Chords of China
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Chords of China
Exploring music from 9,000 years ago to modern times, “Chords of China” features the history and culture of Chinese musical instruments. Each episode highlights a classical Chinese instrument, which carries the values of the Chinese culture. Touch the soul of melody, having more than nine millennium...
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10 episodesThe Commander of an Ensemble: The Drum
The drum might be as old as the Chinese history itself. According to recorded legend, ceramic drums appeared in the farthest reaches of antiquity. Dru...
Ancestor of the Piano: the Yangqin
What does the ancestor of the piano sound and look like? Find out on Chords of China.
The Sound of Common People: The Huqin
Erhu is a daily accompaniment to the lives of a great many Chinese people. It is the most common member of the huqin, which is a family of Chinese bow...
Humble but Beautiful: the Sheng
The sheng is a multi-reed mouth organ that consists of numerous bamboo pipes, varying in length. Some believe that the first shengs were brought to Eu...
A Wider Range of Musical Capability: The Guzheng
Having over 2500-years of history, the guzheng is never too archaic to integrate into modern society. In fact, it has marvelous musical capability tha...
Dizi, the Unique Sound of Nature
The Dizi is a distinctive wind instrument, which is a kind of flute, expressive and capable of imitating the sounds of nature. The secret of its uniqu...
A Grand Story-teller: The Chinese Lute
The pipa is a Chinese lute with a history dating back more than 2,000 years. It is reputed as 'the king of traditional Chinese instruments'. Its sound...
Rechiming China’s Legendary Bells
From China’s Warring States period more than 2,400 years ago, the Zenghouyi chime bells were unearthed in 1978， the year that marked the start of a n...
Melody of Ancient Chinese Wisdom: The Ruan
Explore the instrument that carries ancient Chinese wisdom dating back to over 9000 years in the past. The plucked instrument ruan has the capacity to...
The Iconic Instrument for Kindred Spirit: The Guqin
It is an iconic instrument in ancient Chinese culture. What does the 3,000 year-old stringed instrument guqin sound and look like? Where did it come f...