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EMERGENCY
MEETING
The music of
china
THE MUSIC OF
CHINA
Chinese music is as old as the chinese
civilization. It is based on the doctrines or beliefs
of some of the chinese philosophers. According
to the Confucian philosophy,
"Chinese music and philosophy
advocated a stable social hierarchy reflecting
natural balances and maintained by
individual virtue and restraint.”
CHINESE
MUSIC
ELEMENTS OF
CHINESE music
1.) Pitch/tonal system- most chinese
music is in pentatonic scale, which is
derived from the ling lun chinese legend.
The use of pentatonic scale is also based
on some symbolic attributes.
ELEMENTS OF
CHINESE music
Kung – the primary tone which is
associated with the emperor
Shang – the tone associated with the
minister
Chih- the tone associated with the state
Chaoi – the tone associated with the
people
Yu – the tone associated with the
ELEMENTS OF
CHINESE music
2.) Timbre (vocal) – in Han chinese
culture, the style of singing is usually
thin and nasal. High pitched or shrill
vocal quality conveys the life’s
adversity in the northern part of
china.
NASAL
SINGING
ELEMENTS OF
CHINESE music
3.) METER/RHYTHM – CHINESE
MUSIC IS MOSTLY IN DUPlE RHYTHM
OR 2 QUARTER WHICH TRANSMITS
THE PRINCIPLE OF NATURAL
“DUALITY” LIKE FEMALE-MALE OR
YIN-YANG RELATIONSHIP. IT MAY
ALSO CONVEY THE “ZHONGYONG”.
ELEMENTS OF
CHINESE music
ELEMENTS OF
Confucius, alsoCHINESE music
known as Kong Qui
or K’ung Fu-tzu, was a Chinese
philosopher, teacher and political
figure. His teachings, preserved in
the Analects, focused on creating
ethical models of family and public
interaction and setting educational
standards. After his death, Confucius
became the official imperial
philosophy of China, which was
extremely influential during the Han,
Tang and Song dynasties. Confucius
is known as the first teacher in
China who wanted to make
education broadly available and who
was instrumental in establishing the
art of teaching as a vocation
ELEMENTS OF
CHINESE music
Texture – It is generally thought that
chinese music is in homophonic texture
because it is mainly distinguishing
characteristic of early chinese ritual music
like the ya yiieh, which is classical music;
but in the instrumental music of china, the
musicians make use of embellishments of
the melody where they play variations in
melody, in unison with the vocal music
and instrumental accompaniment.
CHARACTERISTICS OF VOCAL AND
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC OF CHINA
Vocal music instrumental

music
Vocal music of
china
Chinese vocal
music
1.) Religious music – it is classified into 2: the
Buddhist and Taoist Music which are the religious
chants or ritual music played for some ceremonies like
salvation and memorial rituals.
Buddhist TAOIST
music MUSIC
Chinese vocal
music
2.) The art song – xiaoling is a vocal
music of the 12th -13th century based
on the poetry of qu which is one type
of art song, where a soloist sometimes
performs with a wooden clapper as an
accompaniment.
Chinese vocal
music
3.) Narrative Music –
zhugongdiao is one of the
significant types of narrative
songs. This song is a story about
a romantic legend told
accompanied by drums.)
4.) Chinese folk music –
describes
the lives of most han chinese
Instrumental music
of china
Traditionally, chinese
instrumental music is
heterophonic, meaning it is
played with more than one
instrument together with a
voice.
Instrumental pieces in
chinese music
1.) solo instrumental piece – the chinese
qin is a six foot string zither instrument
similar to the Japanese musical
instrument called koto. This instrumental
piece is used during ancient time for
meditation, purifying, and regulating
oneself through discipline and in
controlled emotions.
chinese music
CHINESE QIN
chinese music
2.) instrumental ensemble – an
instrumental ensemble can be performed
on the ff.
a. guchi- this instrumental ensemble is
usually held in urban areas during
holidays where gong and drum
ensembles are commonly performed.
b. Sizhu – it is referred to as silk-and-
chinese music
SIZHU
GUCH
I
TRADITIONAL
CHINESE
THE CHORDOPHONE INSTRUMENTS
-IT IS ALSO INSTRUMENTS
NAMES AS “HU-QIN” HU- MEANING
FOREIGN OR NORTHERN FOLK IN CHINA AND
QIN- MEANING A COMMON term for all the string
instruments which is a big family in chinese instruments.
•Erhu- is a 2 stringed fiddle instrument which is one of
the most well known in the hu-qin family. It’s sometimes
called as “chinese violin.”
TRADITIONAL
CHINESE
•Banhu – it isINSTRUMENTS
also known as bonghu, pang-hu, qin-hu.
it is the leading musical accompaniment in bangzi ballads
specifically for local operas in central china and is usually
used in solo performances that express a passionate
and joyful feeling.
TRADITIONAL
CHINESE
INSTRUMENTS
*pipa – this instrument is created for plucking.
It has a short neck and is made of a wooden belly.
•Yueqin – it came from ruan but it has a

thinner sound with short neck and flat sound box.
TRADITIONAL
CHINESE
INSTRUMENTS
•Ruan – it is also known as “chinese guitar”
•and “moon guitar” and it varies in shape.
The zither family
*Guqin- a seven stringed
instrument which has a
long and slender body
made from pine tree.
* Kongho – the
instrument is similar to a
harp and aside from the
right hand technique , it
can also be played by the
The zither family
* Zheng – one of
the earliest chinese
musical instruments
made from bamboo.
This instrument has
a curve and
elongated surface
with 2 stretched
The idiophone
instruments
•muyu – made from mulberry of carved wood
and used by striking it produce sounds.
It is used as musical accompaniment
in buddhist chants.
Pengling – percussion instrument

consisting of two bells made of bronze.
The aero phone
instruments
•Dizi – considered a traditional chinese
flute which can be played through double
or triple tonguing and fluttered tonguing.
•Xiao – also known as a wind instrument which

is considered as long flute. It is played in
chinese
classical music for solo music.
The aero phone
instruments
•Sheng – one of the oldest chinese instruments
and is named as “chinese mouth organ.”
it consists of 13-17 bamboo pipes In various
lengths that are placed together.
Chinese folk
song
Chinese compositions were mainly part of
their religious rites and ceremonies like
salvations and memorial rituals held in
courts, temples, and monasteries. Based on
confucian philosophy, they believed that
“music can be used as a means to political
and spiritual enlightenment.”
Thank you for
listening!
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ELEMENTS OF CHINESE MUSIC
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