Chinese instrumental music is played solo or in small ensembles of plucked and bowed strings, flutes, cymbals and various percussion. Bamboo flutes and guzheng are among the oldest instruments known and a set of ancient Chinese bells has recently been updated. The instruments are traditionally divided according to their material composition: skin, gourd, bamboo, wood, silk, clay, metal and stone. Traditional orchestras Chinese consist of bowed strings, winds wooden, stringed and percussion. The oldest piece on the music is attributed to Confucius. It was under the Tang Dynasty that came to us a rich literature on Chinese music.
In ancient China, the status of musicians was much lower than that of painters since the worship of the written word characteristic of Chinese culture. Music theory was not developed for this very reason, although almost every emperor had studied music seriously. Officers were sent to collect folk music to measure the mood of the people. One of the Confucian classics, the Classic of Poetry, contained many folk songs dating from 800-300 BC.
Examples of Chinese flutes:
The Bangda Chinese (pictured) is a small family of flute dizi. The instrument has two octaves plus a few notes. This is an important instrument in Chinese opera. It is also found as a solo instrument in northern China.
The Bawu like a flute, he has a clarinet sound. Although originating from the south (Yunnan), it has spread throughout the country. It is a bamboo instrument played in a transverse with free metal reeds set in a piece of bone that serves as a mouthpiece. It has seven finger holes and measures 60 inches long. It is often made with a cork gasket for easy transport.
The xiao is a Chinese bamboo flute notch. It would be the ancestor of Japanese sakuhachi. Breakthrough 6 or 8 holes of play, plus 2 to 4 holes of agreement, it gives a major diatonic scale with an additional two alterations on patterns in 8 holes.
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