Chinese Music and Musical Instruments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chinese Music and Musical Instruments write by Xi Qiang. This book was released on 2011-04-10. Chinese Music and Musical Instruments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With dozens of color photographs and insightful text, Chinese Music and Musical Instruments describes in detail the musical instruments with which a Chinese folk orchestra is equipped and their working and sounding principles. There are as many as a thousand different kinds of musical instruments in China. Only a tiny portion of them are used in an orchestra. The selection of musical instruments for an orchestra depends on how well they complement one another. A Chinese folk orchestra is composed of four sections: wind, plucked, percussion and bowed. This book is also devoted to the description of the development of classical Chinese music and the introduction of some music-related tales of profound significance. Chinese music is a big family composed of various distinctive types of music: Chinese folk music played at weddings, funerals or in festivals an fairs. The religious music played in religious services conducted in Buddhist and Taoist temples. Court music, which reached its zenith during the Tang Dynasty. The scholars' music based on Confucian thinking was the embodiment of the musical life of academia and refined music of this kind is still prevalent in today's society.
Remarks on Chinese Music and Musical Instruments
Remarks on Chinese Music and Musical Instruments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Remarks on Chinese Music and Musical Instruments write by Zhi Meng. This book was released on 1932. Remarks on Chinese Music and Musical Instruments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Chinese Music
Chinese Music - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chinese Music write by Jie Jin. This book was released on 2011-03-03. Chinese Music available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This accessible, illustrated introduction explores the history of Chinese music, an ancient, diverse and fascinating part of China's cultural heritage.
Origins of Chinese Music
Origins of Chinese Music - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Origins of Chinese Music write by . This book was released on . Origins of Chinese Music available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the early days, musical instruments in China were made from everyday items: hunting tools, trees, bamboo and even bones. During the Zhou dynasty, there were about 70 instruments. Today, there are hundreds. But have you ever wondered how these musical instruments in China came about? Well, in this book, the evolution of Chinese music over the centuries is examined, from prehistoric times, through the Qin, Han, Sui, and Tang dynasties, all the way to our modern times. Indeed, this book holds a treasury of fascinating information and stories pertaining to Chinese musical instruments. This is definitely something any music lover should have in their collection.
Playing Erhu
Playing Erhu - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Playing Erhu write by Patty Chan. This book was released on 2011. Playing Erhu available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Playing Erhu: Bridging the Gap" was written for English readers who are interested in learning how to play the erhu, but could not find any erhu instruction books in English. The book covers: Assembly of the erhu; Reading staff and jianpu notation; Fingering charts for all common keys; Music symbols, terms, ornamentation; Exercises in staff and jianpu notation for each key; Annotated regional folksongs in staff and jianpu notation for each key; Internet access to recordings of all music found in this book as performed by the author.
