Types of sheng

The traditional sheng is generally thirteen, seventeen and nineteen springs, but it has twenty-one, twenty-four, twenty-six, thirty-six, thirty-seven and forty-two springs after improvement.

Traditional sheng uses his fingers to press the hole to control the sound of that branch pipe. Improved sheng and keys, one finger can control multiple keys, thus controlling more sounds.

Modern Chinese orchestras often use 36-reed sheng instead of traditional sheng, including tenor sheng, tenor sheng, tenor sheng and bass sheng. Their range is as follows:

Treble sheng (36 springs): G3-f? 6(C4= alto c)

Alto sheng (36 springs): C3-B5

Zi Nuosheng (36 Springs): G2-F? five

Bass (36 springs) G4