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Mission

A NEW GENERATION OF CHINESE MUSICAL HERITAGE California Youth Chinese Symphony (CYCS) is a non-profi...

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Liuqin

Liuqin (Chinese mandolin) is a high pitch-plucking instrument. For all the difference in size, the s...

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Zhongruan

The Ruan is also known as the moon guitar that appears much later in Chinese history compared to oth...

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Pipa

Pipa (Chinese lute) resembles the Spanish guitar in some ways. It has a pear-shaped wooden body and ...

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Dizi

The Dizi (bamboo flute) is the traditional Chinese flute. Most dizi are made of bamboo, which explai...

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Sheng (Chinese mouth organ)

Sheng is one of the oldest Chinese musical instruments. The instrument existed as far back as 3,000 ...

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Suona (Chinese Oboe)

Suona or Chinese oboe is sometimes also called a trumpet because of its distinctively loud and high-...

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Guzheng

Guzheng (zither or lap harp) was a very popular instrument during ancient times, as early as the War...

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Yangqin

The Yangqin is also called a hammered dulcimer. It is played by hitting strings with a pair of bambo...

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Erhu

Also known as two-string violin, the erhu is a Chinese 2-stringed, vertical fiddle that has a histo...

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Konghou

Konghou (double-string harp) is an ancient Chinese harp. It went extinct sometime in the Ming Dynast...

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Cello

The cello is most closely associated with European classical music. It is part of the standard orch...

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