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A five tone scale mainly used in Chinese music
Pentatonic
What are the five notes
Kung, Shang, Chiao, chi, yu
What are the eight categories of Chinese musical instruments?
Bamboo, wood, silk, metal, clay, skin, gourd, stone
The famous Chinese instruments. It has a two string violin like instrument played with a bow.
Erhu
It has a four strings and thirty frets in a gourd shaped format
Pipa
It has a seven string zither without bridges. This is the most ancient Chinese instrent.
Guqin
This is a large with eighteen to twenty three strings usually played by a female.
Guzheng
This is a bamboo side blown or transverse flute with six finger holes
Dizi
This is a vertical end blown ruled made of bamboo
Xiao
This is a blowing instrument like a horn.
Suona
These are small cymbals.
Chip and Chap
This is a tiger like animal resting on a sounding box
Yu
The Cantonese popular music.
Cantopop
The Chinese called musical notes as
Lus