Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 270 views

    Music of China

    Uploaded by

    Airah Novie Tangonan
    This document provides an overview of traditional Chinese music. It discusses that China has a 5-tone scale called wu-sheng and instruments are traditionally played solo or in ensembles. Some common Chinese instruments mentioned are the erhu, pipa, dizi, suona, and various percussion instruments. The document also notes that Confucius saw music as a way to bring harmony and that Chinese mythology attributes the origins of music to figures like Ling Lun and the Yellow Emperor.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Music of China

    Uploaded by

    Airah Novie Tangonan
    270 views24 pages
    This document provides an overview of traditional Chinese music. It discusses that China has a 5-tone scale called wu-sheng and instruments are traditionally played solo or in ensembles. Some common Chinese instruments mentioned are the erhu, pipa, dizi, suona, and various percussion instruments. The document also notes that Confucius saw music as a way to bring harmony and that Chinese mythology attributes the origins of music to figures like Ling Lun and the Yellow Emperor.

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document provides an overview of traditional Chinese music. It discusses that China has a 5-tone scale called wu-sheng and instruments are traditionally played solo or in ensembles. Some common Chinese instruments mentioned are the erhu, pipa, dizi, suona, and various percussion instruments. The document also notes that Confucius saw music as a way to bring harmony and that Chinese mythology attributes the origins of music to figures like Ling Lun and the Yellow Emperor.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    270 views24 pages

    Music of China

    Uploaded by

    Airah Novie Tangonan
    This document provides an overview of traditional Chinese music. It discusses that China has a 5-tone scale called wu-sheng and instruments are traditionally played solo or in ensembles. Some common Chinese instruments mentioned are the erhu, pipa, dizi, suona, and various percussion instruments. The document also notes that Confucius saw music as a way to bring harmony and that Chinese mythology attributes the origins of music to figures like Ling Lun and the Yellow Emperor.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 24

    Music of China

    China

    •China is officially called the People's


    Republic of China.
    •It is the world's most populous
    country.
    •Chung-Hua and Beijing is the capital
    of China.
    •Vocal and Instrumental
    •Traditional music in China is
    played on solo instruments or
    in ensembles of various
    instruments.
    Vocal music

    •Vocal music is traditionally sung


    in a thin, nasal, non-resonant
    voice or in falsetto (high-pitch).
    Confucius

    •Conceived music as a means


    of calming the passions and
    dispelling unrest and lust
    rather than as a form of
    amusement.
    •Chinese believed that
    sound influences the
    harmony of the universe.
    • The legendary founder of music in ancient
    China is Ling Lun.
    • In Chinese mythology, he was said to have
    created bamboo flutes.
    • "Yellow Emperor" is said to have ordered the
    casting of bells in tune with those flutes.
    • The interval between those flutes is a perfect
    fifth.
    Scale and Modes
    Five core tones –
    the five elements or wuxing (earth, wood,
    metal, fivre, and water),

    12 pitches of the tonal system –


    months of the year, hours of the day, or
    phases of the moon.
    Melody and tone color

    •Prominent expressive features of


    Chinese music, and great emphasis
    is given to the proper articulation and
    inflection of each musical tone.
    Chinese music

    •Based on the five-tone scale


    called the wu-sheng.
    COURT MUSIC
    • Yayue - "elegant music".

    • It is a form of Chinese classical music


    which incorporates elements of early
    Chinese folk music and religious
    traditions.
    Yayue
    • Tang Ko or chamber song –
    performed inside the hall in ceremonies that
    honor heaven and earth, the gods, or the
    ancestors
    • Yiieh-hsuan or chime music –
    performed in the garden fronting the halls during
    rituals. It is accompanied by two dances, the
    wen-wu (civil dance) and the wu-wu (military
    dance).
    CPop or Chinese Popular music
    • Loosely defined musical genre by artists
    originating from mainland China, Hong
    Kong, and Taiwan.
    • It is used to describe all contemporary
    music sung in Chinese dialects in
    Shanghai.
    Chinese
    Traditional
    Instruments
    •Eight sounds bayin was used to
    classify many kinds of
    instruments played in imperial
    orchestras.
    •the eight being stone, earth
    (pottery), bamboo, metal, skin,
    silk, wood, and gourd
    Dizi
    • Flute played transversely with six finger holes.
    • It is a major Chinese musical instrument widely
    used in many genres of Chinese folk music,
    Chinese opera, and the modern Chinese
    orchestra.
    Hsiao
    •A vertical end-blown flute
    generally made of bambooThe
    length of the hsiao ranges from
    around 45 cm to over 1.25m.
    Pipa
    •Four-stringed Chinese lute
    with a pear- shaped wooden
    body with a varying number
    of frets ranging from 12 to 26.
    Erhu
    •Two-stringed bowed musical
    instrument also known as
    Chinese violin. It is used as a
    solo instrument as well as in
    small ensembles and large
    orchestras.
    Suona
    • An oboe with a distinct loud and high-pitched
    sound used frequently in Chinese traditional
    musical ensembles, especially those
    performed outdoors.
    • It is used in combination with sheng mouth
    organs, gongs, drums, and sometimes other
    instruments, in wedding and funeral
    processions.
    Yueh Ch’in or Chinese moon
    guitar
    • A lute with a round, hollow
    wooden body. It has a short
    fretted neck and four strings. It is
    an important instrument in the
    Beijing opera orchestra, often
    taking the role of the main melodic
    instrument.
    Bolang Gu

    •A traditional Chinese
    pellet drum.
    Hsiao ku
    •A shallow drum
    witha core of
    wood.

    You might also like