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  2. List of Chinese musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Chinese musical instruments are traditionally grouped into eight categories (classified by the material from which the instruments were made) known as bā yīn (). [1] The eight categories are silk, bamboo, wood, stone, metal, clay, gourd and skin; other instruments considered traditional exist that may not fit these groups.

  3. Sheng (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The sheng (Chinese: 笙) is a Chinese mouth-blown polyphonic free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes.. It is one of the oldest Chinese instruments, with images depicting its kind dating back to 1100 BCE, [1] and there are original instruments from the Han dynasty that are preserved in museums today. [1]

  4. Pipa - Wikipedia

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    The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a (Chinese: 琵琶) is a traditional Chinese musical instrument belonging to the plucked category of instruments.Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12 to 31.

  5. Chinese musicology - Wikipedia

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    The first musical scales were derived from the harmonic series.On the Guqin (a traditional instrument) all of the dotted positions are equal string length divisions related to the open string like 1/2, 1/3, 2/3, 1/4, 3/4, etc. and are quite easy to recognize on this instrument.

  6. Xun (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The xun (simplified Chinese: 埙; traditional Chinese: 塤; pinyin: xūn; Cantonese= hyun1) is a globular, vessel flute from China. It is one of the oldest musical instruments in China and has been in use for approximately 7,000 years. [1]

  7. Chinese orchestra - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Chinese musical instruments were classified into eight groups (bayin [broken anchor]) according to their materials: gourd, earthenware, hide, wood, stone, bronze, silk and bamboo. It is said that there were more than 70 different musical instruments, but many of them have been lost or are obsolete today.

  8. Guqin - Wikipedia

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    The guqin ([kùtɕʰǐn] ⓘ; Chinese: 古琴) is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument.It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favoured by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety and refinement, as highlighted by the quote "a gentleman does not part with his qin or se without good reason," [1] as well as being associated with the ...

  9. Yangqin - Wikipedia

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    This form of instrument is still occasionally heard today in the "hudie qin" (蝴蝶琴, lit. "butterfly zither") played in the traditional silk and bamboo genre from the Shanghai region known as Jiangnan sizhu (江南絲竹), as well as in some Cantonese music and Chaozhou (Teochew) music groups.

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