Chinese Musical Instrument System

2023-05-30

With the efforts of generations of national musicians,Chinese traditional musical instruments have constituted a large musical instrument system.According to incomplete statistics,China now has more than 600 varieties of national musical instruments with unique characteristics.These traditional national musical instruments can be generally divided into four categories: wind bowed,plucked strings,and percussion in accordance with che sound and playing methods.

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