{"product_id":"9781602201057","title":"Chinese Music and Musical Instruments","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWith dozens of color photographs and insightful text, \u003ci\u003eChinese Music and Musical Instruments\u003c\/i\u003e describes in detail the musical instruments with which a Chinese folk orchestra is equipped and their working and sounding principles.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are as many as a thousand different kinds of musical instruments in China. Only a tiny portion of them are used in an orchestra. The selection of musical instruments for an orchestra depends on how well they complement one another. A Chinese folk orchestra is composed of four sections: wind, plucked, percussion and bowed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is also devoted to the description of the development of classical Chinese music and the introduction of some music-related tales of profound significance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChinese music is a big family composed of various distinctive types of music:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chinese folk music played at weddings, funerals or in festivals an fairs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The religious music played in religious services conducted in Buddhist and Taoist temples.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Court music, which reached its zenith during the Tang Dynasty.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The scholars' music based on Confucian thinking was the embodiment of the musical life of academia and refined music of this kind is still prevalent in today's society.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Shanghai Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037039444208,"sku":"9781602201057","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781602201057_p0.jpg?v=1763828601","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781602201057","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}