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  2. Guzheng - Wikipedia

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    The Cao family of Henan are known as masters of the guzheng. [citation needed] Notable 21st-century Chinese guzheng players include Xiang Sihua, Wang Zhongshan, Chang Jing, Jing Xia, and Funa. [citation needed] Although most guzheng music is Chinese classical music, the American composer Lou Harrison (1917–2003) played and composed for the ...

  3. List of Chinese musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Chinese musical instruments are traditionally grouped into eight categories (classified by the material from which the instruments were made) known as bā yīn . [1] The eight categories are silk, bamboo, wood, stone, metal, clay, gourd and skin; other instruments considered traditional exist that may not fit these groups. The grouping of ...

  4. Chinese orchestra - Wikipedia

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    The guzheng is a Chinese plucked zither. Generally, it has 18 or more strings and movable bridges. Performers use picks to play this instrument and they are known as "daimao". Performers can play guzheng with both hands with different skills. There are usually a few guzheng members in a Chinese Orchestra, but it can also be played as a solo ...

  5. Stringed music in China - Wikipedia

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    Stringed music is prominent in China, especially in the Jiangnan region, where it is the name of all the instruments made from wood and string. This form of performance started from the Jin dynasty (266–420). [citation needed] The most common Chinese stringed instruments are the guqin, zheng, erhu, and pipa. These instruments were developed ...

  6. Đàn tranh - Wikipedia

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    A man playing the đàn tranh beside the singer. The đàn tranh (Vietnamese: [ɗâːn ʈajŋ̟], 彈 箏) or đàn thập lục [1] is a plucked zither of Vietnam, based on the Chinese guzheng, from which are also derived the Japanese koto, the Korean gayageum and ajaeng, the Mongolian yatga, the Sundanese kacapi and the Kazakh jetigen.

  7. List of guzheng players - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of notable guzheng players in alphabetical order. (Note that in Chinese, the order is surname first followed by given name. See Chinese names.) The guzheng or zheng is a Chinese musical instrument (specifically a zither) with movable bridges. Alan Walker [1] Chen Huiqing (陈惠清) [2] Chen Meilin (陈美霖) [citation ...

  8. Twelve Girls Band - Wikipedia

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    Chinese numerology gave Wang Xiao-Jing the idea for the Twelve Girls Band. [ citation needed ] When Xiao-Jing decided he wanted to create a female ensemble, he knew it needed 12 members. Per Chinese mythology it is the twelve jinchai (12 hairpins) representing womanhood.

  9. History of the guqin - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese musicologist Yang Yinliu divided the history of guqin into three periods: the first is the pre-Qin period, the second from the Qin dynasty to Tang dynasty, the third from the end of Tang to the 20th century. It is believed that during the first period the qin became popular as part of the court orchestra and as an instrument of the ...