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The music of China consists of many distinct traditions, often specifically originating with one of the country's various ethnic groups. It is produced within and without the country, involving either people of Chinese origin, the use of traditional Chinese instruments, Chinese music theory, or the languages of China.
Chinese musicology is the academic study of traditional Chinese music. This discipline has a very long history. Traditional Chinese music can be traced back to around 8,000 years ago during the Neolithic age. The concept of music, called 乐 ( Chinese: 樂; pinyin: yuè ), stands among the oldest categories of Chinese thought; however, in the ...
Guqin notations. The earliest music notation discovered is a piece of guqin music named Jieshi Diao Youlan (Chinese: 碣石調·幽蘭) during the 6th or 7th century. The notation is named "Wenzi Pu", meaning "written notation". The Tang manuscript, Jieshidiao Youlan (碣石調·幽蘭) The tablature of the guqin is unique and complex.
The grouping of instruments includes (from the bottom, clockwise) a zhangu, pipa, two headed drum, tambourine, konghou, sheng, and two end-blown flutes (such as xiao or pipes. Chinese musical instruments are traditionally grouped into eight categories known as bā yīn ( 八音 ). [ 1 ] The eight categories are silk, bamboo, wood, stone, metal ...
Guoyue ( 國 樂; literally "national music"; also minyue (民乐), huayue (華樂) or zhongyue (中樂)), nowadays refers to the music composed for Chinese musical instruments, [1] which is an extension of the Chinese traditional music. [2] [3] It is often written for some form of grand presentation through a large Chinese orchestra, as well ...
Zhejiang. v. t. e. Yayue ( Chinese: 雅樂; lit. 'elegant music') was a form of classical music and dance performed at the royal court and temples in ancient China. The basic conventions of yayue were established in the Western Zhou. Together with law and rites, it formed the formal representation of aristocratic political power.
Chinese traditional music includes various music genres which have been inherited for generations in China. [ 1] Specifically, this term refers to the music genres originated in or before Qing dynasty. [ 2] According to the appearance, the genres can be classified into instrumental ensemble, instrumental solo, theatre, shuochang, dance music ...
Historical Chinese phonology deals with reconstructing the sounds of Chinese from the past. As Chinese is written with logographic characters, not alphabetic or syllabary, the methods employed in Historical Chinese phonology differ considerably from those employed in, for example, Indo-European linguistics; reconstruction is more difficult because, unlike Indo-European languages, no phonetic ...