What are the ancient "eight tones" of musical instruments?

China's ancient gold, stone, silk, bamboo, Lagenaria, soil, leather, wood refers to the eight kinds of materials for manufacturing musical instruments.

Second, from the "Records of the Grand Historian - Five Emperors' Chronicles": "Poetry, song, long words, sound, according to Yong, the law and the sound, the eight tones can be harmonized, do not take away from each other, the gods and men to and."

Third, the interpretation: poetry is to express the inner feelings, song is to use extended syllables to sing poetry, the height of the music should be matched with the content of the song, but also with the standard meter to make the music harmonious. The voices of the eight instruments should be harmonized and not interfere with each other, so that the realm of harmony between man and God can be achieved through music.

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Differences in the Various Eight Voices

I. The Eight Buddhist Voices

The eight voices peculiar to Buddhism, namely, the supremely good voice, the soft voice, the sound of harmony, the voice of honor and wisdom, the voice of non-femininity, the voice of no mistake, the voice of profundity, the voice of no rest.

Two, Zhenlong eight sounds

Zhenlong eight sounds is widely popular in the south of China's one of the oldest music, is folk music. That is, the string (erhu), zither (yueqin, yangqin, three-stringed), flute (suona), pipe (long, short pipe), xiao (horizontal xiao, straight xiao, hole xiao), gongs, drums, cymbals, eight kinds.

Three, Zhanjiang, Guangdong Anpu Banyin

Anpu music enthusiast Li Yuanming showman of the ancient "Banyin" to rectify and innovate, the use of local characteristics of ethnic instruments: Zi bells, small cymbals, a pair of small buckle gongs, wooden fish, Qingpan, brake plate, snare drums, a horizontal xiao, hole xiao, a large tube each, the gaohu, The second string, three strings, pipa each 1 frame, the coconut hu, sinking hu each 2 frames, the moon zither, Qin Qin each 2 frames, * * * 22 pieces, and then the music of the local traditional folk music tunes "spring", "small peach red", "waves of sand" and so on to concerto.

Four, Lechang Banyin

Ming and Qing dynasties were prevalent in Guangdong Lechang, Hunan Rucheng and other places, especially during the Republic of China. The so-called "eight sounds", that is, eight people were holding small gongs, gongs, drums, cymbals, erhu, flutes or pipes, suona, etc., and they played a variety of roles to pull their own, play, sing a form of performance singing.