Good to learn cold musical instruments

1. Marimba: It is a kind of African xylophone, which puts the wooden keys on top of the *** sounding pipe and beats with the mallets to produce the melody, with a wider range of tones and a mellow sound. The making of a marimba is considered to be one of the most difficult aspects of musical instrument making. (The above piece is a xylophone / marimba performance clip, starting at 35 seconds for the marimba)

2. Satsuma lute: In fact, the lute was introduced to Japan by the Tang Dynasty, but later rummage around and found that the Japanese lute is more than just a musical instrument, so simple, the best Satsuma lute basically with pure mulberry wood, mostly used for display and collection, and is a variety of different, the pattern is very nice.

3. Hu Jia: originated in Qin and Han Dynasties, the earliest Hu Jia was made of reed leaves, with the development of the society, a variety of shapes of Hu Jia appeared in the history, which had been widely spread in the Inner Mongolia area.

4. Aijiek: also known as Harzak, originated from ancient Persia, and then introduced to China through the Silk Road, Aijiek's body is inlaid with a lot of decorations, and the body of the instrument is wrapped with python skin, and the top of it is full of sounding holes, which seems to be very exquisite workmanship, and it is now popular in the Xinjiang region of China.

5. Wudqin: It is said that the Wudqin is the predecessor of the Chinese Pipa and the European Ruthenian. It originated in the Arabian region, but unlike other plucked instruments, the oud does not have a fret on the fingerboard.

Musical instruments are divided into eight categories according to the material they are made of: gold, stone, earth, leather, silk, wood, lagenaria, and bamboo, known as the eight tones.

Musical instruments are divided into four categories: blowing, pulling, playing and singing. Depending on the instrument into groups and spread in the folk ensemble with rituals solo entertainment Ya Ya instrumental rituals of the performance mainly includes two aspects, one is an ensemble, one is a solo.

In traditional Chinese life, most instrumental ensembles are used in folk customs and beliefs ritual activities. Solo in the feudal era is mostly literati to the guqin, pipa, xiao, etc., or in folk occasions by the suona, pipe, flute players for improvisation, compared with the ensemble, the form, the variety is a little less.

References: Top Ten Musical Instruments of Ancient China