Chapter 116 The oldest musical instrument(2/2)
[Chimes, ancient large-scale percussion instruments of the Chinese Han people, emerged in the Zhou Dynasty and flourished from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period until the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Made of bronze, oblate bells of different sizes are arranged in order of pitch and hung on a huge bell frame. The bells are struck with a T-shaped wooden hammer and a long rod to produce different musical tones.
The chime bells have a wide range of sounds, rich sound sequences, and beautiful timbres. Each bell has two tones with an interval of three degrees. They can be fired separately without interfering with each other, or they can be fired at the same time to form a pleasant harmony. This proves that each chime of ancient Chinese chimes has two tones.
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Because it can play a melody like singing, it is also known as the singing bell.]
The introduction is very long, but no one finds it too long. On the contrary, in the eyes of industry insiders, the content is pitifully short.
After reading the introduction, the next step is the highlight of this video. They want to see with their own eyes how the performer produces such beautiful and melodious music.
The dancer in the previous video was wearing a long dress of the same style, with exquisite makeup, her eyelashes slightly lowered and looking at the wooden hammer in her hand, her expression extremely focused.
On the other side, a person who looked very familiar to netizens was also wearing a long dress of the same style, holding a wooden hammer, with a calm expression, like a beautiful pottery doll.
The cloud demon.
This celebrity who caused a stir on the Internet not long ago, and the discussion has not subsided yet, actually appeared in this video and acted as a facilitator.
The dancer raised the wooden hammer and struck the first note, and the crisp music fell into the ears of the audience, as if it had crossed the long river of history and hit their souls.
Wuyun Yao joins the percussion team with two hammers in hand, and the intertwined but unmixed music seems to be humming a long and ancient song in people's ears, telling the audience a history that may no longer be known.
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Chapter completed!