Chinese ritual music
Yayue
Language: Chinese
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Yue qin
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Chinese
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a Chinese mandolin, with a moon shaped soundbox (although the soundbox can be octagonal or hexagonal), with 2 strings normall…
Yüeh ch‘in
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Chinese
Shared keyword • Same language (Chinese)
a Chinese mandolin, with a moon shaped soundbox (although the soundbox can be octagonal or hexagonal), with 2 strings normall…
Se
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Chinese
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a Chinese zither
Er hu
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Chinese
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a Chinese bowed string instrument similar to a violin but with only two strings
Qin
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Chinese
a seven string fretless zither often referred to in the West as The Scholar's Lute
Yang Qin
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Chinese hammered dulcimer played with two bamboo mallets
Xango
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from the Macumba ritual in Brazil, a dance in honor of the jungle god Xango
Zhonghu
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Chinese bowed lute