Friday, July 17, 2009
Instruments that can be found in china
Guan (also known as guanzi): This is a traditional Chinese wind instrument; it has a cylindrical body with seven frontal finger holes, one thumb hole and a reed mouthpiece. It can be made of wood or bamboo depending on the various versions. Some of the modern guan have a loosely attached bell at the end of the instrument. This instrument is mainly found in folk guchui music and Buddhist, Taoist music. Tone quality of the guan differs, for example the tone quality in the guan is expansive, where as it carries a strong nasal timbre for the houguan. It is an instrument that is not easy to handle yet very expressive.
Here is an example of a person playing the Guan zi: