The document describes various traditional Chinese and Japanese musical instruments, categorizing them into chordophones, idiophones, aerophones, and membranophones. It highlights notable instruments such as the erhu, pipa, and dizi from China, and the koto, shamisen, and shakuhachi from Japan. Each instrument is briefly described, including its playing technique and purpose in musical ensembles.

1. THE CHORDOPHONE
INSTRUMENTS

2. ERHU
•IS A TWO-STRINGED FIDDLE
INSTRUMENTS WHICH IS
ONE OF THE MOST WELL
KNOWN IN THE HU-QIN
FAMILY . IT IS SOMETIMES
CALLED AS “ CHINESE
VIOLIN”

3. BANHU
IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE
FOLLOWING “BONGHU”,
PANGHU”
IT IS THE LEADING MUSICAL
ACCOMPANIMENT IN BANGZI
BALLADS SPECIFICALLY FOR
LOCAL OPERAS IN CENTRAL
CHINA .

4. PIPA
•THIS INSTRUMENT IS
CREATED FOR
PLUCKING. IT HAS A
SHORT NECK AND IS
MADE OF WOODEN
BELLY.

5. YUEQIN
•IT CAME FROM
RUAN BUT IT HAS
A THINNER SOUND
WITH SHORT NECK
AND FLAT SOUND
BOX.

6. RUAN
•IT IS ALSO KNOWN
AS “CHINESE
GUITAR” AND “
MOON GUITAR
AND IT VARIES IN
SHAPE

7. THE IDIOPHONE
INSTRUMENTS

8. DIZI
• CONSIDERED A
TRADITIONL CHINESE
FLUTE WHICH CAN BE
PLAYED THROUGH
DOUBLE OR TRIPLE
TONGUING AND
FLUTTERED
TONGUING.

9. SHENG
•ONE OF THE
OLDEST CHINESE
INSTRUMENTS
AND IS NAMED
AS” CHINESE
MOUTH ORGAN”

10. XIAO
•ALSO KNOWN AS A
WIND INSTRUMENT
WHICH IS CONSIDERED
AS LONG FLUTE IT IS
PLAYED IN CHINESE
CLASSICAL MUSIC SOLO
MUSIC

11. THE DIFFERENT
CLASSIFICATIONS OF
JAPANESE MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS

12. CHORDOPHONES
•KOTO – A 13 STRING
ZITHER, PLAYED
USING THE THUMB
AND TWO FINGERS
OF THE RIGHT HAND.

13. BIWA
•A SHORT
NECK LUTE
USED TO
ACCOMPANY
PUPPET PLAY
IN GAGAKU
SHAMISEN
A LONG SLENDER THREE
STRING PLUCKED LUTE
COVERED WITH ANIMAL
SKIN

14. WAGON
•A SIX STRING KOTO
OF TRAPEZOIDAL
SHAPE. IT IS USED
AS AN
ACCOMPANIMENT
IN KUNIBURI-NO-
UTANAMAI

15. AEROPHONES

16. RYUTEKI
USED IN KANGEN
ENSEMBLE WHICH
IS A SEVEN HOLED
TRANSVERSE
BAMBOO FLUTE

17. SHAKUHACHI
•A BAMBOO
FLUTE WITH
FOUR FINGER
HOLES

18. SHO
A MOUTHPIECE
ORGAN SIMILAR
TO CHINESE
SHENG

19. HICHIRI
•ANOTHER
INSTRUMENT USED
IN KANGEN WITH A
SEVEN HOLED
DOUBLED-REED
INSTRUMENT MADE
OF BAMBOO.

20. MEMBRANOPHONES

21. SHIMEDAIKO
• A SMALL
JAPANESE
DRUM, PLAYED
WITH A STICK
NAMED “BACHI”

22. TAIKO
ALSO
USED IN
KANGEN

23. KAKKO
• AN
INSTRUMENTS
USED IN
GAGAKU AND
IS MADE UP OF
DEER SKIN

24. SHOKO
•A SMALL GONG
USED ALSO IN
KANGEN
ENSEMBLE . IT
HAS TWO
STROKES FEMALE.