instruments
The sheng, a multi-reed mouth organ, is one of the oldest Chinese reed wind instruments. Numerous historical records have mentioned the sheng as an important instrument in ancient music, popular in the imperial palace and in court processions. ...
Without a doubt, the erhu is the chief bowed string instrument in the Chinese orchestra. ...
The gehu was created in the 1950s to fill in the low registers in the Chinese orchestra’s sound spectrum.
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The ten-faced gong is a set of gongs put together on a stand, played by a standing player using drumsticks.
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Like the ten-faced gong, the pitched gongs are also various small gongs with fixed pitches, fixed on a stand and are normally played with mallets.
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The feng luo is a large gong of about 60 cms in diameter, and is relatively thin....
Of a considerably smaller size when compared to the big gong, the small gong has a circular face in the center of the instrument. ...
Gongs have an added significance in Chinese percussion. ...
The pengling is also called the xing. It consists of two small bells constructed to chime against each other and sound distantly resonant....
Often remembered as circular discs with red-ribbon handles, the cymbal is an important instrument in operas, religious processions and the accompaniment of folk songs. ...
