From the development of musical instruments alone, how can we see the differences between the East and the West?

The world is so big that there are always various behavioral and cultural differences between different places in different regions. In China, a big country, there are 56 ethnic groups with ethnic differences. This is a culture, and we have no right to interfere with other people's traditions. We should treat this difference with respect. There is no doubt that China, as a dragon in the East, is quite different from the opposite West in geography and interpersonal communication. Music in a broad sense should be the extension of culture and the crystallization form of the essence bred by culture. Therefore, the differences between Chinese and western music are mainly reflected in cultural differences, which lead to aesthetic differences, musical creation differences, musical concepts differences and musical instrument development differences. Now just look at the differences in the development of musical instruments and you can find the differences between the East and the West.

China's traditional music is dominated by lines, while western classical music pays more attention to harmony. Just like China's paintings and calligraphy pay attention to the art of lines. Due to the differences in the development of musical instruments, China's music is mostly monophonic and melodic, so China's musical instruments are simple in structure, and most of them can't play harmony. Such as flute and erhu. But the simpler the instrument, the longer the artistic conception. China's ink painting is as simple as black ink, but it can change into various forms, such as a simple primitive ceramic instrument, but it can blow out eternal meditation. China national musical instruments, such as pipa, dulcimer, flute and sheng, are many suona instruments? Silk? Bamboo? As a material, it is called the music of bamboo and silk, and it has the musical characteristics of softness, fineness and clarity. Most of these western musical instruments, such as horn, trumpet and saxophone, are made of metal. Western classical music has many parts of harmony, so many musical instruments are very complicated, and the mechanism is fine and complicated. Many of them can play harmony, such as piano and guitar. Therefore, it has rich timbre, wide range and strong expressive force. From the structure and use of this musical instrument, we can see that western culture naturally has an extroverted personality and shows a strong desire to conquer and occupy the outside world. Paying attention to life and pursuing happiness will naturally make China's traditional culture self-satisfied and self-sufficient, and make it have the characteristics of convergence and closure.