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| a two-stringed Chinese spike fiddle with hollow wooden cylindrical sound box |
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| Generic term for Chinese wooden clappers |
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| generic name for Chinese drum |
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Chinese transverse (horizontal) bamboo flute,
with six finger holes. |
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| Chinese bamboo notch flute that comes in different sizes. Held vertically in front of player |
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| pear shaped, four stringed plucked lute with a short neck and many frets. |
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Chinese mouth organ,
blow air in and suck air out. |
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Chinese dulcimer,
struck with bamboo sticks |
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| Chinese seven-stringed zither. Most revered instrument, patronized by members of the educated class. Plucked not struck. |
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Chinese conical (bell shaped flare on end)
double-reed oboe. |
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Chinese zither with movable bridges,
16-25 strings, related to the guqin with 7 strings |
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Chinese type of lute with
straight long neck and round body.
Strings are plucked like a banjo |
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shadow puppetry
(mu ou ju) |
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| Chinese entertainment, controlled with sticks behind cloth scrim. Shadows projected on scrim by lights from behind, accompanied by traditional Chinese instruments. |
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| Chinese Cultural Revolution |
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| complex social and political upheaval that began as a struggle between Mao Zedong and other top Commiunist Party leaders for domination of the Party and went on to affect all China with its calls for "continuing revolution" and "class struggle." Dates are 1966 to 1976 |
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proper name for
the well-known Chinese musical theater |
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| Male role in Chinese Jingxi |
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| Female role in Chinese Jingxi |
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Chinese painted-face role,
played by male whose face is painted with intricate colored patterns.
Sings with thraoty voice and in forceful maner. |
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Chinese male comic role.
Doesn't sing very often,
but when he does it is usually
in exaggerated and ironical manner. |
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leading melodic instrument in
The Beijing Opera Theater.
It is a two-stringed bamboo spike fiddle with a very high and piercing range and timbre. |
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Monophonic & Heterophonic texture
Importance of ornamentation
Vatiations in timbre
Elaborate variations of basic melody |
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| Chinese character of goodness |
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older male character in Chinese Opera
"Commedia dell' arte" stereotype character |
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collection of Chinese pieces based on
the Soviet model and western harmonies, apealing to the masses, simple, folk |
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