The sound of gold vibrated and the drum tuned. The drum is divided into eight
classes, and the music has its origin. Since ancient times, China has been a
very developed country. The instruments are divided into eight categories
according to the different materials they make: gold, stone, earth, leather,
silk, wood, earth, bamboo, and so on. During the three thousand years to the
beginning of the qing dynasty, China used the "octophone" system.
Gold: the bell, the ancient
percussion instrument, was popular in the Bronze Age. The clock is not only an
instrument, but also a symbol of status and power. The royal nobles were
employed in various kinds of ceremonies, feasts and daily life. The positive
drum and the side drum of the percussion clock can have two frequencies, which
are usually three degrees. The middle and late period of the spring and autumn
period were composed of nine groups. On the basis of the western zhou dynasty,
the sound of the contralto and the quotient were added. In these two sounds, the
pitch of the drum is a third degree of variation. In order to make a full
pentatonic scale, the entire sound column can be composed of six or seven tones.
Stone: stone, the oldest stone
percussion instrument and sacrificial instrument in the history of China. The
material is mainly limestone, followed by qingshi and jade. All of them are made
in the form of a Chinese. The size and size vary. The beams are made of copper
and have a single-sided double structure, and the beams are round. The pillar
and the base of the beast form the dragon, the neck of the crane, the bird body,
the turtle foot. The modelling is strange, make delicate and firm. There are
many kinds of "stone", such as "jade, iron, bronze,", "qing, sheng, song, song,"
etc. Each kind of chime, roughly, is made of a single piece of stone or iron
with 16 pieces. It is because of the difference between the thickness and
thickness of a stone or iron plate.
Silk: various string
instruments, because the old strings are made of silk. There are the qin, the
serb, the building, the pipa, the harp, and the konghou
Bamboo: bamboo to play Musical
Instruments, flute, flute, pipe, tube, etc.
Flute: the Chinese
bamboo flute is divided into the southern flute and the bangs of the north. The
flute is used in the Chinese folk music, the opera, the Chinese national
orchestra, the western symphony orchestra and the modern music, which is one of
the representatives of music in China. In the national band, the flute is an
important sounding instrument, known as the "king of folk music".
Xiao , which is divided into two
kinds of pipes and pipes, is a very ancient Chinese musical instrument.
It has a long history, soft and soft,
quiet and elegant, suitable for solos and recitals.
It is usually made of bamboo and the
holes are in the upper end. The number of "sound holes" is divided into six
kongpipes and eight kongpipes. The press of six kong pipes is the first five and
eight kongxiao is the first seven. Kongxiao is the product of modern
improvement.
The fruit of the plant of the gourd.
The instrument of the gourd is the sheng.
Sheng: is Chinese han nationality
ancient wind instruments, it is the first to use free reed instruments in the
world, sheng blow holes within the reed instruments of reed instruments, is the
ancestor of most existing reed instruments in the world. The pronunciation is
clear, elegant, the sound quality is soft, the singing is strong, has the
Chinese folk color
Earth: pottery instruments, pottery,
clay, pottery, etc I: well, it is the most common
instrument of the han nationality. It occupies an important position in the
history of primitive art in the world. The origins of the festival are related
to the labor production activities of the han ancestors, which were originally
created to lure prey by imitating the sounds of birds and animals. After the
development of the society, it evolved into a simple instrument and gradually
increased the sound hole to develop melodic instruments that could play tunes.
Leather: mainly the drums, with the drums and the drum.
Wooden class: it is very rare now.
There are various kinds of wooden drums, different kinds, and chuk. Yu is the
ancient percussion and shape fighter shaped, crouching on the sawtooth thin
board, splitting into rhizome with one end of the bamboo tube, inverse the
sawtooth pronunciation, for the end of the music. Used in the court of all
dynasties. Chuk is an ancient percussion instrument, such as a square wooden
box, which is narrow in width, and is struck by a vertebral (wooden stick) in
the inner wall, indicating that the music is about to begin. Used in the court
of all dynasties.