The document discusses traditional Chinese folk music and instruments. It describes several traditional Chinese instruments, including the suona, pipa, erhu, banhu, sheng, guqin, xun, and dizi. It provides details on their construction, use, and cultural significance in Chinese music. The author is traveling in China and exploring traditional Chinese musical instruments.
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IGCSE Music. these are some of the chinese wind instruments
here are the links:
Dizi, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-IYinLD9WU
Xiao, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdpIgrDWd0k
Sheng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7OYBK9E6-U
Guan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD9TNLfCM4w
Suona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOwtigOXPcc
East Asia can be viewed as one of the big four among the generally urban, literate cultural areas of the world. The other three are South Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Around each of these major regional cultures one can find many satellite musical systems known as national forms. In most cases, the fundamental musical concepts of such national forms reflect the basic ideals of the cultural core. For example, the musics of Iran and Egypt are of one family, as are those of France and Sweden or of China and Japan. A possible fifth addition to the “big four” concept is the Southeast Asian musical culture characterized by the use of knobbed gongs. Its documents on music theory from the 18th to the 20th century combine South and East Asian concepts with indigenous insights. Its most distinctive aspects are its instrument types and resulting ensembles and forms.
Using instrument type alone as a measure, it is sometimes possible to note cultural influences and mixtures of the major traditions in smaller units. For example, the physical structure and playing positions of various bowed instruments in mainland Southeast Asia can often mark clearly Chinese influence, as in Vietnam, or Muslim and Chinese forms in confluence, as in the various bowed lutes of courtly ensembles in Cambodia and Thailand. By the same token, the appearance of flat gongs in mainland Southeast Asia shows Chinese connections, while the knobbed gongs clearly stem from Southeast Asian culture proper.
Concepts of music
If one turns to distinctions in musical style, one of the first questions to arise is “What is music?” Two basic definitions will suffice for the present discussion. The first definition is cultural: a sonic event can be called music if the people who use it call it music, regardless of one’s own reaction to it. Similarly, certain events that sound musical to foreign ears are not music culturally if they are not accepted as such by native culture carriers. A good example of such a situation is found in the Middle East, where singing is never allowed in the mosque, though one may hear performances and even buy records of “readings” from the Qurʾān. Such cultural and functional problems of definition seldom arise in East Asian music, and a more neutral definition is appropriate. A sound event may be considered and studied as music if it combines the elements of pitch, rhythm, and loudness in such a way that they communicate emotionally, aesthetically, or functionally on the levels that either transcend or are unrelated to speech communication. Those who have been moved by a love song or a lament can well appreciate some of the implications of such a view of music. When listening to “exotic” music—i.e., that of a tradition outside one’s own background—it is important to remember that such transcendental values are at work for the alien listener as well as for listeners familiar with the particular musical language in use.
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1. Dear Students, I’m off on another amazing adventure. This country is a lot like Japan, there are so many people everywhere. The city has amazing side street stalls. You can buy all different kinds of weird food and the smells are amazing. The country I’m in is covered in rice fields and has a great wall of stone that runs through the entire country like a winding snake. It is so beautiful. There is also lots of music here. Like Japan, the country’s music is based on the Pentatonic scale. Today we are going to explore a few of the traditional musical instruments found here. I sent Miss Fuggle another power point to show you all the wonderful instruments I’ve heard. Can you guess which country I am in? A giant wall runs through this country and you can see it from space People eat lots of rice here The Buddhist religion is the highest practiced religion here. From, Mr Maraca.
4. Traditional music in China is played on solo instruments or in small ensembles of plucked and bowed stringed instruments, flutes, and various cymbals, gongs, and drums.
7. Instruments are traditionally divided into categories based on their material of composition: animal skins, gourd, bamboo, wood, silk, earth/clay, metal and stone.
8. Suona -- A high-pitched reed instrument Pipa -- A four-string lute Erhu -- A two-stringed fiddle Banhu -- A happy and clarion instrument Sheng-- A popular Chinese zither with movable bridges and 16 - 25 strings Guqin – Is more than 3000 years old. Its name literally means ancient, ancient musical instrument. It is a seven stringed zither without bridges. Xun -- A kind of ocarina with similar timbre to human voice
9. Suona Suona, a very expressive reed instrument with a metal bell. It is very popular in China's countryside in funeral, wedding, and other celebrative occasions.
10. Pipa The Pipa is a four-stringed pair-shaped lute. It has two very distinctive sounds, Wen Qu (civil and mild tone) or Wu Qu (martial and fierce tone).
11. Erhu The Erhu is a two-stringed fiddle. It is one of the best-known traditional Chinese music instruments. Its music is very expressive and touching, especially when you feel sad.
12. Banhu Banhu is a lot like the Erhu but uses a thick wooden board to cover the soundbox instead of snakeskin. It is mainly an accompanying instrument used in operas in North China
13. Guqin Is more than 3000 years old. Its name literally means ancient, ancient musical instrument. It is a seven stringed zither without bridges.
14. Xun This instrument is 7000 years old. It is a very old earthen instrument and when played, sounds a lot like a deep human voice. It is played when someone dies because it emits a very distant and primitive feeling.
15. Dizi The dizi is a major Chinese musical instrument, and is widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, Chinese opera, and the modern Chinese orchestra. Traditionally, the dizi has also been popular among the common people, because it is simple to make and easy to carry. It is made out of lightweight, light coloured bamboo and had a soft quiet tone.
