Chinese Musical Instruments
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Chinese Music and Musical Instruments
Author | : Xi Qiang |
Publsiher | : Shanghai Press |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2011-04-10 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1602201056 |
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With dozens of color photographs and insightful text, Chinese Music and Musical Instruments describes in detail the musical instruments with which a Chinese folk orchestra is equipped and their working and sounding principles. There are as many as a thousand different kinds of musical instruments in China. Only a tiny portion of them are used in an orchestra. The selection of musical instruments for an orchestra depends on how well they complement one another. A Chinese folk orchestra is composed of four sections: wind, plucked, percussion and bowed. This book is also devoted to the description of the development of classical Chinese music and the introduction of some music-related tales of profound significance. Chinese music is a big family composed of various distinctive types of music: Chinese folk music played at weddings, funerals or in festivals an fairs. The religious music played in religious services conducted in Buddhist and Taoist temples. Court music, which reached its zenith during the Tang Dynasty. The scholars' music based on Confucian thinking was the embodiment of the musical life of academia and refined music of this kind is still prevalent in today's society.
Chinese Musical Instruments
Author | : Yuan-Yuan Lee,Sin-yan Shen |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Musical instruments |
ISBN | : UOM:39015048248739 |
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Summoning the Phoenix
Author | : Emily Jiang |
Publsiher | : Shen's Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1885008503 |
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"Poems about children playing Chinese musical instruments and getting ready for a concert are accompanied by factual information about each instrument."--Provided by publisher.
Remarks on Chinese Music and Musical Instruments
Author | : Zhi Meng |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1932 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105042770045 |
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Origins of Chinese Music 2007 Edition EPUB
Author | : Lim SK |
Publsiher | : Asiapac Books Pte Ltd |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 2018-09-21 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 9789812299864 |
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From the early days, musical instruments in China were made from everyday items: hunting tools, trees, bamboo and even bones. During the Zhou dynasty, there were about 70 instruments. Today, there are hundreds. But have you ever wondered how these musical instruments in China came about? Well, in this book, the evolution of Chinese music over the centuries is examined, from prehistoric times, through the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, all the way to our modern times. In addition, the origins and characteristics of specific musical instruments are explored, giving insight in one's understanding of these instruments. Legendary accounts related to historical personalities are also featured, including: * How two phoenixes helped Fuxi, the earliest ancestor of the Chinese, add music to the lives of the people. * How the musical talents of some individuals were so high they could sense evil elements in a piece of music. * How Wangzi Qiao became an immortal from playing the sheng. Indeed, this book holds a treasury of fascinating information and stories pertaining to Chinese musical instruments. This is definitely something any music lover should have in his collection.
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Author | : Wang Chenwei,Wong Samuel,Chow Jun Yi |
Publsiher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 2019-06-25 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9789813233669 |
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The TENG Guide to the Chinese Orchestra is a seminal guide to equip composers, scholars and music enthusiasts worldwide with the necessary knowledge to work with Chinese musical instruments. The INSTRUMENTATION section outlines the history, physical attributes and performance techniques of Chinese musical instruments in detail. It also includes practical scoring advice for composers and reference charts for fingerings and chords. The ORCHESTRATION section contains systematic analyses of score excerpts from Chinese orchestra pieces spanning the last 60 years to demonstrate how Chinese musical instruments work together in an orchestra.
Chinese Music
Author | : Jie Jin |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 2011-03-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521186919 |
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This accessible, illustrated introduction explores the history of Chinese music, an ancient, diverse and fascinating part of China's cultural heritage.
Chinese Musical Instruments
Author | : Alan Robert Thrasher |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105110181133 |
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The Chinese instrumentarium is unquestionably the largest and most diverse of any civilization, ancient or modern. Inscriptions on tortoise shells and cow bones from more than 3000 years ago recorded various instruments including drums, stone chimes, and panpipes. In this volume, Alan R. Thrasher discusses the evolution of Chinese musical instruments, detailing their construction, regional variations, and role in musical accompaniment.