Eight tones refer to eight materials: "gold, stone, earth, leather, silk, bamboo, wood".

"Gold" refers to a musical instrument made of metal, such as a chime. "Stone" refers to a musical instrument made of stone or jade, such as Qing. "Earth" refers to musical instruments made of clay, such as "Yi" and "Yi". "Leather" is an instrument made of animal leather, such as a drum.

"Silk" refers to musical instruments made of silk strings, such as Qin and Qin. "Bamboo" refers to musical instruments made of bamboo, such as Zan Ba and Chi; "Mi" refers to musical instruments made of gourds, such as sheng and fu. "Wood" refers to wooden musical instruments.

bells, bells, etc. belong to gold, chimes, etc. belong to stone, drums, etc. belong to leather, harps, etc. belong to silk, cymbals, cymbals, etc. belong to wood, sheng, cymbals, etc. belong to bamboo.

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Eight-tone related folk musical instruments:

1. Eight-tone concert in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province, the instruments used are pipe, suona, sea flute, sheng, meidi, Xiao, hall drum, snare drum, large cymbal, small cymbals and so on.

2. The Longlin Eight-tone Band of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi uses eight musical instruments, namely, a pair of transverse flutes, a gaohu and an erhu, a small three-stringed instrument, a gong, a drum and a cymbal.

3. The Zhuang Eight Tones in Yongning, Nanning are mainly composed of big suona, small suona, five-hole flute, gong, drum, cymbal and Zhuang music drum.

4. Hainan Eight Tones, which are popular in Hainan, originated from Chaozhou music, and are named after using eight kinds of musical instruments, namely: Xian (erhu, coconut palm), Qin (yueqin, dulcimer, sanxian), Di (suona), Guan (long and short throat), Xiao (horizontal Xiao, straight Xiao, and Dong Xiao).

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