#9: Chinese Traditional Music Instruments
From the Introduction:
For over 3,000 years, music in China has had deep cultural significance, helping people to pray, to think, to study, and last but not least, have fun. The connection between music and happiness is not at all superficial; the Chinese character meaning music is also the character that means joy and happiness.
There are four general categories of Chinese instruments: plucked, bowed, wind, and percussion instruments. These instruments have a rich history that extends back to ancient times. The number of Chinese instruments and kinds of music that have developed during this extensive history are so numerous that to discuss them all would fill many thick books. In this book, you will look at some of the most famous, and the most influential of them. You will not only read the interviews of some of the most famous Chinese musicians, but also listen to their spectacular works.
Instruments discussed include:
Plucked – Qin
Plucked – Zheng
Plucked – Pipa
Bowed – Jinghu
Bowed – Erhu
Wind – Flutes
Wind – Organs
Percussion – Rhythm in Wood
Percussion – Rhythm in Bronze
Book includes teacher introduction and planning strategies, bulletin board resources and ideas, class discussion topics and projects, approaches to active learning, student information sheets, student activities, and references and resources.
Included CD-ROM (Win/Mac) features story-telling in English and Mandarin, story handouts in English/Chinese and Pinyin, teacher tips, additional student handouts and activities, photos, internet resources, puzzles, and interviews with Chinese publishers, translators, and a graphic novelist.
The Chinese Culture Active Learning Series is endorsed by Huang Youyi, Vice President of China International Publishing Group and Vice President of Translators Association of China, and Lin Wusun, Retired President of CIPG, Senior Editor and Translator.
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Our Chinese Daughters Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with offices in Bloomington, IL and Beijing. OCDF Publications is devoted to ensuring educators and parents have access to high-quality, accurate Chinese culture education resources.
Contributors to this volume include Aimee Bothwell, Donna Breniman (West Lake Middle School, Apex, NC), Dr. Jane Liedtke ( CEO, OCDF), Joyce Melton-Ma (Christian Life Middle School, Rockford IL), Dr. Jason Patent (Stanford University), Georgina Van Dort (Western Academy of Beijing), Michelle Wu (The Spence School, New York, NY), and Megan Zaroda (OCDF).
Updated 03.12.2010
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