china

• china

  • chin music
  • flower kingdom
• lu syen

  • believed their scale is based on outlook of life
• elements:

  • rhythm: duple meter
  • texture: monophonic
  • timbre: high pitched
  • melody: pentatonic
• chordophone

  • guzheng: zither
  • pipa: pear
  • erhu: chinese violin / 2 string fiddle
  • ruan: circular base
  • yangquin: hammered
  • yueqin: moon lute
  • junghu: 2 string fiddle
• aerophone:

  • sheng: free reed
  • dizi: bamboo flute
  • hulusi: free reed
  • suona: double reed
• idiophones

  • pengling
  • qing: stone chime
  • tamtan: metal or wood
• membranophones

  • red flower drum: double skinned
  • tanggu drum: traditional drum