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Non-Western Instruments:
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History
- Country of Origin: China
- One of the oldest Chinese wind instruments
- First appeared during the Zhou Dynasty
- Popular among people of the Yin Dynasty
- Only chinese musical instrument capable of playing multiple sounds simultaneously.
Who Plays it?
- First played by the Chinese during Zhou Dynasty
- There aren't any gender associations or religious contexts affiliated with the sheng.
- Played by both men and women
- Notable Player: Wang Zheng Ting
- Composer of "Concerto for Sheng"
- Commonly played along with other chinese wind, stringed , and percussion instruments during concerts.
Videos of the Sheng
Construction
Conclusion
- Original Sheng instruments
- 13 to 17 bamboo tubes bound by a string.
- Seated on a wind chamber
- Mouthpiece
- Modern Sheng instruments
- 21 to 51 metal tubes with free reeds
- Mounted onto a wooded wind chest
- Mouthpiece
- Both the modern and original Sheng are both able to have tubes added and removed to create various sounds.
The Sheng
Group: Aerophone (4)
- Hornbostel and Sachs:
- 412.132
- Free Areophone with sets of free reeds.
Works Cited
- "sheng". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 28 Sep. 2014
<http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/539890/sheng>.
- Sheng. Xianggang: n.p., n.d. 134-45. Web. 20 Sept. 2014.
<http://www.atlasensemble.nl/assets/files/instruments/Sheng/Sheng%20by%20Samuel%20Wong%20Shengmiao.pdf>.
- "Introduction of Traditional Chinese Wind Instrument - Sheng."
Introduction of Traditional Chinese Wind Instrument - Sheng. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2014. <http://www.eason.com.sg/resources/intro/sheng.jsp>.
- "Sheng." Sheng. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2014.
<http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/texts/Sheng.html>.
- Noll, Paul. "Chinese Musical Instruments - Sheng."
Chinese Musical Instruments - Sheng. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2014. <http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Music/mus-sheng.html>
- Doktorski, Henry. "Asian Free-Reed Instruments."
The Classical Free-Reed. N.p., 2000. Web. 27 Sept. 2014. <http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ksanti.net%2Ffree-reed%2Fhistory%2Fsheng.html>.