Musical instruments of China

1. silk
These are instruments that have strings made of silk.

A. PLUCKED

a. chin

Has 7 strings made of silk.

b. se

Zither made of 25 strings with movable bridges.

c. pipa
Pear-shaped fretted lute with 4 strings over raised bamboo frets.

d. Yue qin
4-stringed lute shaped like a moon.

e. guzheng

Plucked half-tube zither with movable bridges and 21 strings.

B. BOWED

a. erhu
2-stringed fiddle with a bow.

b. gehu
A string fiddle bowed instrument with a round tubular body.

c. tiqin
A 2-stringed instrument used in Kungu, Chaozhou and Taiwanese music

C. STRUCK

a. yangqin
A hammered zither where strings are struck with two small bamboo beaters. Its shape is trapezoid with 5 to 6 bridges.

2. bamboo
Mainly composed of aerophones or blown instruments made of bamboo.

a. hsiao
End-blown flute made from a smooth bamboo.

b. ti

A transverse flute. Its tip is made from an ivory.

c. Suona
Double reed instrument that is commonly used as an accompaniment in Beijing opera.

d. dizi
Transverse bamboo flute with buzzing membrane.

3. wood

These are percussion instruments made from wood.

a. muyu
Made from mulberry wood that is shaped like a fish.

b. paiban
A clapper made from flat pieces of hardwood.

4. stone
This group of instrument comprises the various forms of stone chimes.

a. bianqing
A rack of stone tablets that are hung by ropes from a wooden frame and struck using a mallet

5. metal
These are percussion instruments made from metal or bronze.

a. bianzhong
Bronze bells that are hung in a wooden frame and struck with a mallet.

b. yun-lo
Another metal percussion instrument with small gongs struck with a small beater.

6. clay
These are instruments made of clay soil.

a. xun
A Chinese vessel flute. An ocarina made of baked clay or ceramic.

b. fou

A clay pot used as a percussion instrument.

7. gourd
These are instruments created from hardwood.

a. sheng
A 17-piped instrument used to accompany folk songs.

b. hulusi
A free reed wind instrument with 3 bamboo pipes which pass through a gourd wind chest.

8. hide/pigskin
These are Chinese percussion instruments made from cowhead or pigskin.

a. bangu
25cm drum made from a thick piece of wood. Its drumhead is made f pigskin or cowhead.

b. tangu
A barrel drum. It is covered with 2 drumheads made from pigskin or cowhead.

c. Chaozhou dagu
Large drum which is played with two sticks.

Chinese Instruments-Philippine instruments

Yun-lo

A set of kulintang

Yue qin

buktot

c. Chaozhou dagu

dabakan

tumpong dizi

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