What are the ancient wind instruments?

1, Qu flute

Qu flute, also known as "Ban flute", "city flute" or "tie line flute", is a kind of musical instrument used in the southern kunqu opera accompaniment, because of the abundance of Suzhou, so it is also known as "Su flute". It is a musical instrument used for the accompaniment of southern kunqu and other operas, because it is produced in Suzhou, so it is also known as "Su flute".

2, three strings

Three strings: also known as "strings", the traditional Chinese plucked instruments, other ethnic minorities also have a similar three-stringed instruments. The handle is very long, the speaker box square, both sides of the skin, three strings, side hold in the arms to play. The sound is rough and bold.

It can be used for solo, ensemble or accompaniment, and is commonly used in folk instrumental music, opera music and rap music. The modern sanxian is improved on the basis of the traditional sanxian, and the big sanxian is divided into 60-type and 80-type big sanxian, which were successfully developed in 1960 and 1980 respectively, hence the name.

3, pipa

Pipa, is the first seat of plucked instruments, plucked-string type stringed instruments. Wooden, half-pear-shaped speaker, 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".

The pipa is an important national musical instrument that can be played as a soloist, accompanist, accompaniment or ensemble, and is held vertically, with the strings pressed by the left hand and played with the five fingers of the right hand. 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.

4, suona

Suona's tone is bright and loud, the body of the suona is made of wood, conical, the upper end of the brass tube with a whistle, the lower end of a brass trumpet mouthpiece (known as a bowl), so commonly known as the horn. In Taiwan, it is known as the drum blow; in Guangdong, it is also known as the tic-tac, which is one of the "eight tones" of Guangdong.

5, sheng

Sheng, is China's ancient reed instrument, generally made of thirty-six bamboo tubes of different lengths, used to play. It consists of three parts: sheng reed, sheng flute and sheng bucket, and the vibration of the sheng reed causes the air inside the sheng flute to vibrate and pronounce the sound.

The thirty-seven reed soprano sheng is often used in bands. In traditional instrumental music and kunqu, the sheng is often used as an accompaniment to other wind instruments such as the flute and suona, adding pure fourths or fifths to the melody. In modern Chinese orchestras, the sheng can play the role of melody or accompaniment.