This is a piece from Chinese Orchestra. There are many instruments being featured in this extract. Some of which are:
Dizi - a transverse flute with 6 finger holes. Produces a high pitched sound and plays in a singing style, like a bird. It takes on most of the solo parts
Yangqin - A chordophone much like a dulcimer played with mallets. One of the many layers during the ensemble sections. Acts like a bridge in between passages.
Erhu - 2-stringed fiddle which is bowed. Takes the solo in the slower section.
Muyu - wooden block in the shape of a fish. Used in the fast portions as rhythm marker. Sounds like wooden clogs on the floor.
Triangle - used to mark out important beats in the melody
The melodies revolve around a single simple melodic idea and are varied in different ways by different instruments giving the piece heterophonic texture. The melody slows toward the middle and becomes more expressive and lyrical. At the end it become fast; even faster than the first part, and all the instruments play together and end on a high note.
This Piece Tempo is sometimes fast and sometimes slow. the instruments in this extract are, dizi, yangqin, triangle, muyu and erhu. In the begining, the melody is very lively and flowing. Then the tempo slows down and the melody becomes more expressive, with many ornamentations. Afterwards it speeds up towards the end and all the instruments come in. Then there are a few upward scales before the piece ends with a short, high note.
This Piece of music was played by a Chinese instrumental ensemble. One of the many instruments in the piece, and the most easily identified, is the erhu. The piece makes use of the pentatonic scale and has a heterophonic texture, two traits that most Chinese music share. Some of the instruments in the ensemble take turns to play the melody while the rest provide the simple harmony.
The melodies use a single simple melodic idea and are varied in different ways by different instruments giving the piece heterophonic texture. The melody slows toward the middle and becomes more lyrical. At the end it become fast; even faster than the first part, and all the instruments play and end together on a high note.
This is a piece from Chinese Orchestra. There are many instruments being featured in this extract.
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Dizi - a transverse flute with 6 finger holes. Produces a high pitched sound and plays in a singing style, like a bird. It takes on most of the solo parts
Yangqin - A chordophone much like a dulcimer played with mallets. One of the many layers during the ensemble sections. Acts like a bridge in between passages.
Erhu - 2-stringed fiddle which is bowed. Takes the solo in the slower section.
Muyu - wooden block in the shape of a fish. Used in the fast portions as rhythm marker. Sounds like wooden clogs on the floor.
Triangle - used to mark out important beats in the melody
The melodies revolve around a single simple melodic idea and are varied in different ways by different instruments giving the piece heterophonic texture. The melody slows toward the middle and becomes more expressive and lyrical. At the end it become fast; even faster than the first part, and all the instruments play together and end on a high note.
This Piece Tempo is sometimes fast and sometimes slow. the instruments in this extract are, dizi, yangqin, triangle, muyu and erhu. In the begining, the melody is very lively and flowing. Then the tempo slows down and the melody becomes more expressive, with many ornamentations. Afterwards it speeds up towards the end and all the instruments come in. Then there are a few upward scales before the piece ends with a short, high note.
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This Piece of music was played by a Chinese instrumental ensemble. One of the many instruments in the piece, and the most easily identified, is the erhu. The piece makes use of the pentatonic scale and has a heterophonic texture, two traits that most Chinese music share. Some of the instruments in the ensemble take turns to play the melody while the rest provide the simple harmony.
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The melodies use a single simple melodic idea and are varied in different ways by different instruments giving the piece heterophonic texture. The melody slows toward the middle and becomes more lyrical. At the end it become fast; even faster than the first part, and all the instruments play and end together on a high note.
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