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The music composed and played by the Chinese people has a history of more than 8000 years. Chinese music is as old as Chinese civilization. When European music was just experiencing its first breath of life, a complete musical theory and sophisticated musical instruments were already appearing in China. Melody and tone quality are prominent expressive features of Chinese music, and great emphasis is given to the proper articulation and inflection of each musical tone. The variations of rhythm, beat, tone quality, and embellishments in traditional Chinese music are highly distinctive and unlike their Western counterparts. Chinese musical instruments can be divided into four basic categories based on the method by which they are played---the bowed strings, plucked strings, woodwind, and percussion. ... org/music/world/china. ... The Erhu is an ancient instrument in the Chinese culture that is still used in China today. ... Many Chinese operas use the erhu due to the fact that it has been said that “the closest instrument in sound to the human voice, its tone is mellow and expressive---the resonator which is covered with python-skin, it gives the instrument a truly unique whining voice” (www. ... In a Chinese orchestra, they take the same roles as the cello and double bass in a Western symphony orchestra. ... edu/users/01/janeng/music. ... Since then, the Gehu has been rapidly abandoned by the Chinese in favor of the western cello. However, still “some professional Chinese orchestras still prefer to the use of the Gehu, feeling that in a Chinese orchestra, the tone of the Gehu blends somewhat better with other traditional Chinese bowed string instruments than the cello and double bass, due to their resonance” (http://www.
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