Ancient musical instruments – Star

Ancient musical instruments , ancient touch the bell for short. Star, also known as the ancient bell cymbals . Manchu, Mongolian , Tibetan, Naxi , Han and other ethnic musical hit each body ming . Tibetan DING Xia said . Due to spread in different regions, but also in folk touch the bell , Double Star, hit the bell , double chime , sound, water of other names, Shaanxi called rejection son, also referred to as the bell .

Brief introduction
Popular in the country. Historic , Northern and Southern Dynasties ( 386 -589 years ) have been circulating in the country . Thousand Buddha Caves in Dunhuang Northern Wei ( 386 -556 years ) mural painted figurines star hit in the Yungang Grottoes and the Northern Wei Sima Jinlong stone tomb also has played touch the bell SKILL people image. Tang Dynasty Zhenyuan years ( 785 years -804 years ) Puma (now Myanmar ) to our offer music, called bell cymbals .
Touch the bell

Ancient musical instruments – Star Touch the bell
2 ways of playing
While playing , hands armed with a bell , bell mouth Yang held up in the chest, knocking each other and pronunciation vibration , sometimes with a single whip strike outs . Although there is no fixed pitch to touch the bell , but the sound penetration , sound more clear , melodious tone , often with elegant , lyrical melody playing. Used for genre , Guangdong music , Juban drums, percussion eastern Zhejiang , Fujian, South Sound , Taiwanese ten tones, southern Liaoning advocate , Shandong advocate , Xi’an drums and other folk instrumental ensemble , opera, Hebei Clapper , Jinju , Sichuan and other local opera and dance accompaniment. In the opera orchestra in the text field , touch the bell for the Tsing Yi sang anti- two yellow inside , often singing with the boards in rhythm with the drum beat in the interlude in spend . It is often associated with small wooden fish for ensemble or accompaniment. Touch the bell in the Tibetan areas for heap harmonic capsule Mary dance , often played by a female artist singing . Naxi for Taoist hole through music . Touch the bell also religious objects , such as chanting Buddhist monastery for Buddhist activities , some are still only a single temple bell from the right hand whip percussion. Touch the bell is the sound of musical instruments hit each body color and rhythmic instrument has a special charm . Touch the body Ming played musical instruments . Widely used in Chinese dance , opera and folk instrumental ensemble musical accompaniment of percussion instruments. Also known as touch the bell , double chime , bell cymbals , said the ancient stars. With a ring made ​​of copper or brass . Its shaped like a small bell on the goblet , a diameter of about 5.5 cm , height of about 4.5 cm , bell bottom wearing a tether connected to a hole , two hit each pronunciation , some boll placed stick side with a metal sign strike outs, which clear and melodious tone . Sustain copper bell rang long, bell brass sustain shorter . Bell , the first about the Northern and Southern ( 420 to 589 ) while already popular Beijing Palace Museum has ” hit the Six Star figurines ,” Wei Dunhuang murals painted this instrument , the spread inland , increasing the sound of folk orchestra in color accompaniment of musical instruments.