1. In ancient times,

hunting, singing and dancing were the main accompaniment, and percussion instruments were used, such as Qing, pottery bell, bronze bell, Zhu, Fu, Guan, Chi, Sheng,, and so on. Basically, there was no great development, but they followed the trend from indefinite to fixed, from few to many kinds.

2. During the Xia and Shang Dynasties,

musical instruments increased, such as drums, bells, chimes, cymbals, rhymes, words,,, and so on, and percussion instruments and multi-pipe instruments with fixed tones appeared, and people gradually mastered the interval relationship of pure fourth, third, second and second degrees.

3. In the pre-Qin period,

musical instruments not only increased, such as percussion instruments: drums, bells, cymbals, elegance, wishes, spring, architecture, wind instruments: flute, pipe, drum, sheng, flute, flute, cymbal,, and piano.

4. During the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties,

In the heyday of musical instrument development, playing musical instruments (such as Qin, Qin, Zou, Pipa, Five-string Pipa,,) gained unprecedented prosperity and development. Pipa is the most important musical instrument in the Tang Dynasty, which mainly plays court Yan music. Since the Han Dynasty, pipa instruments have used the law of average, and it has developed rapidly.

5, Liao, Song, Xixia and Jin Dynasties

Musical instruments inherited from Sui and Tang Dynasties were widely used (such as Qin Qin and Zheng-rolling), and new musical instruments came into being, such as flute, Qiang flute, flute pipe and other stringed instruments, as well as stringed instruments such as cucurbits, gourds and harpsichords, which were popular in the northwest border region.

6. During the Yuan Dynasty

The wars at home and abroad in the early days of the Yuan Dynasty objectively caused cultural exchanges between various ethnic groups in China and between China and foreign countries. During this period, new musical instruments appeared, such as Sanxian, Huobu, 72-stringed Pipa, Fish Drum, Yunzhang,,, and so on.

7. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties,

musical instruments developed and concentrated greatly, especially the stringed instruments such as Huqin (such as Erhu, Jinghu, Banhu, Ma Touqin,,) and suona reed instruments. Sheng and Guqin play an important role in national music because of the prosperity of retro forces and their classical values.

Extended information

Musical instrument history:

Musical instrument is one of the civilized wealth that human beings have possessed as early as primitive times. Around the origin of musical instruments, there have been many legends and myths at home and abroad since ancient times, which have long been regarded as the origin and development of musical instruments.

As recorded in many ancient books in China, "Nu Wa played the flute", "Nu Wa played the sheng", "Fu Xi played the flute", "Fu Xi played the harp", "Zhou Yi played the instrument", "Xu Zhong played the bell", "Ling Lun went to Kunlun Mountain to collect bamboo as the flute", and.

All the above-mentioned things happened four or five thousand years ago BC, and it is impossible to have products with complicated processes, such as sheng spring and casting bell, before or just entering the bronze age. At that time, people may have some ideas about absolute pitch, but they didn't know much about music. Complex melodic instruments like those mentioned above could not have appeared so early.

Whether those legendary figures really exist or not is still in doubt in history. The musical instrument is real, but it is impossible for anyone to create such a perfect musical instrument at once. Musical instruments are gradually evolving.

There is no doubt that China is the earliest musical instrument in the world. According to the examination, in ancient times (before the 21st century BC), there were some earth drums, chimes, bone whistles, reeds and cymbals in China.

There may be Ling, Guan, Chi and Sheng. The Shang Dynasty in Zhixia (from the 21st century BC to the 11th century BC) witnessed the development of musical instruments, such as chime and chime, and the concept of pitch interval.

By the Zhou Dynasty, there were about 7 kinds of recorded musical instruments (with duplicate names), and there appeared the "Eight Tones" to classify musical instruments, and there were plucked instrument such as Qin and Qin.

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