Unit 3: Music from China Unit 3: Music from China and Japanand Japan

Chinese Instruments

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TONE > Melody!TONE > Melody!Eight classes of instrument, categorized by the materials with which they are made and the TONE they produce!◦Gourd (sheng)◦Bamboo (panpipes)◦Wood◦Silk◦Clay (globular flute,

xun)◦Metal (bell)◦Stone (sonorous

stone)◦Skin (drum)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWt4mf3whxw

(chu, trough-shaped percussion)(zither, strings of silk)http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLa4aXxispc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en_xlxq5FP4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGH24QepCRE

More details: StringsMore details: Strings

http://www.philmultic.com/home/instruments/

Plucked Strings:◦Lute family◦Zither family◦Harp family

Bowed Strings◦Huqin family

Hammered Strings◦Yang-qin (Chinese Dulcimer)

Luogo EnsembleLuogo Ensemble Percussion

ensemble Seen at parades and

festivals Often theatrical Use mnemonic

chant to learn parts

Daluo – large gong

Xiaoluo – small gong

Bo – cymbals

Gu – drum

Xing (Pengling) – bell

Bangzi – Woodblocks

Yunluo – Cloud gong (pitched)

Huagu Ge – Huagu Ge – Flower Drum Song of Feng Flower Drum Song of Feng YangYangOne of the most famous Chinese folk songs

From Anwei providence in Southern China

Originally: Sung by a girl with a painted drum accompanied by a man with a small gong (a mini Luogo ensemble!)

Many different versionsUsed for many occasions

◦Formal concerts, choirs, dances, festivals, pop…

Verse 1Zuo sho luo, you sho guShou na luo gu lai chang ge

Zhi hui chan ge Feng Yang ge

Feng feng yang ge yi yo ya

Verse 2

Wo ming ku, wo ming boYi sheng yi shyr jia bu jan hau jang fu

Ren jia de jang ful zuo guan you zuo fu

Wo jia jang fu ji huei da hua guDa, da hua gu, ge yi yo ya

Refrain:

Drrr ling dang piao yi piaoDrrr ling dang piao yi piaoDrr piao drrr piaoDrrr pio drrr piao piao you drrr,Ling dang piao yi piao

Huagu Ge – Huagu Ge – Flower Drum Song of Feng YangFlower Drum Song of Feng Yang

Left-hand gong, right-hand drumWith drum and gong in hand

I came to sing

Other tunes I do not now knowOnly Feng Yang song – yi yo ya

Bitter my lot, bitter my fateMy whole life long, never a good husband

All the best men married other girlsI married a man who plays the drum all dayPlay, play the flower drum, yi yo ya

(Imitates drum sounds)

Begins with mnemonic chant(da da) dong chahng dong-dong dong chahng … … …

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