Percussion

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Percussion Overview

Chinese musical instruments, percussion instruments, the oldest. Common are:

A, Zhong Qing class. Bells and Chimes. Such suspension of percussion instruments, ancient times was called "Le hanging, pre - Qin important ceremonial instrument.

Second, the drums. Including dozens of bass drum, snare drum, percussions, drum used by peddlers drums, tiger bird frame drum. Such instrument to the cylinder chamber skin made percussion pronunciation.

Third, gongs and cymbals class. Include a variety of large and small gongs, cymbals or cymbals are brass ringers.

Four simple board class. Wooden fish, green light, pear simple, Yu Gu, usually made with bamboo.

Percussion instruments, a wide range of playing skills and rich and expressive, plays an important role in China and China band.

Bronze bells

Bronze bells Yong Zhong, New York bell and clock, three kinds of shape, the cavity is generally co-watt shaped ancient Chinese court etiquette of the unique features musical instruments, sound Zhuang Yan Hongliang, lingering rain, majestic, noble and dignified and solemn ethos .

Early form of Chinese bronze bells can be traced back to the ancient Tao Zhong, Tao bell and Shang Rao. Bells appeared in only three complete sets of the Western Zhou Dynasty, early, in order to improve the music performance, the ancient Chinese people will be a variety of shapes of bells, assembled in the huge bells groups. Hubei with the County bells of Marquis Yi of Zeng, up to 65 as a set is the culmination of this instrument. The chimes of a bell tone "is a brilliant scientific inventions in ancient China. 2000 years, the bells has always been an important instrument in the palace.

Chimes

Chimes is a ceremonial musical instruments used in ancient Chinese palace, according to a certain temperament structure combined from several pieces of chime stones. Hung on the rack, playing sound with a hammer against. Sound crisp and spreads, with the excellent performance of the melody.

The archaeological discovery of the earliest chime stones unearthed in Shanxi Province, China the Xiangfen Taosi sites, and dating back more than four or five thousand years of history. Chimes in the late Shang Dynasty, reflecting the needs of the people chime melody performance. 3000 years, Chimes and bells together constitute the court for the Chinese court ritual music - music hanging.

Drum

The modern drum, usually wooden, hollow Mongolia skins mallet against sound. Different uses, the more types of size. The diameter of the drum drumhead 46 to 86 cm and other kinds of specifications. The play, set a wooden frame, with two thick wooden Chui percussion pronunciation, tone deep and ambitious. Can be used solo, instrumental ensemble, dance accompaniment, traditional festivals, festive gatherings and other occasions.

Snare drum shape similar to the drum, drum diameter of about 18-21 cm, tone, firm and elastic.

Row drum up a number of different sizes according to a certain pitch of relations timpani.

Small drum for marking shape is small and flat, hanging shelves playing solid, sound crisp and the role of orchestra conductor from the Peking Opera.

The drum is the early use of musical instruments in the original peoples of the world. The earliest specimens of Chinese drum instrument, is the ancient earth drum, clay fired into a drum box, and then cast a film made of the drum. The archaeological discovery of the wooden drum, the earliest age in the lizard Shanxi xiangfen Relics drums, dating back more than 4500 years of history. In China 2000 years ago in ancient documents, the name of the drum up to scores of The drum still is one of the Chinese people's favorite festive musical instruments.

Gong

Gong with Chinese characteristics, copper percussion instrument, the gong itself was a circular arc, the central part of that gong-ray or navel. With the development of folk wind and percussion musical genres and many operas, the gong of musical instruments are widely spread in various parts of China, a wide range.

Large gong with mallet percussion sounds, percussion small gong gong board edges. The pitch of the gong is generally not very clear, large gong sound rich, deep; small gong crisp and witty. Gong to keep rhythm, to heighten the atmosphere, it is.

Gongs gong class pitch melody instrument. Chronicles gongs, small gongs 10-14 surface. Early gongs used for Taoist life, and the subsequent spread in the community. Traditional gongs more than 10 side of a small gong on the gallows. The top side of "senior engineers gong" is not commonly used, thereby it is also known as the nine tone gong. Reform after the 29 tone and 38 tone gongs, the range of g, ~ f3 and c1 to c4, respectively. Gongs can play the melody for a variety of rhythmic pattern accompaniment for the music, the sound is strong and brilliant.

Generally believed that the gong is the late Northern Wei Dynasty from northwest China, then known as sand gong. In recent years, Guangxi Gui County, Bay No. 1 tomb unearthed the side of the early Han gong shows in southern China, the gongs time has more than 2000. Chinese Tang and Song poetry, played the description of the gongs.

Cymbals

The cymbal is a brass percussion, folk said cymbal. Disc-shaped, the central hemispherical raised, the center drill a small hole, you can wear the Department of leather cord or silk. Both sides for one, played with both hands armed with side hit each other, loud, noisy sound. Commonly used in folk instrumental ensembles, opera, dance accompaniment, and specialized percussion band. Small, medium, and large variety of shapes. Cymbals, China Southern and Northern Dynasties has been used. To the early 6th century AD, the cymbals have been very popular in the folk.

Muyu

The wooden fish is a wooden percussion instrument, the form of pellets Fish, abdominal hollow middle of the head opening; hammer wooden mallet head olive. The Muyu large and small, the pitch also varied. In the modern nation band, see also scales arranged in sets of wooden fish, has a certain melody performance. The Muyu sound is crisp and bright, lively music, solo short phrases, mimicking the effect of hoofs preferred.

Muyu original Buddhist "Vatican blow" (religious songs) instruments for the accompaniment of Buddhist songs, popular folk since the Qing Dynasty.