This is the sixth ina series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of instrument ...

Music is universal across all civilisations, both ancient and modern, and stands as one of the great joys of life. Another joy is that many of the oldest songs and instruments can be played hundreds, ...

Plucked, like the Chinese zither, or bowed, like the erhu, stringed instruments have been played for hundreds of years in China This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese ...

The sound of the traditional Chinese musical instrument erhu is becoming better known globally thanks to the effort of one college student. Chen Yimiao, born in 2004, comes from a Beijing family ...

Players Zhang Geping (L) and Zhao Xiaotong practice playing the pipa at Lanzhou traditional orchestra in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, May 13, 2019. Pipa, a pear-shaped stringed ...