The Characteristics of Chinese Music
Except in special cases(such as free-rhythm introductions), most Chinese music is in duple rhythm. This fondness for duple rhythm (the Western equivalent of 2/4 and 4/4) can be attributed to the belie...
There are Different Music styles in Southern and Northern China
When discussing Han Chinese music, it is common to distinguish two major styles: northern and southern. The styles correspond to the two major geographical and cultural areas where most Han people liv...
The Natural Connotation of Chinese Music
The ideologists of the pre-Qin period thought that musici had a close relationship with nature,human beings and society,and it was a kind of culture with profound natural and social significance.Both...
Chinese Haozi Generated together with Labor
Haozi was created with labor. It is the shouts naturally uttered to while exerting force in labor. It has the functions of commanding movements, adjusting energy,encouraging laboring emotions, and so...
Chinese Folk Music-Er Ren Zhuan
Zouchang means"singing while walking."Here"walking"means dancing as the music story progresses.ou features singing while dancing:both its music and movement are impressive,such as...
Chinese Folk Music
In the field of music culture,Chinese folk songs are the important basis for singing, dancing, quyi, and opera art. As early as in the pre-Qin period,the ancient Han people created folk songs, musical...
Chinese Wind and Percussion Ensembles
Wind and percussion ensemble features orchestral instruments or wind and percussion instruments, and the two kinds of instruments are equally important. Wind and percussion ensembles are popular mainl...
Miao's Folk Songs and Musical Instruments
Miao people mostly inhabit in Guizhou,Yunnan,Hunan,Sichuan,Guangxi,Hubei and Guangdong provinces in southern China.The Miao minority is said to have originated from the Jiuli,a tribe in the middle and...
Chinese Wind and Drum Music
Wind and drum music involves such main instruments as pipes,suona,haidi (smaller-sized suona), and flutes,along with other orchestral and percussion instruments. There are wide varieties of wind...
Chinese Traditional String Music
Chinese traditional string music, also known as string music, Xuanshi music, or xiyue (fine music), is popular in the north, south and central plains. It was used to accompany operas and folk arts in...
