Please talk about the timbre characteristics of Sheng and Sanxian.

Features? Briefly speaking, my understanding is that our department does have these two majors, but I have not studied them.

One is wind music.

Sheng is composed of several bamboo tubes and copper reeds, and its timbre and played sound are particularly infectious. It is a soft sound produced by the vibration of air flowing through its reeds. This instrument is characterized by different effects obtained by different playing control techniques, and the contrast between strength and weakness is particularly obvious ... and so on.

One is a string

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Sanxian, also known as Heizi, is a traditional plucked instrument in China. The handle is very long, the speaker is square, with covers on both sides and three strings, which are played in your arms. The timbre is rough and bold. Can be solo, ensemble or accompaniment, widely used in national instrumental music, opera music and rap music.

As early as 2 14 BC, Qin Shihuang recruited Li people to build the famous Great Wall in Wan Li after the six countries were unified. In order to reduce the heavy labor, people of all ethnic groups in northern China once converted a small drum with a handle into a round, leather-covered, long-handled and removable musical instrument, which was called "Qi Xian" at that time. This is the predecessor of Sanxian, which was first used in the army in the northern frontier. Mao Qiling's "West River Thorn" in Qing Dynasty: "Sanxian originated in Qin Dynasty, but it was deformed and easy to sound because of the 30-drum system, so it was called drum. There were many musicians in the Tang Dynasty, but the world thought it was Le Hu, but it wasn't.

The name "Sanxian" appeared in Cui's Jiao Fangji in the Tang Dynasty, but its type is unknown, and there is no Sanxian in the top ten poems of the Tang Dynasty. Sanxian in Yuan Dynasty was widely spread in the Central Plains, and it was the main accompaniment instrument of Yuan Qu. It was called Xiansuo at that time. In the poem "Harmony in Northwest Room" written by Shen Yuanqu, a master of Wang Yuan in Qing Dynasty, Sanxian was used as an accompaniment instrument.

There are three-stringed musical figures in the stone carvings unearthed from Luojiaqiao Tomb in Guangyuan, Sichuan, musical figurines playing three-stringed musical figures in fengcun Golden Tomb in Jiaozuo, Henan, and three-stringed musical figures in Yuan Tomb Mural in Fujiatun, Lingyuan, Liaoning, indicating that the three-stringed musical instrument has been widely spread throughout the country in the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

I prefer the former instrument myself, of course, only myself.

I hope the answer is satisfactory.