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    Music of China

    For several thousand years, Chinese culture was dominated by the teachings of
    the philosopher Confucius who conceived of music in the highest sense. The
    ancient Chinese believed that music is meant not to amuse but to purify one’s
    thoughts. Chinese theoretically opposed music performed solely for
    entertainment.

    Most Chinese music is based on the 5-tone (pentatonic) scale but the 7-tone
    (heptatonic) scale is also used. The pentatonic scale was much used in older
    music. The heptatonic scale is often encountered in Northern Chinese folk music.
    Chinese vocal music has traditionally been sung in a thin, non-resonant voice or
    in falsetto and is usually solo rather than choral.
    All traditional Chinese music is melodic rather than harmonic.

    Instruments:

    erhu
    – a two-stringed spike fiddle
    known in the Western world
    yueqin (moon guitar) pipa as the Chinese violin

    - a moon-shaped lute that - a four-stringed lute with a


    has a short fretted neck and pear-shaped body
    four strings
    - frets range from 12 to 26

    yunluo ("cloud gongs") sheng dizi


    - a set of small tuned gongs
    - Chinese mouth organ - a transverse flute widely
    mounted in a wooden frame consisting of 12 to 36 used in many genres of folk
    vertical bamboo pipes music, opera as well as
    - gongs are generally of
    equal diameter but different modern orchestra
    thicknesses

    guzheng pengling
    - 64 inches long plucked zither - a pair of small bowl-shaped bells struck
    - ancient zheng has 13 strings; modern together
    zheng commonly has 21, 25 or 26 strings

    Music of Korea
    Traditional Korean music represents a world of captivating rhythms and melodies
    whose sounds draw listeners in like a breath. In general, Korean music falls under
    two main categories:

    A. Chong-ak – music of the upper classes, classical music


     hyang-ak – local/native court music
     tang-ak – Koreanized Chinese classical music
     a-ak – refined music, imported form of Chinese ritual music
    B. Sog-ak – music of the common classes, folk music
     pansori - a single vocalist tells a long story in which she or he assumes a
    number of different roles, performed with the sole accompaniment of a
    drummer
     minyo – folk songs, reflects the heart of the common people through their
    words of heartbreak, struggle and despair
    A leisurely tempo is a general feature of Korean music. In particular, most of the
    music that makes up the Chong-ak has a slow tempo. Such a slow tempo gives
    pieces a distinctly calm, meditative character.
    Instruments:

    changgo piri kayagum (gayageum/


    - double-headed hourglass- - a cylindrical oboe with a kayagum)
    shaped drum generally bamboo body - a long zither with 12
    played with one stick and strings
    one hand
    - modern versions may
    have 13 to 25 strings

    haegum geomungo
    - a vertical fiddle with two strings - a fretted bass zither with 6 to 11 silk
    strings, plucked with a bamboo stick

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