
It is widely used in the occasions of celebration, military, entertainment and festival, etc. Player use two bamboo or wood sticks to beat the drum. From ancient to modern times, Big Drum has always been a folk musical instrument liked by people around the country. This is another Chinese instrument popular in oriental culture.Ĭhinese classic Suona melodies include: Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix(百鸟朝凰), Beating Down the Dates(打枣), Shandong Bass Drum(山东大鼓)īig Drum is usually a stretched hide over a hollow vessel. It is can be played solo or many times together with Sheng, drums, and other instruments in wedding and funeral ceremonies. It can produce particularly loud and high-pitched sound and is widely used in Chinese traditional music ensembles especially in northern China.

The Suona, also called Laba, is double-reed wood wind instrument. The classic Dizi melodies include: Guangling Verse(广陵散), Moon on Guan Mountain(关山月), Wild Geese on the Sandbank(平沙落雁), Plum-blossom in Three Movements(梅花三弄). It is also very popular among the common Chinese people as it is easier to make and play than other music instruments. Dizi is a classical Chinese musical instrument widely used many genres of Chinese music. Dizi is made of bamboo, the body has six finger-holes, one blow-hole, and an extra hole between them covered by a thin membrane of reed.

The Dizi (or Bamboo Flute) is a Chinese style flute.
