This document provides information on traditional Chinese and Korean musical instruments. It describes several Chinese instruments including the yueqin (moon-shaped lute), pipa (pear-shaped 4-stringed lute), erhu (two-stringed fiddle), yunluo (set of 10 tuned gongs), sheng (mouth organ of 12-36 bamboo pipes), dizi (traditional Chinese flute), zheng (arched instrument with 13-21 strings), and pegling (small bronze bells). It also outlines several Korean instruments such as the kayagum (12-string zither), geomungo (6-string plucked zither), haegum (two-string vertical fiddle

1. Chinese Musical Instruments
Yueqin - a
moon -shaped
lute with
shorter neck
and 4 strings

2. •Pipa - a 4-
stringed lute
with 30 frets
and a pear-
shaped body

3. • Erhu - a two-stringed
fiddle and one of the
most popular Chinese
instruments.
• -it is used as solo
instrument as well as in
small ensembles or
large orchestra, and by
various ethnic groups.

4. • yunluo - “cloud gongs”
- is a set of 10 small tuned
gongs mounted in a wooden
frame.
-gongs are generally of
equal diameter but different
thickness.
-the thicker gongs produce
higher pitch.

5. • Sheng - Chinese mouth
organ and looks like a set
of panpipes with 12-36
bamboo pipes.

6. • Dizi - traditional Chinese
Flute.
• Zheng - an ancient
Chinese instrument that has
an arched surface and an
elongated - trapezoid with 13
to 21 strings stretched over
individual bridges.

7. • Pegling - these are two
small bells made of high-
tin bronze, without internal
clappers and hemispheric
or bottomless gourd-like in
shape.

8. Korean Instrument

10. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC OF KOREA
• STRING
• WIND
• PERCUSSION

11. STRING INSTRUMENTS
• Kayagum (gayageum)
is a traditional korean Zither-
like string instruement, with
12-strings.

12. Geomungo
• 6-string plucked
zither is a traditional
korean stringed
musical instrument.

13. • Haegum - (2-string vertical
fiddle)
• has a rod-like neck, a
hollow wooden soundbox,
2 silk strings and is held
vertically on the knee of
the performer and played
with a bow.

14. Wind instrument
• Piri - used in both folk
and classical (court)
music of Korea.it is
made of bamboo.

15. PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT
• Changgo - is the
most widely used
drum in the
traditional music of
korea.