavour. In the far ancient society when
the female played the leading role (matriarchal
society), this instrument was called shi and minqiu,
meaning stone and ringing ball respectively. At
that time, people lived on fishing. They enjoyed
themselves after the labour work by dressing themselves
in the images of wild beasts, dancing and knocking
on the stones.
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| Xun |
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The xun is one of the oldest musical
instruments in China, with a history of approximately
7,000 years.
The earliest xun was made of stone or bones, but
later it became earthen. Also, the forms varied
in many ways. For example, it could be shaped
like a ball, a pear, a fish, or a flat circle
or ellipse.
The xun is an egg-shaped, windpipe instrument.
Initially it had only one hole, but afterwards
it gained more holes. Finally at the end of
the 3 century BC a six-holed model appeared.
Please visit our new Xun page wich offers a full
description with pictures, and many tracks for
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dozen instruments to add to this category, but are waiting
and/or searching for Copyright permissions for reproduction
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Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_traditional_Chinese_musical_instruments
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