CHINESE MUSIC VOCABULARY

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  1. 3. Two or more different notes heard at the same time - traditional Chinese music before the 20th century rarely has these.
  2. 6. ...PHONE - instruments, such as drums, that have a skin that vibrates when it is struck or rubbed.
  3. 7. An aerophone consisting of different lengths of bamboo pipe. This instrument can play melodies and chords.
  4. 9. To play a stringed instrument with fingers (or a plectrum).
  5. 11. ...PHONIC means different versions of the same melody heard at the same time.
  6. 12. Literally translates to "big drum".
  7. 13. ...PHONIC means one note heard at a time.
  8. 14. A word meaning to slide from one pitch to another.
  9. 17. A wobbling of pitch used to decorate long notes.
  10. 18. A double-reeded wind instrument, sometimes known as a "Chinese trumpet".
  11. 19. A chordophone played with small hammers that hit the strings.
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  1. 1. ...PHONE - stringed instruments.
  2. 2. ...PHONE - instruments, such as bells, that vibrate when they are hit, shaken or scraped.
  3. 4. Five-note scale typically used in Chinese melodies.
  4. 5. A type of ornament involving rapid alternation of two notes next to each other.
  5. 8. A chordophone with 21 strings, played with plectra (picks) attached to the fingers.
  6. 9. Pear-shaped lute-like instrument.
  7. 10. ...PHONE - wind instruments.
  8. 12. A bamboo flute.
  9. 13. The tune; the most prominent layer in a musical texture.
  10. 15. A Chinese violin with only two strings.
  11. 16. An ancient chordophone with seven strings that were originally made from silk.