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Chinese music: 12 pitches of the lü Chinese music: 12 pitches seven-tone Chinese scale Sheng; in the Horniman Museum, London. Sandalwood lute One of several types of huqin (Chinese spike fiddle). jingxi Chinese music: xipi and erhuang melodies jingxi performer
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See a Chinese music ensemble performing “Melodies of Purple Bamboo”
A Chinese music ensemble performing “Melodies of Purple Bamboo,” with spotlighted...
Video: Wesleyan Virtual Instrument Museum 2.0 (https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2)
Comparing traditional music in China and Indonesia
Gini Gorlinski, associate editor of music and dance of Encyclopædia Britannica,...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Watch a dancer perform jingxi
Excerpt from a jingxi performance.
Video: China/Pond5.com

Images

Chinese music: 12 pitches of the lü
Twelve pitches of Chinese music as produced by overblowing the lü, bamboo...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Chinese music: 12 pitches
Twelve pitches of Chinese music as derived from ancient bells (starting for ease...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
seven-tone Chinese scale
Seven-tone Chinese scale (starting for ease of comparison from Western C), showing...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Sheng; in the Horniman Museum, London.
Courtesy of the Horniman Museum, London; photograph, J.R. Freeman & Co. Ltd.
Sandalwood lute
Red sandalwood lute inlaid with mother-of-pearl, 8th century, Tang dynasty; in the...
Courtesy of the Shôsô-In Treasure House
One of several types of huqin (Chinese spike fiddle).
Courtesy of Chinese Classical Music Association
jingxi
Jingxi troupe performing “The Carp Fairy of the Green Pond” in Beijing,...
© Diego Azubel—EPA/REX/Shutterstock.com
Chinese music: xipi and erhuang melodies
Examples of string introductions to xipi and erhuang melodies of...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
jingxi performer
Contemporary jingxi performer.
© Tan Kian Khoon/Shutterstock.com
yangqin
The Chinese trapezoidal box zither, yangqin.
© EasyBalance/Fotolia
Chinese gongche music notation
Chinese gongche notation and pitch names, shown for a scale beginning on...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Chinese music notation
Numeric notation (below the staff) for the first phrase of “March of the Volunteers”(1934),...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Bianqing, Chinese stone chimes
Bianqing, Chinese stone chimes.
Courtesy of the Chinese Classical Music Association, Taipei, Taiwan
A group of di; in the Musée Instrumental du Conservatoire Royal, Brussels.
Courtesy of the Musée Instrumental, IV Department of the MRAH; © IRPA-KIK, Brussels
Front view of a qin.
Courtesy of Chinese Classical Music Association
Rear view of a qin.
Courtesy of Chinese Classical Music Association
Peking opera
Scene from a jingxi (Peking opera) performance.
© Eagleflying/Dreamstime.com
xun
Xun.
Badagnani
Zhou dynasty zhong
Chinese bronze zhong, late Zhou dynasty (1046–256 bce);...
Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Audio

“Wuzikaimen,” a Chinese folk song, played on a sheng.
“Bainiaochaofeng,” a Chinese folk song, played on a suona.
“Chunjiang huayueye,” a Chinese folk song, played on a pipa.
“Erquan yingyue,” by A Bing, played on an erhu.
“Jiangjunling,” a Chinese folk song, played on a yangqin.
“Liushui,” a classic Chinese song, played on the qin.
“Sannong,” a piece of Chinese classical music, played on the zhong.
“Shibaban,” a Chinese folk song, played on a sanxian.
“Yanguansandie,” a traditional Chinese song, played on a guan.
Yuzhouchangwan
“Yuzhouchangwan,” a classical Chinese song, played on a zheng.
“Zhegufei,” a Chinese folk song, played on a bamboo flute (di).
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