China Instruments Flashcards
a moon-shaped lute with shorter neck
and four strings, played with a spectrum,
used for accompanying local operas.
Yueqin
a four-stringed lute with 30 frets and a pear-shaped body.
Pipa
This instrument has an extremely wide dynamic range and
remarkable expressive power.
Pipa
a two- stringed fiddle and one of the most popular
Chinese instruments.
Erhu
It is used as a solo instrument as well
as in solo ensembles or large orchestra, and by various
ethnic groups.
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Erhu
literally “cloud gongs” or “cloud of gongs”.
Yunluo
The —— is a
set of ten small tuned gongs mounted in a wooden frame.
Yunluo
The gongs
are generally of equal diameter but different thickness.
Yunluo
The thicker
gongs produce a higher pitch.
Yunluo
Each pipe is of different length with a brass reed at
the bottom and a hole that must be blocked in order for the note to sound.
Sheng
also called as Chinese mouth organ and looks like a set of panpipes
with 12 to 36 bamboo pipes.
Sheng
is the traditional Chinese flute.
Dizi
It can have a
membrane over an extra hole to give the characteristic rattle
effect.
Dizi
The plater plays the —— by blowing across the
mouthpiece and produces the different notes by stopping
the six holes found in the rod.
Dizi
an ancient Chinese instrument that
has an arched surface and an elongated trapezoid
with 13 to 21 strings stretched over individual bridges.
Zheng
