What are the ancient musical instruments

1, guqin

Guqin, also known as yaoqin, jade qin, seven-stringed qin, is a traditional Chinese plucked-string musical instrument, with a history of more than 3,000 years, belonging to the eight tones of silk. The guqin has a wide range of tones, a deep sound, and a long aftertaste.

Ancient records show that Fuxi made the qin, and Shennong made the qin, the Yellow Emperor made the qin, and Tang Yao made the qin; Shun set the qin as a five-stringed instrument, and the King of Wen added a string, and the King of Wu added a string for the seven-stringed instrument; this shows that the culture of the Chinese guqin is of a long and profound history.

More than 3,360 pieces of qin music exist, more than 130 qin scores, and 300 qin songs.

On November 7, 2003, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee declared that the Chinese guqin had been selected as a World Cultural Heritage Site.

The Chinese guqin has been inscribed on the list of China's Intangible Cultural Heritage.

2. Guzheng

Guzheng, also known as Hanzheng, Qinzheng, Yaozheng, and Luanzheng, is a zheng musical instrument among the traditional instruments of the Han Chinese people, and belongs to the plucked instruments. It is one of the unique and important national musical instruments in China. It has a beautiful tone, wide range, rich playing skills, and quite strong expressive power, so it is loved by the general public.

Now there are also small guzhengs, portable guzhengs, mini guzhengs, half guzhengs, new guzhengs, and twelve-mean-tempered guzhengs. The guzheng is an ancient national musical instrument that accompanies China's long culture and grows natively on this fertile yellow land.

The structure consists of a panel, a goose post (also known as a yardstick in some lots), strings, a front yakuzan, string pegs, a tuning box, a foot, a back yakuzan, a side plate, a sound outlet, a bottom plate, and a string piercing hole.

3, pipa

Pipa, is the first seat of plucked instruments, plucked-string stringed instruments. Made of wood or bamboo, the speaker is half pear-shaped, mounted on the four strings, the original is made of silk, now more steel wire, steel rope, nylon. Neck and panel set to determine the pitch of the "phase" and "product". It is an important national musical instrument that can be played solo, accompanied by accompaniment, repertoire and ensemble, with the left hand pressing the strings and the five fingers of the right hand playing.

The pipa is a traditional East Asian plucked instrument with a history of more than 2,000 years. The earliest known instrument, the pipa, appeared in China around the time of the Qin Dynasty. The word "jue" in the word "pipa" means "two pieces of jade touching each other, making a pleasant clanking sound," indicating that it is a musical instrument that produces sound by touching the strings of the instrument.

4, flute

The flute is an ancient Han Chinese musical instrument, and it is also the most representative of the Han Chinese musical instruments with the most national characteristics of the wind instrument. One of the commonly used horizontal blowing woodwind instruments in traditional Chinese music, Chinese bamboo flute, generally divided into the southern flute, the northern bang flute and in between the two alto flute. The range can generally reach two octaves more than two.

The flute is often used in Chinese folk music, opera, Chinese folk orchestra, Western symphony orchestra and modern music. In folk orchestras, the flute is a pivotal wind instrument and is treated as a representative of folk wind music.

Most flutes are made of bamboo, but there are also stone flutes, jade flutes and flutes made of mahogany, and bone flutes in ancient times. However, the best raw material for making flutes is still bamboo, because bamboo flutes have better sound effects and are cheaper to make.

5, xiao

Xiao, divided into the hole xiao and qin xiao, are single-barreled, vertical blowing, is a very old Han Chinese wind instrument. Long history of the xiao, sound mellow and soft, quiet and elegant, suitable for solo and repertoire.

It is generally made of bamboo, and the blowhole is at the upper end. According to the number of holes, it is divided into six holes and eight holes. The six-hole blowjob has five holes in the front and one in the back, while the eight-hole blowjob has seven holes in the front and one in the back. The eight-hole xiao is a product of modern improvement.

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