Instruments

Question 1

Quin

Answer 1

7 string plucked zither, associated with the scholar class

Question 2

Pipa

Answer 2

4 string plucked lute, model for instruments in Japan and Korea, brought through the silk road (Qin and Han dynasties), associated with wandering minstrels and considered suyue (first shunned)

Question 3

Erhu

Answer 3

2 string bowed lute, associated to Liu Tianhua (famous erhu player), evolved from xiqin

Question 4

Guzheng

Answer 4

twenty-five stringed, long zither with moveable bridges associated with female courtesans, popular solo instrument, model for Japanese and Korean instruments

Question 5

Yang Qin

Answer 5

wooden instrument played by hitting strings with a pair of bamboo mallets AKA hammered dulcimer

Question 6

Sanxian

Answer 6

3 string fretless plucked lute, originally a folk instrument, model for japanese shamisen, bowed string instrument

Question 7

Diz

Answer 7

common chinese folk music instrument for opera traditions and instrumental ensembles

Question 8

Suona

Answer 8

traditional outdoor chinese instrument with a double reed, similar to western oboe. Accompanies daoist rituals, introduced via silk road

Question 9

Dongxiao

Answer 9

bamboo and nanguan instrument, fills in ornamented notes around the main melody

Question 10

Jinghu

Answer 10

bowed string instrument

Question 11

sheng

Answer 11

chinese mouth organ