National orchestral music is music played by a national orchestra.

Related introduction:

The national orchestra consists of dozens to more than 100 people. Common types of folk bands in China are:

1, a "gongs and drums" band, mainly playing music, supplemented by silk and bamboo.

2. Mainly percussion instruments and wind music, supplemented by string "advocating" or "blowing" bands.

3. There is a "Blowing Song" band which is dominated by wind music, supplemented by strings and percussion.

4. "Sizhu" band, mainly composed of Sizhu, uses less music.

Extended data

Broadly speaking, the Sizhu Band and the Percussion Band (supplemented by Sixian) belong to the national orchestra, because as early as the Han Dynasty, the words "Sizhu" and "Orchestral" were used together. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the national orchestra has made great progress. 1953 In April, the Central Broadcasting Orchestra was established, and its national orchestra established the initial establishment of a new national orchestra.

They transplanted the western orchestral works "Dance of Yao", "Northern Shaanxi Suite" and "Spring Festival Overture" into the national orchestral music for the need of experiments. This beneficial attempt has greatly promoted the reform of musical instruments and opened up the expressive force of the band.

The instruments commonly used in national orchestral music are zhongruan, Ruan, keyboard sheng, cello, cello and timpani. It is mainly used to play national orchestral music and accompany solos, duets, operas and folk arts.

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