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A Pasi gong is a medium-size gong 12 to 15 inches (30 to 38 cm) in size, with a loud crashing sound. It is used traditionally to announce the start of a performance, play or magic. It is used traditionally to announce the start of a performance, play or magic.
The Six Healing Sounds or Liù Zì Jué (六字訣) is one of the common forms of Chinese qigong, and involves the coordination of movement and breathing patterns with specific sounds. History [ edit ]
Female performer with five-gong yunluo, from Chinese engraving. The yunluo (simplified: 云锣; traditional: 雲鑼 pinyin: yúnluó, [y̌nlu̯ɔ̌]; literally "cloud gongs" or "cloud of gongs"), is a traditional Chinese musical instrument. [1] It is made up of a set of gongs of varying sizes held within a frame.
The Oriental riff and interpretations of it have been included as part of numerous musical works in Western music. Examples of its use include Poetic Tone Pictures (Poeticke nalady) (1889) by Antonin Dvořák, [6] "Limehouse Blues" by Carl Ambrose and his Orchestra (1935), "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas (1974), "Japanese Boy" by Aneka (1981), [1] [4] The Vapors' "Turning Japanese" (1980 ...
Xiaoluo (小锣) – a small flat gong whose pitch rises when struck with the side of a flat wooden stick; Yueluo (月锣) – small pitched gong held by a string in the palm of the hand and struck with a small stick; used in Chaozhou music; Jingluo (镜锣) – a small flat gong used in the traditional music of Fujian
In Chinese mythology, Ling Lun is said to have created bamboo flutes which made the sounds of many birds, including the mythical phoenix. "In this way, Ling Lun invented the five notes of the ancient Chinese five-tone scale (gong, shang, jiao, zhi, and yu, which is equivalent to 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 in numbered musical notation or do, re, mi, sol, and la in western solfeggio) and the eight sounds ...
Sichuan naonian luogu (四川闹年锣鼓) - gong and drum music performed for the celebration of the Chinese New Year in Sichuan Province; Sunan shifan luogu (苏南十番锣鼓, see shifan luogu; Tonggu ensemble (铜鼓) - bronze drum ensemble (cf. Dong Son drums) Zhedong luogu (浙东锣鼓) - gong and drum music of eastern Zhejiang Province
Gongche notation or gongchepu is a traditional musical notation method, once popular in ancient China.It uses Chinese characters to represent musical notes.It was named after two of the Chinese characters that were used to represent musical notes, namely "工" gōng and "尺" chě.