Bars and hit the pillow bar composition. Pillow bar two, multi-use bamboo production, bar length 300 cm, diameter 9 cm bars to 10 cm. Hit eight bars, also with a hard bamboo production, bar length 340 cm, diameter 4 cm bar to 5 cm.
A national instrument
Bamboo poles are hit each body Ming Jing ethnic musical instruments. Fangcheng, Guangxi Zhuang Nationality Autonomous County ten thousand popular, Mountain Heart, witch prime land.
2 player mode
When playing, played by eight people, mostly men, as a group every two, four equally spaced. Hit the pillow bumper pads on both ends of the bar. One end of each set of two face to face with both hands holding the grip of the two hit the bar, hit the bar with each hit, hit the pillow bar and pronunciation, sound clear and sharp. Bamboo staves no fixed pitch, because the length and thickness of different pillow pronunciation bar lower, pronounce hit the bar slightly higher. Played by reciprocating staggered hit the bar, sound level of a rank, distinctive rhythmic harmony. Six female dancers hit the bar in the room with music and dance, the shuttle jump. This is the Beijing family folklore “bamboo bar dance” and more for the music performances at festivals or celebrations and other occasions. Bamboo bar both dance musical accompaniment, and dance props.
3 folk language
Bamboo bar is also a folk language, included: “ripped off” means money, extortion.
