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Chinese Wind
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China is very famous for certain
woodwind items, such as the bamboo flute and their version
of 'Pan Pipes' called a Sheng. Here we will provide
details of the most common and popular
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 (This Page)
• Percussion
• Other
Instruments
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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)
Wind Instruments
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| DiZi |
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The dizi is a major Chinese musical
instrument, and is widely used in many genres
of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera,
and the modern Chinese orchestra. Traditionally,
the dizi has also been popular among the Chinese
common people, and it is simple to make and easy
to carry
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| GuanZi |
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The guanzi is a double-reed musical
instrument, which has a very long history. It
developed in ancient Persia (today's Iran). In
ancient China, people called it bili or luguan.
About more than 2,000 years ago, the guanzi had
already been very popular for a time in Northwest
China's Xinjiang region. Later, it was introduced
into the mainland and the performance levels were
greatly improved. Today, northern people frequently
play the guanzi.
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| Sheng |
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Sheng (Mouth Organ) multi-pipe
bamboo instrument with keys and a metal resonating
pot ...
Contemporary form of an ancient Chinese instrument.
21" H x 8" W x 3.5" diameter.
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| Suona |
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The Chinese suona, often called
laba (trumpet), first appeared in the Wei and
Jin period (220-420). It has a penetrating tone
quality, The suona has a passionate and lively
sound, particularly good at imitating the singing
of hundreds of birds.
23.5" H as shown. 6" diameter.
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| Xiao |
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The term dongxiao distinguishes
the instrument as an end-blown notched flute.
The prefix dong can mean "hole" in Chinese.
Xiao players can be seen among pottery figurines
of the Han dynasty and in the tomb brick-wall
paintings of the Wei and Jin period (220-420).
The modern type is often made from a nine joint
black bamboo, has six finger holes, five at
the front and one at the rear, and 2-4 air holes
at the lower end
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