Music of China

It is a medium-sized, barrel-shaped traditional Chinese drum with two heads covered in animal skin.

• Tanggu

• Guzheng

• Pengling

• Pipa

It is a pair of two cuplike metal cymbals struck together and bound by a cord.

• Pengling

• Erhu

• Guzheng

• Tanggu

It is a 1,000 year-old zither that has 16-21 strings fastened over a large, wooden resonating box.

• Erhu

• Sheng

• Suona

• Guzheng

It is a chordophone that has two strings and is said to have been made during the Tang dynasty (618-907)

• Erhu

• Sheng

• Suona

• Pipa

Regarded as the “king” of traditional Chinese instruments, the ________ is a Chinese lute.

• Suona

• Zither

• Pipa

• Sheng

It is a wind-blown mouth organ that consist of 17 bamboo pipes mounted on a wind chest, where the instrumentalist blows air into to produce sound.

• Sheng

• Suona

• Dizi

• Tanggu

The 17 bamboo pipes of the sheng represent the folded wings of a __________.

• Crane

• Swan

• Eagle

• Phoenix

It is a double-reed aerophone.

• Dizi

• Suona

• Sheng

• Pipa

the _______ is used in ceremonies, such as the arrival of the bride in a wedding, in abundant harvest rites, and for the ead and is considered one of the cornerstones of traditional Chinese music.

• Suona

• Dizi

• Erhu

• Pengling

One of the most popular music instruments of China, the _____ is a bamboo transverse (horizontal) flute.

• Suona

• Sheng

• Dizi

• Erhu