Chen Zhong-Autumn Thoughts By The Dressing Table:Treasures Of Chinese Instrumental Music, Dizi
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Artist:
Chen Zhong
Album:
Treasures Of
Chinese Instrumental,
Dizi
Dizi was called the
Horizontal Winds in ancient times.
Later on, it was also called the Horizontal
Flute. It was told that ZHANG Qian of the Han
Emperor Wu (
140 to 87
B.C.) firstly brought back the method of performing the Dizi from the
Western Regions out of
China to the capital
Chang'an. It was clearly showed that from the rubbings of the ancient tombs and murals of
Dunhuang of
Han dynasty, Dizi was used as musical instrument at least 2,
000 years in China. Since that on,
Chinese people had made long-term practices on performing which developed most of the performing techniques of Dizi. These were reflected in full details on the
Book Of
Music by CHEN
Yang of the
Song dynasty, the Meaning Of
Lulu (pitch) by
ZHU Zai-yu of the
Ming dynasty and the book
Trend Of Music of the
North Korea.
Dizi is made with bamboo and has a range of more than two octaves. Along the bamboo, there are one
hole for blowing, one hole for the membrane and six holes for the scale. Bangdi is much smaller and the pitch is higher than that of the qudi. These two kinds of Dizi are the main instruments of the ensemble.
Besides of opera accompaniment, they are also used as solo instruments and accompaniment for folk songs and dances.Nowadays, there are new reformations on Dizi. In preservation of the traditional six scale holes, there is a mechanic-operated system to be applied for the newly added semitone holes.
A complete set of twelve different pitch Dizi is manufactured for the use in modern compositions, etc.
Track List
VOLUME 1
01. Bangzi
Tune
02. Blossoming
Orchid In Spring
03.
I Am A
Soldier
04. The Cowherd And
Village Girl
05. Joy On The Grassland Of The
Nen River
06.
Morning On Grassland
07.
Good News
08.
New Song Of The Herdsmen
09. At The
Foot Of
Mount Daqing
10.
Spring Comes To
Xiang River
11. At
The Broken Bridge
12.
Melody Of
Mount Lang Ya
13. Crooning In
Clear Night
14.
Flying Swallow
VOLUME 2
01.
Birds In
The Forest
02.
Look In
Relatives By
Marriage
03.
Autumn Thoughts By
The Dressing Table
04.
Yesterday And Today
05.
Story Along
The Yellow River
06. Picking Tea On
The Hill In Spring
07.
Travel In
Suchow
08. Yang Ge In Village
09. Pasture
Patrol Soldier
10. The Flying Partridge
11.
Floating Melodies Of A
Water Village
12.
Harvest Song On A
Paddle-wheel
13. Three, Five, Seven
14.
Make Up Immortal
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