China's top ten ethnic musical instruments

Pipa

The pipa, known as the "King of Plucked Musical Instruments", is a plucked-string instrument. Earlier instruments called "pipa" appeared around the Qin Dynasty in China, and the word "jue" in the word "pipa" means "two jades touching each other, making a pleasing sound", indicating that the sound of the two jades touching each other is the same as that of the pipa. The word "jue" in the Chinese character "pipa" means "two pieces of jade touching each other, making a pleasing sound," indicating that it is a musical instrument that produces sound by touching the strings of the instrument. The pipa is played with the left hand holding the strings and the five fingers of the right hand playing the strings, and is an important national instrument that can be played as a soloist, accompanist, accompaniment, or in an ensemble.

Erhu

Erhu began in the Tang Dynasty, called "Xiqin," has a history of more than a thousand years. "The huqin system such as fire do not think, roll Gu dragon head, two strings with a bow for the bow of the string to the horse's tail" further elaborates the production principle of the huqin. In modern times, the huqin was renamed the erhu. Erhu is composed of (barrel, skin, shaft, axle, strings, bow, jack, code, piano bracket, sound pads).

Chimes

China was an early manufacturer and user of musical bells. Chimes were cast in bronze, and consisted of flat round bells of different sizes arranged in the order of pitch, hung on a huge bell frame, and struck with a wooden hammer in the shape of a dingzhi and a long rod, respectively, to play a beautiful musical piece.

Guzheng

It is one of China's unique and important national musical instruments. It has a beautiful tone, a wide range, rich playing skills, and a strong expressive power. The zheng is often used for solo performance, repertoire, instrumental ensemble and the accompaniment of songs, dances, operas and operas, and it is called the "King of Music" and the "Oriental Piano" because of its wide sound range and beautiful tone.

Flute

The flute, a wind instrument, is the oldest Han Chinese musical instrument found so far, but also the more representative of the Han Chinese musical instruments more national characteristics of the wind instrument. In the national band, the flute is a pivotal wind instrument, is treated as a representative of the national wind music, known as "the king of folk music flute sound crisp and pleasant, can be said to be a flute rhyme long, blowing all kinds of flavor.

Blowjob

"Today's blowjob tube, is the ancient flute, the cloud party is the ancient xiaojiao cloud xiao, xiao, xiao also." The xiao has a long history, it is generally made of bamboo, blowhole in the upper end. The xiao is suitable for playing low and gentle tunes, sending quiet and distant reverie, and expressing delicate and rich emotions. It is quiet and elegant, and has a rich aftertaste, and it is hard to find a soulmate to be intoxicated by it.

Qin

The qin was invented in the Fuxi era. In ancient times, people's cultural cultivation is expressed by the four talents of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting playing the qin is the first of the four talents. The qin, like other musical instruments such as the flute and the xiao, can be appreciated for its musical sound through a wall.

Ocarina

The ocarina is one of China's older wind instruments, with a history of about 7,000 years. In the beginning, it was probably made by the ancestors to imitate the sound of birds and animals to trap the prey. Later, with the progress of society, it evolved into a simple musical instrument, and gradually added sound holes to develop into a melodic instrument that can play tunes.

Sheng

Sheng, thirteen reeds like the body of the phoenix. The sheng is the sound of the first month of the lunar calendar, and it is called the sheng because it is born in the first month of the lunar calendar. The sheng, a reed instrument of Chinese origin, is one of the earliest instruments in the world to use the free reed. In traditional instrumental music and kunqu, the sheng is often used as an accompaniment to other wind instruments such as the flute and the snare. In modern Chinese orchestras, the sheng can play the role of melody or accompaniment.

Drums

The drum is a traditional percussion instrument in China. In the very early legend, there were already "earth drums", i.e., drums made of clay, at the time of the "Yi Shi". Because the drum has a good **** sounding effect, the sound of the sound is very far away, so very early by the Chinese ancestors as the army on the power of the use.