What is octave?

Eight tones refer to eight musical instrument materials: gold, stone, earth, leather, silk, bamboo, wood and wood.

Eight tones are also the general name of ancient musical instruments in China. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, musical instruments at that time were divided into eight categories according to their materials: gold, stone, earth, leather, silk, wood and bamboo. Eight tones was originally a title in ancient books, first seen by master Li Zhou Guan Chun, and then gradually absorbed by various folk customs and religions. Eight tones with Buddhism, Lechang, musical instruments and Zhenlong are an important part of China's long-standing traditional culture and an important symbol of the history of temperament.

In ancient China, there was a method to classify musical instruments according to their materials, which was called "eight-tone classification". The use of this musical instrument was strictly controlled in ancient times. This also formed the ritual and music civilization that appeared in Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties and had a great and far-reaching influence on the development history of Chinese civilization for thousands of years. The existence of the system of rites and music also laid the foundation for the traditional culture of China.

Musical instrument octave:

"Eight tones" also refers to folk musical instruments. For example, the musical instruments used in the Eight Music Clubhouse in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province, include pipes, suona, sea flute, sheng, Xiao, Tang drum, small drum, large cymbals, big gongs and cloud gongs. Guangxi Zhuang Longlin Bayin Band uses eight musical instruments: a pair of flutes (flutes), a Gao Hu and an erhu, a small sanxian, a gong, a drum and a cymbal. Nanning Yongning Zhuang Eight Tones are mainly composed of big suona, small suona, five-hole flute, gong, drum, cymbal and Zhuang music drum.

Hainan Eight Tones, which is popular in Hainan, originated from Chaozhou music and got its name because of using eight musical instruments, namely: stringed instruments (erhu, coconut palm), harp (Qin Yue, dulcimer and sanxian), flute (suona), pipe (long and short throat), flute (horizontal flute, straight flute and cave flute), gong, drum and flute. The musical instruments used in the Yi people's eight tones are erhu, a pair of round flutes (without membranes), ox horn Hu, Wu Kui (small gong), drums and cymbals.

The eight tones of the Gelao nationality, also known as the Eight Immortals, are played by erhu, a pair of flutes and five cymbals, gongs, drums and cymbals.