A sample of Chinese music

1. A Sample of music
from china

2. instrumental music
solo music
ensemble music
opera accompaniment

3. pipa

4. pipa

5. pipa

6. pipa

7. pipa

8. Erhu

9. Min Huifen
Liu Tianhua Song by a Sick Man

10. Min Huifen
Liu Tianhua Song by a Sick Man

11. Min Huifen
Liu Tianhua Song by a Sick Man

12. erhu

13. erhu

14. “Farewell” from Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon
Yo-Yo Ma Xiaohui Ma

15. “Farewell” from Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon
Yo-Yo Ma Xiaohui Ma

16. “Farewell” from Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon
Yo-Yo Ma Xiaohui Ma

17. Which is a plucked
string instrument?
• 1) Erhu
• 2) Pipa

18. qin

19. qin

20. qin

21. Zheng

22. Zheng

23. sizhu ensemble

24. dizi

25. dizi

26. sizhu ensemble
heterophony
ornamentation

27. sizhu ensemble
heterophony
ornamentation

28. sizhu ensemble
heterophony
ornamentation

29. The sizhu ensemble
• 1) contains loud brass instruments
• 2) consists of strings and soft wind
instruments
• 3) marches while they play

30. Jingju
Peking (Beijing) Opera

31. Jingju
emerged 19th c.
popular legends, history
recitative and aria
melody instruments, percussion

32. stock characters

33. (Military Woman)

34. MML Website

35. Why does Jingju
recitative sound so
melodic?
• 1) it serves the same function as aria
• 2) it does not try to emulate speech
• 3) Mandarin is a “tone language”, one in
which pitch inflections are important

36. Pop / traditional
mix

37. 12 Girls Band

38. http://youtu.be/qURza4a-6Yc
http://youtu.be/A4Xee4wA624
http://youtu.be/OhuYROg09MI
http://youtu.be/VXqSPJpuDBM