ancient chinese music
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CHINESE FOLKTALES
Ancient Chinese Music
By~ Kira, Nick, Will, KK
The Beginning~
Chinese music started at the dawn of Chinese civilization.
Bone Flute~ traced back 7,000-8,000 yearsZhou Dynasty (1122BC-256BC): Well developed musical culture.*Flute*
Ling Lun ~
Legendary founder of music in ancient China.
Official in the court of Huang Di (true?)Folktale~ traveled to Tibetan Himalayas Tuned bamboo flutes to birds (6 male-6 female) Bells caste in tune with flutes Basis of Chinese traditional music
Shi Jing~
The Book of Songs~ Part of the 5 classicsEarliest collection of songs/poems (1000BC)Half likely set to music~ [music hasn't survived]Thousands to select from [Confucius(?) picked 305]Shi Jing today~Very Important!!!!
Shi Jing Ode 52~
An ode about a rat! (Xiang shu you pi) (Ren er wu yi!) (Ren er wu yi) (Xiang shu you ti) (Bu si he wei?) (Ren er wu li) (Ren er wu li) (Xiang shu you chi) (Hu bu chuan si?) (Ren er wu zhi) (Ren er wu zhi) (bu si he si?)
Imperial Music Bureau~
Attested to as early as Warring States Period
Expanded in Qin Dynasty~ Emperor Han Wu DiDirectly under Lesser Treasury- Emperor's personal needsSupervised: court/military music, folk music
Music Development~
From the beginning until today! *Xia*Shang*Zhou*- royal families/dignitaries*Tang*- dancing/singing~ common people*Song*- original opera (Zaju/Nanxi)*Yuan*- traditional instruments developed*Qing*Ming*- traditional opera (Beijing Opera)[Throughout the dynasties peasants continued to create folk music]
Traditional Instruments~
Four categories- stringed, percussion, plucked, wind 8 sounds: silk bamboo wood stone metal clay gourd hide
Traditional Instruments~
Examples of the silk () wood () Yu Guqinbamboo () stone () Bianqing
Dizi
Traditional Instruments~
Examples of the metal () gourd () Sheng
clay () hide () Xun Dagu
12 Girls Band~
12 Girls~ play traditional Chinese instrumentserhu guzheng yangqin pipa diza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4oztWFJQ-c
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