china

Question 1

a moon shaped lute with shorter neck and four strings. played with a spectrum, used for accompanying local operas.

Answer 1

YUEQIN

Question 2

a two- stringed fiddle and one of the most popular chinese instrumenr and in small ensembles. or large orchestra and by various ethnic group

Answer 2

ERHU

Question 3

also called as chinese mouth organ and looks like a set of panpipes with 12 to 36bamboo pipes. each pipe if of differnr length with a brass need at the bottom and hole must be blocked to note the sound

Answer 3

SHENG

Question 4

literally ““cloud songs” or “cloud of the songs” this is a set of ten small tuned gongs mounted in a wooden frame.

Answer 4

YUNLUO

Question 5

a four stringed lute with 30 frets and a pear shaped body this instrument has a extremely wide dynamic range and remcirkable expressive power.

Answer 5

PIPA

Question 6

Traditional chinese flute. it can have a membrane over an extra hole to give the characteristic rattle effect. the player plays this by blowing across the mouthpiece and produces the different notes by stopping the six hole found in the rod.

Answer 6

DIZI

Question 7

an ancinet chinese instrument that has an arched surface and a elongated-trapezoid with 13 to 21 strings. its playing range spans three to four octaves.

Answer 7

ZHENG

Question 8

these two bells made of high tin bronze without internal clappers and hemispheric or bottom less gourd like in shape

Answer 8

PENGLING