China-Tune: Best of Chinese traditional music http://china-tune.com China-Tune: 精选民乐视频 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:50:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Chinese Traditional Music – 民乐 http://china-tune.com/favorites/ http://china-tune.com/favorites/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:22:32 +0000 hsucal88 http://china-tune.com/?p=349 “Traditional music in China is played on solo instruments or in small ensembles… The scale is pentatonic… instruments are traditionally divided into categories based on their material of composition: skin, gourd, bamboo, wood, silk, earth/clay, metal and stone. Chinese orchestras traditionally consist of bowed strings, woodwinds, plucked strings and percussion.” (more from Wiki)

Some of Our Favorites (selected from individual pages):

Song of Happiness (Zhejiang Chinese Orchestra)
江南丝竹: 欢乐歌 “Huan le ge” (浙江民族乐团)

White Snow in Early Spring (Pipa: LI Hui)
阳春白雪 “Yang chun bai xue” (琵琶: 李晖)

Jasmine Flower (Erhu: YU Hongmei)
茉莉花 “Mo li hua” (二胡: 于红梅)

Singing in Idle (Erhu: YU Hongmei)
闲居吟 “Xian ju yin” (二胡: 于红梅)

By the Butterfly Lake (Hulusi solo)
蝴蝶泉边 “Hu die quan bian” (葫芦丝独奏)

The Little Cowherd (Dizi: YANG Lan)
小放牛 “Xiao fang niu” (笛子: 杨岚)

Lotus Out of Water (Guzheng: HONG Ting)
出水莲 “Chu shui lian” (古筝： 洪挺)

Tune of Rainbow Cloud (Guzheng: YUAN Sha)
云裳诉 “Yun shang su” (古筝： 袁莎)

Northern Henan Ballad (Erhu: YU Hongmei)
豫北叙事曲 “Yu bei xu shi qu” (二胡: 于红梅)

Sanmen Gorge Capriccio (Erhu: LIU Yusheng)
三门峡畅想曲 “Sanmenxia chang xiang qu” (二胡: 刘雨声)

Hundred Birds Worshipping The Phoenix (Suona: LI Guangcai)
百鸟朝凤 “Bai niao chao feng” (唢呐: 李光才)

Guangling Tune (Guqin: ZHANG Ziqian)
广陵散 “Guangling san” (古琴: 张子谦)

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