OBJECTIVES

You should be able to…

1. Describe musical instruments of Korea
& China;
2. Classify the musical instruments of
Korea & China into string, percussion or
wind;
3. Appreciate the importance of music to
 Confucius conceived music in
the highest sense as a means of
calming the passion and of
dispelling unrest and lust, rather
than as a form of amusement.

Traditionally, Chinese believed that sound

influences the harmony of the universe.
YUEQIN
YUEQIN
•A moon-shaped
lute with
shorter neck &
4 strings.
PIPA
 PIPA
•A 4-stringed
lute with 30
frets and a pear-
shaped body.
ERHU
 ERHU
•A 2-stringed fiddle
which can be used
as a solo instrument
as well as in small
ensembles or large
orchestra.
ZHENG
ZHENG / GUZHENG

•It has an arched

surface and an
elongated-trapezoid
with 13-21 strings
stretched over
individual bridges.
YUNLUO
YUNLUO
•“Cloud gongs” /
“Cloud of gongs”
•A set of 10 small
tuned gongs
mounted in a
wooden frame.
SHENG
 SHENG
•Chinese mouth
organ
•Looks like a set of
panpipes with 12-
36 bamboo pipes.
DIZI
 DIZI
•Chinese mouth
organ
•Looks like a set of
panpipes with 12-
36 bamboo pipes.
PENGLING
PENGLING
•These are 2 small
bells made of high
tin bronze and
hemispheric or
bottomless gourd-
like in shape.
MO LI HUA
is a traditional
Chinese song
about the Jasmine
flower.
KAYAGUM
•A traditional
Korean zither
like instrument
with 12 or more
strings.
GEOMUNGO
•A 6 stringed
plucked zither
instrument.
HAEGUM
•Has a rod-like neck, a
hollow wooden sound
box with 2 silk strings
and is held on the knee
of the performer and
played with a bow.
 PIRI
•It is made of
bamboo and is used
in both the folk and
classical (court)
music of Korea.
CHANGGO
•It consists of an
hourglass-shaped
body with two
heads made from
animal skin.
ARIRANG
“The Hill”
is a Korean folk
song. It is in
essence a song of
farewell.
To sum up…
Korean
Musical Instruments

Percussion String Wind

To sum up…
Chinese
Musical Instruments

Percussion String Wind

 Name the
following Chinese
and Korean
musical
instruments.
YUEQIN

PIPA
YUEQIN

PIPA
ERHU

ZHENG
ZHENG

KAYAGUM
YUNLUO

DIZI
GUZHENG

SHENG
DIZI

PIRI
CHINNG

PENGLING
SHAMISEN

HAEGUM
TSUZUMI

CHANGGO