1、Introduction to Traditional Chinese Musical Instruments,guojinlin 0811,EIGHT CATEGORIES,in China,classifed according to the materal “eight sounds“: metal（金）, stone（石）, string（丝）, bamboo（竹）, gourd（匏pao）, clay(土), leather（革）, and wood（木）,CONTENTS,Metal instruments,Metal: referring to instruments fashi
2、oned out of metals,gong chimes andcymbals云锣,bo镈,nao铙,chimes编钟,Stone instruments,Stone: stone instruments such as qing,sounding stones qing磬,the whole rack is called bianqing编磬,rectangular矩形的,Silk instruments,String: instruments having strings played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow,the z
3、ithers zheng古筝,the zithers qin古琴,the lute pipa琵琶,willow lute柳琴,moon guitar月琴,ruanxian阮弦（小阮）,sanxian三弦,erhu二胡,Bamboo instruments,Bamboo: instruments made from bamboo stalk,pan pipe 萧,chi箎,pipe 笛,Gourd instruments,Gourd: wind instruments using a gourd as the resonator,the “mouth-organ“sheng笙,yu竽,Earth
4、en instruments,Clay: earthen instruments, including xun, an egg-shaped wind instrument with one to six holes in it, and fou, a clay percussion instrument,xun埙,fou缶,Leather instruments,Leather: instruments using animal skins as vibration membranes,drum 鼓,Wood instruments,Wood: instruments made mainly from wood.,clappers板,rattles敔yu,wooden drums木鼓,“wooden fishes“木鱼,guan管,suona唢呐,The end,thank you!,Chinese Music Instrument,
