CHINESE MUSIC VOCABULARY

3. Two or more different notes heard at the same time - traditional Chinese music before the 20th century rarely has these.
6. ...PHONE - instruments, such as drums, that have a skin that vibrates when it is struck or rubbed.
7. An aerophone consisting of different lengths of bamboo pipe. This instrument can play melodies and chords.
9. To play a stringed instrument with fingers (or a plectrum).
11. ...PHONIC means different versions of the same melody heard at the same time.
12. Literally translates to "big drum".
13. ...PHONIC means one note heard at a time.
14. A word meaning to slide from one pitch to another.
17. A wobbling of pitch used to decorate long notes.
18. A double-reeded wind instrument, sometimes known as a "Chinese trumpet".
19. A chordophone played with small hammers that hit the strings.

1. ...PHONE - stringed instruments.
2. ...PHONE - instruments, such as bells, that vibrate when they are hit, shaken or scraped.
4. Five-note scale typically used in Chinese melodies.
5. A type of ornament involving rapid alternation of two notes next to each other.
8. A chordophone with 21 strings, played with plectra (picks) attached to the fingers.
9. Pear-shaped lute-like instrument.
10. ...PHONE - wind instruments.
12. A bamboo flute.
13. The tune; the most prominent layer in a musical texture.
15. A Chinese violin with only two strings.
16. An ancient chordophone with seven strings that were originally made from silk.