What are the traditional Tibetan musical instruments?

Zhamunian is a Tibetan plucked instrument. In Tibetan, "Zhamu" means sound, "Nian" means pleasant to hear, and "Zhamu Year" means piano with pleasant sound.

Eagle flute is a Tibetan characteristic musical instrument, also known as eagle bone flute, named after the carved wing bone. Eagle flute is mainly popular in Tibetan areas of Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan and Gansu provinces.

There are many kinds of Tibetan national musical instruments, such as Zamu Nie and dulcimer. Bowstring instruments include trumpet whiskers, harpsichord, root card, huqin and lyre. Wind instruments include clarinet, bone flute, tuba, horn, suona, brass flute, conch, oral string, bamboo flute and mud flute. Percussion instruments include drums, reba drums, Damma drums, Balang drums, gongs, cymbals, string bells and so on.

Among them, Zamu Nie, Niujiaohu, tuba and clarinet are the most distinctive. Zamuni is a six-stringed instrument, which is said to have a history of 600 ~ 700 years. It is the main accompaniment instrument of folk songs and dances, played and sung by Marceau and Zamuni. Niujiaohu, called "Wang Bi" or "Biyong" in Tibetan, is similar in appearance to Erhu, but the piano tube is a horn, mainly accompanied by Heizi and Zhega. Because of the short bow, all the long notes in the melody are played as homophonic repetitions of eighth notes, and the second or third leaning or double leaning sounds are added to the weak beat, which forms the main characteristics of Heizi music. Clarinet and bone flute spread in pastoral areas.

Clarinet is made of wood, and bone flute is made of eagle leg bone or sheep leg bone. With high range, low volume and sharp voice, it is often used to play pastoral tunes. Tuba, called Tongqin in Tibetan, is made of copper, with a non-porous tube, about 3 meters long, with a big horn at the lower end, which can blow out the pitch and the fifth overtone with a loud volume, and is mostly used for temple fair ceremonies and Tibetan opera music.

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Baidu encyclopedia-Tibetans