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Introduction of Chinese Ancient Musical Instruments

The guzheng is an ancient national musical instrument, the structure consists of the panel, goose pillar, strings, front yakuzan, string pegs, tuning box, foot, back yakuzan, side panels, outlets, bottom panels, and stringing holes; the zheng's shape is a rectangular wooden box, the string frame "zheng pillar" (i.e., the goose pillar) can be moved freely, a string, a tone, arranged in a pentatonic scale, and the earliest 25-string zhengs were the most numerous (divided into zhengs for serers). The earliest 25-string zheng for the most (sub-thread for the zheng), the Tang and Song dynasties have strings of thirteen, and then increased to sixteen, eighteen strings, twenty-one strings, etc., the most commonly used specifications for the twenty-one strings; usually before the model of the guzheng with the S163-21, the S on behalf of the S-shaped yue shan, is the Wang Xunzhi and Miao Jinlin *** with the invention of the 163 on behalf of the length of guzheng is about 163 centimeters, the 21 on behalf of the number of strings of the 21 guzheng;

< p>The flute is one of the commonly used transverse-blown woodwind instruments in traditional Chinese music, namely the Chinese bamboo flute, which is generally categorized into the Qu flute in the south and the Bang flute in the north. The flute is often used in Chinese folk music, opera, Chinese folk orchestras, Western symphony orchestras and modern music. Most flutes are made of bamboo, but stone and jade flutes are also available. However, the best raw material for making flutes is still bamboo, because the sound effect of flutes made of this material is the best.

Yangqin, percussive stringed instrument. It is also known as yangqin, playing qin, copper wire qin, fan qin, bat qin, butterfly qin. The yangqin is an essential instrument in the Chinese national band. Whether it is used for solo, accompaniment or ensemble, the sound characteristics of the yangqin can be played to the fullest extent. Yangqin is a stringed instrument commonly used in China, the same family as the piano, the sound has distinctive characteristics, the volume of the grand, strong and soft; slow playing, the sound is like a tinkling spring, fast playing sound is like a gurgling water. Its timbre is bright and clear like a big pearl falling from a jade disk. Extremely rich in expressive power, can be solo, ensemble or for the piano, rap and opera accompaniment, in folk instrumental ensembles and ethnic bands in often act as a "piano accompaniment" role, is indispensable to the main instrument.

The pipa, a traditional East Asian plucked-string instrument, has a history of more than 2,000 years, and the earliest known instrument, the pipa, appeared around the time of the Qin Dynasty in China. The name "pipa" comes from the saying "to push one's hand as a loquat, to lead one's hand as a loquat" (the most basic plucking technique), hence the name "loquat" (pipa). Prior to the Tang Dynasty, pipa was also the generic name given in Chinese to all plucked instruments of the lute family (also known as the lute). The Chinese pipa spread to other parts of East Asia and developed into the current Japanese pipa, Korean pipa and Vietnamese pipa.