In ancient China, "Eight Tones" refers to musical instruments made of eight materials.

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

"Gold" refers to musical instruments made of metal, such as chimes. "Stone" refers to a musical instrument made of stone or jade, such as Qing. "Earth" refers to musical instruments made of clay, such as "Yi" and "Yi". "Leather" is an instrument made of animal skins, such as drums.

"Silk" refers to musical instruments made of silk strings, such as Qin, Qin, etc. "Bamboo" refers to musical instruments made of bamboo, such as, pool; "Mi" refers to musical instruments made of gourd, such as sheng and fu. "Wood" refers to wooden musical instruments.

Bells, bells, etc. Belongs to gold, chimes, etc. Belongs to stones, drums, etc. Belongs to leather, harp, etc. It belongs to silk, cymbals and cymbals. Belongs to wood, sheng, cymbals, etc. Belongs to bamboo.

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Folk musical instruments related to eight tones:

1 Eight Music Concert in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province. The musical instruments used are pipe, suona, sea flute, sheng, flute, drum, small drum, large cymbal, small cymbal, big gong and cloud gong.

2. Guangxi Zhuang Longlin Eight-tone Band uses eight kinds of musical instruments, namely: a pair of flutes, one for Gao Hu and Erhu, one for a small three-string, one for gong, drum and cymbal.

3. The eight tones of Zhuang nationality in Yongning, Nanning are mainly composed of big suona, small suona, five-hole flute, gong, drum, cymbal and Zhuang music drum.

4. Hainan Eight Tones, popular in Hainan, originated from tidal music. They are named after the use of eight musical instruments, namely: Xian (erhu, coconut palm), Qin (Qin Yue, dulcimer, Sanxian), Di (suona), Guan (long and short throat), Di (horizontal flute, straight flute, hole flute), Gong and drum.

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