What kinds of sheng are there?

The sheng is generally divided into the northern sheng (round bucket) and the southern sheng (square bucket) with the northern sheng is more common, skills and expressive and so on slightly better than the southern sheng;

The traditional sheng is generally 13, 17 or 19 reeds, and after improvement there are 21, 24, 26, 36, 37, 42 reeds and so on.

17 19 12 14 26 37 belongs to the north sheng, 36 38 42-reed keyed sheng is the basis of the evolution of the south sheng;

(36-reed keyed sheng there are two kinds of sheng, a kind of round sheng, a kind of square sheng, the common most for the square sheng);

Modern Chinese orchestras mostly use thirty-six-reed keyed sheng instead of the traditional sheng, with a soprano sheng, an alto sheng, a tenor sheng and a bass sheng, and its range is as follows:

The modern Chinese orchestra uses thirty-six-reed keyed sheng instead of traditional sheng. The ranges are as follows:

Soprano sheng (36 reeds): G3-F?6 (C4 = alto C);

Alto sheng (36 reeds): C3-B5;

Tenor sheng (36 reeds): G2-F?5;

Bass sheng (36 reeds): C2-F?5;

Bass sheng (36 reeds): C2-F?5;

Bass sheng (36 reeds): C2-F?5;

Bass sheng (36 reeds): C2-G4;

The traditional sheng is sounded by pressing a finger through a hole, while the twenty-four-reed sheng and above are keyed to open holes for certain tones.

The key sheng has keys on all the sheng seedlings, and one finger can press multiple keys, among which the 42-reed sheng also has a linking key design, which can be used to play complex chorus;

The key sheng has a wider range of tones and full chromaticism, which is more suitable for ensembles, while the traditional sheng has a tonal division, and usually does not have full chromaticism (except for the 37-reed sheng), but it is more ornate and more expressive, which is more suitable for solo performance, and is also more suitable for solo performance, which is more suitable for solo performance, and more suitable for solo performance. The sheng solos are mostly written for the traditional sheng, but in recent years, the proportion of key sheng solos has been increasing.