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	MHSchool: McGraw-Hill Music 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Chinese songs are traditionally sung either in a thin, nonresonant voice, or in falsetto, and are usually sung solo rather than in harmonized chorus—most traditional Chinese music is melodic rather than harmonic.
		Chinese music does not have the concept of an octave per se, and each of the five notes (roughly equivalent to C D E G and A) has its own particular value.
		Chinese musical instruments are traditionally classified according to the materials used in their construction, namely metal, silk, bamboo, gourd, clay and skin.
	www.mhschool.com /music/2005/teacher/teachingideas/folk/chinese (1131 words)

	History of Chinese Music - Page 1
		For several thousand years Chinese culture was dominated by the teachings of the philosopher Confucius, who conceived of music in the highest sense as a means of calming the passions and of dispelling unrest and lust, rather than as a form of amusement.
		The ancient Chinese belief that music is meant not to amuse but to purify one's thoughts finds particular expression in the cult of the qin, a long zither possessing a repertory calling for great subtlety and refinement in performance and still popular among a small circle of scholar-musicians.
		Chinese musical instruments traditionally have been classified according to the materials used in their construction, namely, metal, stone, silk, bamboo, gourd, clay, skin, and wood.
	www.paulnoll.com /China/Music/China-music-history.html (396 words)

	Chinese Music - China Visa Service
		Chinese musical roots date back millennia - among archeological finds are a magnificent set of 65 bronze bells from the fifth century BC - and its forms can be directly traced to the Tang dynasty, a golden age of great poets such as Li Bai and Bai Juyi, who were also avid Musicians.
		Folk music has a life of its own and tends to follow the Confucian ideals of moderation and harmony, in which showy virtuosity is out of place.
		In Southeast China, the best-known instrumental music is that of sizhu ("silk and bamboo") ensembles, using flutes (of bamboo) and plucked and bowed String (until recently of silk).
	www.visaexpress.net /china/china_music.htm (2262 words)

	Chinese Music (Reference) - TeacherVision.com
		Chinese music today is also influenced by Western musical concepts, which is an inevitable consequence of historical and social change.
		Chinese instrumental music is traditionally heterophonic if it is performed on more than one instrument or for an instrument and voice.
		Music for the suona is loud and piercing because of the instrument's construction and its function as an outdoor instrument.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /asia/musical-instruments/8575.html (1476 words)

	Issihk.com - Chinese Music, Calligraphy and Related ! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		For several thousand years Chinese culture was dominated by the teachings of the philosopher Confucius, who conceived of music in the highest sense as a means of calming the passions, rather than as a form of amusement.
		Chinese musical instruments traditionally have been classified according to the materials used in their construction: metal, stone, silk, bamboo, gourd, clay, skin, and wood.
		Chinese music experienced a renaissance during the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), when a special bureau was established to take charge of ceremonial music.
	www.issicn.com /chinesemusic (839 words)

	Music of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Imperial Music Bureau, first established in the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC), was greatly expanded under the Emperor Han Wu Di (140-87 BC) and charged with supervising court music and military music and determining what folk music would be officially recognized.
		Chinese vocal music has traditionally been sung in a thin, nonresonant voice or in falsetto and is usually solo rather than choral.
		Tibetan folk music includes a cappella lu songs, which are distinctively high in pitch with glottal vibrations, as well as now rare epic bards who sing the tales of Gesar, Tibet's most popular hero.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_China (3389 words)

	Music \| Chinese Studies
		Despite this severe setback Chinese music experienced a renaissance during the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), when a special bureau of music was established to take charge of ceremonial music.
		During the first half of the 20th century Chinese music was considerably influenced by the music of the West.
		Both Chinese and Western instruments are manufactured in large quantities and are used in government-maintained schools and conservatories throughout the country.
	www.ericfacility.org /eric-8/music.htm (926 words)

	ARTSEDGE: Chinese Calligraphy and Ink Painting
		You may wish to play selection of Chinese folk music, or a piece of music that bridges the gap between Occidental and Asian folk music.
		Chinese calligraphy is written beginning on the right side of the paper, and the characters are written downward instead of across the paper.
		Explain that Chinese calligraphy and painting is characterized by efficient uses of painting strokes.
	www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org /content/2217 (1245 words)

	China Music, Chinese Music: Travel China Guide.com
		Traditional Chinese music can be traced back 7,000 – 8,000 years based on the discovery of a bone flute made in the Neolithic Age.
		Besides these types of music, Chinese peasants were clever enough to compose folk songs, which also developed independently with local flavor.
		Folk songs described working and daily life such as fishing, farming, and herding and were very popular among the common people.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/arts/chinese-music.htm (996 words)

	INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST MUSIC DEPARTMENT
		The New Music Project at Indiana University Southeast seeks to discover, perform, record and distribute new music by both established and emerging composers of the 21st century.
		Instead of single-mindedly exploring one color, as in earlier pieces of mine, the music now corresponds to an experience of time- the energy and heat we ﬁnd in the month of July, as well as cooling breezes of repose that come, perhaps, in the evening..
		After a struggle-like climax, the players begin to sing a melody in ancient Chinese musical style using vocal tones, and the whole piece ends in a quiet, peaceful and hopeful mood.
	www.ius.edu /music/ndr/index.htm (1032 words)

	Chinese Performing Artists of America (CPAA) - Artists
		She was later admitted into China Conservatory of Music and studied guzheng classics of different schools, Chinese musicology and music theory.
		After graduating with a Master's degree in the Musical Arts from Sichuan Conseratory of Music, she was invited to join the faculty of the Conservatory where she taught voice, piano and music theory.
		Her passion for music has influenced many young students and winning praises and the confidence of both students and parents.
	www.chineseperformingarts.org /artists_musicians1.html (998 words)

	Chinese folk flute music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chinese folk flute solos were written to tell the traditions and tales of various tribes in China, around the 12th century.
		This is also why, unlike most chinese music, these pieces are not written in a pentatonic scale, but in a more middle eastern style.
		Unlike the European folk structure which normally goes ABABAB etc, as in modern pop music, chinese folk songs have a structure of AAA, or if you count the development as a change then: ABC.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_folk_flute_music (239 words)

	The Heaven Of Chinese Music
		Around 3,000 years ago, when European music was just experiencing its first rustlings of life, a complete musical theory and sophisticated musical instruments began appearing in China, owing largely to the orthodox ritual music advocated by Confucius.
		Because of commercial contacts with Central Asia, foreign music entered China in the form, for example, of the p'i-p'a, or lute, and the hu-ch'in, a vertically-held violin.
		The variations of rhythm, beat, tone quality, and embellishments in Chinese music are highly distinctive and unlike their Western counterparts.
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/2682/chmusic.html (275 words)

	Amazon.com: Classical Chinese Folk Music: Music: Various Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Chinese folk music is not the "screechy" Asian sound you may associate with Chinese music.
		Traditional Chinese music such as this CD set is essential for the proper atmosphere.
		It doesn't pretend to be Chinese, it is Chinese.
	www.amazon.com /Classical-Chinese-Music-Various-Artists/dp/B00004S2W1 (1168 words)

	Amazon.ca: Classical Chinese Folk Music: Music: Various (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Close your eyes and imagine the music that would accompany Chinese landscapes with cultivated and tiered mountainsides, winding rivers through lush, green valleys...
		music played on instruments such as, a 7 stringed Chinese dulcimer (huquin), a one-stringed instrument played with a bow (erhu), a bamboo wind instrument (bawoo), a Chinese violin, plus the xiao (Chinese cymbals).
		The paradox is 'it has extraordinary simplicity wrapped in subtle complexity.' Think of, a child chasing a butterfly, a rainbow that comes forth after a brief rainshower, wispy clouds that float across the sky, creating paisley patterns...
	www.amazon.ca /Classical-Chinese-Folk-Music-Various/dp/B00004S2W1 (645 words)

	Traditional Chinese Music, Folk Music,
		The ancient Chinese belief that music is meant not to amuse but to purify one's thoughts.
		Melody and tone are prominent expressive features of Chinese music, and great emphasis is given to the proper articulation and inflection of each musical tone.
		Chinese musical instruments have been classified according to the materials used in their construction, namely, metal, stone, silk, bamboo, gourd, clay, skin and wood.
	www.chinesemusic.co.uk /english/music.html (369 words)

	Chinese Musician, Fred Fung, Takes the Yang Qin and Bamboo Flute, To the Next Level, The Groove
		This CD represents a major shift in my music career, away from the ensembles that strictly maintain the traditions of Chinese Folk Music in order to establish historical and cultural links between generations.
		My goal is to make the kind of music that will excite a whole new generation to stand on the shoulders of the past while embracing new technologies and a myriad of musical influences in order to show the true range of what Chinese music can be.
		Download some of the sample songs, and if you like them, buy the CD, and if this moves you to see Chinese music in a different light, then I have done my job.
	www.fredfung.com (147 words)

	DoveSong.com -- Music of China
		Both fast and slow melodies are woven together into a music that does not lose its ability to make the listener dance along with it.
		Hua yin gives the music a bouncy flavor, and is a technique often present in Guangdong (Cantonese) music.
		These are selected songs from the soundtrack of a TV adaptation of the famous Chinese classic Hong Lou Meng, or “A Dream of Red Mansions”, as it is more commonly referred to in the West.
	www.dovesong.com /MP3/MP3_China_Deborah.asp (1292 words)

	Chinese Music Society of North America
		Ritual Music In a North China Village: The Continuing Confucian and Buddhist Heritage
		They range from Zeng Jiaqing’s "Flowers Tune", in the style of Jiangnan (south of Yangzi River) pop music, and Liu Guanyue’s "Jasmine Blossom", which is a traditional folk song for bamboo flute solo and accompanied by the sheng (mouth organ) of Northern China.
		In term of musical phenomenon, "Jasmine Blossom" of the East is similar to "Flower and Youth" repertoire from the Northwest.
	www.chinesemusic.net /CM_Journal.html (375 words)

	The Largest Chinese music CDs, VCDs and Books
		Chinese Music for Violin vol.1 andvol.2 and vol.3
		The music were the reprensentative of Chinese modern music.
		Chinese Music Scenery series; explanations in Chinese, subtitles in English.
	www.chineseculture.net /guqin/instruments/otherscds.htm (650 words)

	Classical Chinese Folk Music (Arc) - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		The soloists are Cheng Wu on lutes, Li He on flutes, and Chen Dacan on the erhu, the Chinese two-string fiddle.
		The rest of the ensemble consists of a Chinese bass, hammer dulcimer, and bamboo flute.
		The music is carried along by a lilt and a verve that makes it spiritually akin to Celtic music.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,990992,00.html (410 words)

	The Office of International Affairs at The Ohio State University
		Chinese Folk Music performed by Art Impact Middle School Percussion Ensemble, Orchestrated by Mr.
		Chinese Martial Arts performed by Fort Hayes students, coached by Joshua Cotter and Dion Huey, with the OSU Phoenix and Dragon Wushu Team.
		On December 14, 2005, Weaving Pine and the Institute for Chinese Studies collaborated to present Chinese dance, martial arts, music, poetry, and a puppet show to schools and the community during three performances of the 2nd Annual Ohio School Concert.
	oia.osu.edu /chineseconcert.html (255 words)

	Youth Chinese Opera Mission at USC
		The program will blend elements of martial arts, Chinese opera, folk music and dance to introduce the audience to Chinese performing arts.
		In addition to demonstrations of traditional Chinese dance and folk music, the company will present several dramatic interpretations of Chinese folk stories.
		Among them are "The Jade Bracelet," the story of a rich young man who falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a poor widow, and "Eight Gods Crossing the Sea," the story of the encounter between the eight principal gods of Chinese mythology and a fish god.
	www.sc.edu /usctimes/articles/2003/2003-10/chinese_opera.html (180 words)

	ChinaSite.com: Chinese Music -- The Complete Reference to the Web Sites of Chinese Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Heavy on text and pictures, but lacking in downloadable music or video clips, it is still good music related site.
		is a Chinese music ensemble based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
		based in Taiwan, is a producer of the modern and traditional Chinese music.
	www.chinasite.com /Entertainment/Music.html (547 words)

	Integrated Chinese 101 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Chinese Folk Music is a Chinese instrument ensemble and is a integrated part of Chinese culture.
		Iit is very exciting to appreciate the power and beauty of Chinese folk music.
		Currently, Chinese folk music troupes have been performing frequently overseas which avail growing audiences from other countries of excellent opportunities to enjoy this artistic Chinese folk song treat.
	www.albany.edu /~jh7763/enter.html (263 words)

	Chinese Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		I do not remember when I started to love music, but I remember almost all songs I ever learned.
		When I was a kid, I learned playing Chinese Er-Hu (Chinese violin) and plucking Yuan, but I never had money to buy any of those music instruments.
		Moon Reflecting in the Spring (Instrumental Music, 452 kb)
	faculty.frostburg.edu /biol/hli/chinalnk/chineseMusic.htm (263 words)

	A Musical Journey
		FOR THE FIRST TIME, the music of different territories (Silk Road, North East, South, Central Plains) and ethnic groups (Dai, Yi, Miao, Zhuang, Tibetan, Mongolian, Uyghur) of China are presented in a delightful way in a children’s book.
		The music that comes along is a surprising and successful mix of traditional themes and moderncomposition.
		Come along with Ming and Kim on a musical journey as they fly along the Great Wall of China on a magic Pipa (a Chinese string instrument).
	www.living-chinese-symbols.com /amusicaljourney.html (736 words)

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