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The sheng (Chinese: 笙) is a Chinese mouth-blown polyphonic free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes. It is one of the oldest Chinese instruments, with images depicting its kind dating back to 1100 BCE, [1] and there are original instruments from the Han dynasty that are preserved in museums today. [1]
31 Αυγ 2020 · Over the next few decades, as ideas about national music combined with emerging notions of racial difference in the light of changing geopolitical contexts, Chinese instruments began to be indiscriminately depicted as harsh and noisy.
13 Ιαν 2022 · The sheng is deemed as the initial inspiration for other free reed instruments outside China. It spread to West Asia during China's Northern Dynasty and Tang Dynasty and then appeared in Europe around the 17th century.
The sheng is the only polyphonic wind instrument in the Chinese orchestra. It has a fixed pitch and hence, it is commonly used to give the tuning pitch of ‘A’ or 138 Wind Instruments
sheng, Chinese free reed wind instrument consisting of usually 17 bamboo pipes set in a small wind-chest into which a musician blows through a mouthpiece. Each pipe has a free reed, made of metal (or formerly of bamboo or reed), that vibrates to produce sound when a finger hole on the pipe is covered.
26 Φεβ 2024 · The Sheng, a Chinese free-reed instrument, is played using various techniques. These include “denying” (single notes), “herein” (chords), “house” (flutter tonguing), “routine” (vibrato), and “housing” (throat tones).
Using free-beating bronze reeds affixed on bamboo pipes to create rich and dynamic sounds, the sheng is an extremely versatile instrument that compliments other woodwinds, as well as bowed string, plucked string and percussion instruments within the Chinese orchestra.
