Question 1: Silk and bamboo refers to the collective name of Han traditional ethnic string instruments and bamboo wind instruments. Silk: refers to string instruments; Bamboo: refers to wind instruments. Sizhu is the general name for musical instruments such as harps, flutes, and flutes. Also refers to music.

Question 2: What does silk and bamboo mean? It comes from Liu Yuxi’s "Humble Chamber Inscription". There is no confusion about silk and bamboo, and there is no labor shape in the case.

Silk and bamboo generally refer to music in ancient times, because in ancient times Chinese musical instruments are made of only two materials, such as flutes, Xiaosheng, etc., which are made of bamboo, and other instruments with strings, such as guzheng, etc. The strings can also be called silk. So in ancient times, silk and bamboo were used to talk about music

The sound of silk and bamboo finger playing

Question 3: What does silk and bamboo mean? From Liu Yuxi’s "Humble Room Inscription", there is no confusion about silk and bamboo, and there is no record of it. Lao Xing

Silk and bamboo generally refer to music in ancient times, because ancient musical instruments were made of only two materials, such as flutes, Xiaosheng, etc., which were made of bamboo, and other instruments with strings, such as guzheng, etc. , string can also be called silk. So in ancient times, silk and bamboo were used to describe music

Silk and bamboo were used to refer to the sound of playing music

Question 4: What does the "silk" in "silk and bamboo music" refer to () musical instrument? "Bamboo" refers to () musical instrument? "Silk" and "bamboo" are two categories in the "eight-tone" musical instrument classification of the Zhou Dynasty. Silk refers to stringed instruments, and bamboo refers to bamboo wind instruments. Silk and bamboo music refers to the ensemble of bamboo wind instruments and string instruments. The performance style is meticulous and expresses beautiful, lyrical, lively and lively tastes. For example, the main instruments in Errentai Paiziqu Band are flute and sihu, the main instruments in Jiangnan Sizhu Band are flute and erhu, and the main instruments in Guangdong Music Band are Cantonese Hu, etc. Famous pieces of music include "Sanliu" and "Walking Street" by Jiangnan Sizhu; "Eight Horses" and "Plum Blossom Exercises" by Fujian Nanqu; and Erduo's brand songs "Nanxiu Purse" and "Tui Luqi", etc.

Silk and bamboo (or orchestral music) is a form of performance. As early as in "Jin Shu. Yue Zhi", there are "silk and bamboo are more harmonious" and "all these songs are just singing in the beginning. "Being orchestrated." In many documents since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there are some records about the form of silk and bamboo band combinations and silk and bamboo music, which shows that the history of silk and bamboo music is quite long.

In traditional ethnic instrumental music, there is a distinction between silk and bamboo music and string music. Xiansuo is an ensemble of stringed instruments, and there are no bamboo wind instruments in the orchestra. But for some pieces of music, both string ensemble and silk and bamboo ensembles can be used. Even for a certain type of music, some pieces of music are played by a string ensemble, while other pieces of music are played by a silk and bamboo ensemble. For example, the early Guangdong music band group "Wujiatou" was a silk and bamboo band, and the later "Three Pieces" (Gaohu, Yangqin, Qinqin) was a string band. Today, Guangdong music uses both string music and silk and bamboo music. Since the two are similar in many aspects, string music is now generally classified as silk and bamboo music.

The Xiansuo band is represented by the band combination of "Xiansuo Thirteen Sets". The instruments include Huqin, Pipa, Sanxian and Zheng. The silk and bamboo band is represented by the Jiangnan silk and bamboo band. Commonly used instruments include Xiao, Sheng, Erhu, Zhonghu, Pipa, Yangqin, Xiaosanxian, Ban and Jigu.

Silk and bamboo music has the musical characteristics of "soft, thin and light":

Soft: refers to the soft and smooth sound of the band ensemble;

Thin: refers to the playing style Delicate and delicate characteristics;

Light; refers to the music focusing on expressing lightness and joy.

The above characteristics are related to the fact that silk and bamboo music are mostly performed indoors.

Jiangnan silk and bamboo music generally refers to the folk silk and bamboo ensemble music in southern Jiangsu and western Zhejiang, among which the music spread mainly in Shanghai. Silk and bamboo music combines silk strings and bamboo wind instruments to play, sometimes adding a little light percussion instrument for embellishment. It is a traditional "fine music" performance form. Commonly used instruments for ensembles of Jiangnan silk and bamboo instruments include: silk-stringed erhu, sanxian, pipa, and dulcimer; bamboo-tubed flutes, flutes, and shengs; and small percussion instruments such as drums and boards. Among them, erhu, flute and flute are the main ones. Jiangnan Sizhu is folk custom music, mostly associated with folk weddings, funerals and temple fairs. Its music style is fresh and lively, delicate and elegant; its tunes are beautiful, smooth, soft and graceful. The famous traditional repertoire of Jiangnan Sizhu is the so-called "Eight Great Songs", one of which is "Zhonghua Liuban".

Question 5: What specifically does silk refer to in silk and bamboo? "Silk" and "bamboo" are two types in the "eight-tone" musical instrument classification of the Zhou Dynasty. Silk refers to stringed instruments, and bamboo refers to bamboo wind instruments. Silk and bamboo music refers to the ensemble of bamboo wind instruments and string instruments. The performance style is meticulous and expresses beautiful, lyrical, lively and lively tastes. For example, the main instruments in Errentai Paiziqu Band are flute and sihu, the main instruments in Jiangnan Sizhu Band are flute and erhu, and the main instruments in Guangdong Music Band are Cantonese Hu, etc. .