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The article evaluates the product related to the Epiphone Kirk Hammett 'Greeny' 1959 Les Paul Standard, a Chinese-made 'Inspired by Gibson Custom Shop' model endorsed by Kirk Hammett, offering an affordable alternative to the U.S. production version.

The article reports on the German-Chinese music exchange in October 2018 between the recorder academy of the music school of Sieglinde Heilig in Oldenburg, Germany, and two music schools in the northeastern city of Dalian, China.

The article offers information on the focus of art training company Orange Tree on promoting traditional Chinese music. Topics covered include the focus of the group on enhancing the knowledge of children about the use of traditional Chinese instruments as well as the increasing popularity of the music instruments in the country. Also mentioned are singing classes offered by the company.

The article reviews a concert featuring a guzheng performance at the Huqin Music Festival in Suzhou, China on November 22, 2014.

The article discusses the history behind Chinese traditional music instruments. Topics covered include the development of music in the country during the dynasty before the Qin Dynasty as well as the popularity of imperial music. Also mentioned is the benefit of political and religious authorities from the instruments.

The article chronicles the history of the pipa, China's principal string instrument, with features including pear-shaped outline, short neck and rounded back and its origin from an area to the west of the country almost 2,000 years ago.

The article focuses on the economic growth of China alongside with its music market. It cites the Music China National Trade Fair in Shanghai, China that celebrates the Chinese economy in a capitalist perspective. It notes that the internet serve as way to influence the Chinese populace by the Western music scene. It adds that products of varying quality and viability have emerged in the Chinese market. However, counterfeiting is one of the problems that confronts the Chinese market.

The article focuses on musician Zhang Xinhua. It discusses how Prof. Shen discovered the talent of Zhang Xinhua who uses the liuqin and the zhongruan. It notes that Zhang Xinhua used the ruan to sing drunken poet Li Bai's 'shixian' poetry. It also features the "Drinking Song" by Liu Wenjin, Zhang Xinhua's current concerto work. It states that Zhang Xinhua has been serving as Orchestral Director for 10 years. Moreover, it compares music masters Zhang Xinhua and Liszt.

The article offers the author's insight concerning the acoustics of Ma YueSi's Tang qin. The author notes that the qins made by Ma YueSi are all-rounded in alto, baritone and bass resonances, but they are far beyond by those instruments made by the famous Lei masters. The author adds that Ma YueSi does not need a lengthy time constant to mature his Tang qin as the maker has able to use his understanding of quality resonance.

The article features the guqin artists Xu Kuanghua and Ma YueSi. It notes that Xu Kuanghua had learned the art of qin from his father and has familiarized the process of making a guqin although he needed to request a carpenter for him to check the accuracy of his work in his first attempt. He had succeeded in making a guqin that appears the same as the real one. He bestowed his knowledge in guqin to Ma YueSi who improved the qin system which include lacquering, winding of strings, and tuning.

The article reports on violin production in China. The author visits the Taixing Fengling Musical Instruments Company and their factory in Xiqiao, China. The article suggests that Chinese factories are generally located on the outskirts of a city and use farm buildings. The author contends that Chinese products have dominated the market for student-level violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. Other topics include the wood supply in China and quality control.

The article explores the connection of qin, which is the zither-like Chinese musical instrument, with painting and ideas coming from Chinese visual culture, and its close relationship with the elite class. While the instrument produces delicate sounds, it is also capable of making highly distinct sounds that provided it with mythological associations.

The article offers information on the dizi flute. A brief historical overview of the dizi flute is provided, along with a description of the flute. There are four kinds of dizi with a range of keys within each of these kinds including the keys of C, D, F and G Major. The dizi flute and other Chinese musical instruments normally use a cipher notation with numbers from 1 to 7. INSET: Where to Shop for Dizis and Music.

Focuses on the history of the Chinese musical instruments. Materials used by Chinese to making musical instruments, such as metal, stone and clay; Description of the percussion instrument Bianzhong; Purpose for the creation of the wind instrument Xun; Requirements for playing the string instrument Guqin.

Focuses on the ancient musical instruments in China. Establishment of music shops in the ancient times; Use of different musical instruments for training dancers and singers; Development of versatile virtuosos; Traditional music and musical instruments; Preservation of ancient musical instruments.

Presents the music composition 'High Mountain and Flowing Stream' composed by Yu Boya in China. Melody and tune; Theme of the composition; Human concept of the musical instrument, guqin.

Focuses on the use of musical instruments of Huqin family in the late nineteenth century, appeared in the illustrated periodical 'Dianshizhai', published as a supplement to the newspaper 'Shenbao' in Shanghai, China. Use of Huqin instruments in various public performances; Description of the picture whose caption read as 'A Monk Surrounded by Flowers'; Study of the history of instrumental technique of Huqin.

The article focuses on the discovery of musical instruments in the fifth century BCE tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng in Suizhou, China. It says that the opening of the tomb did not only restore to China some of its oldest surviving musical instruments, but it also provides earliest reliable, detailed writings on musicology, and music systems. It notes that it pushed the history of Chinese music back to ancient times. It also discusses the discovery of the tomb in the winter of 1977.

The article offers information on the seven-holed flute, a musical instrument excavated by Chinese archaeologists, which was made from the hollow wing bone of the red-crowned crane and believed to be the oldest known musical instrument.

The article offers information on 12 Girls Band which features innovative traditional Chinese music. Topics covered include details of the performance of the group in Jilin province on October 17, 2014. Also mentioned is the formation of the group in June 2001 as a popular art troupe that uses classical Chinese instruments.

The article focuses on the traditional notation for the Chinese guitar or pipa, with particular consideration on the history of pipa of which music was traditionally written in the form of gongche notation. It discusses the pre-19th century pipa scores and the first comperehensive anthology, Hua Shi anthology of 1819, followed by the Li Fang Yuan anthology of 1895, which represented a trend towards greater precision in notation.

Presents a history of the Chinese musical world. Description of wind and vocal musical instruments; Information on Chinese opera; Discography. INSET: Further exploration..

The article reviews the world's largest piano manufacturing operation Pearl River Piano Group in Guangzhou, China. Topics include production details of the plant, information on sales figures, and prospects in various markets. Reasons for the success of Pearl River over the years and details regarding the 30th anniversary celebrations of Pearl River's introduction to the North American market are also discussed.

The article features Chinese opera player Dang Zhongxin, who was nominated as inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage in 2009 due to his dedication to hop opera. It claims that Zhongxin was born in Heyang County, Weinan City of Shaanxi Province from a farming family. It cites the musical instruments used in the opera like gongs, bass drums, and cymbals. It claims that hop opera was hailed as intangible cultural heritage in China in 2008.

A personal narrative is presented about the author's experiences searching for Balaman and Changji musical instruments, both kinds of oboes, in China.

The article offers information on the history of Chinese pipa and the characteristics of Chinese guitar repertoire. Topics discussed include Western and Chinese guitar music tuning, melodic structure of Chinese music, and the use of fretting pattern by the pipa. It also mentions the civil repertoire "Zhao Jun Ren" or "The Princess' Lament."

Deals with the bone flutes found by Chinese researchers from the Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of Henan Province in Zhengzhou. Features of the flutes; Significance of the discovery; Information on the excavation site.

The article offers information on the challenges experienced by European luthiers in penetrating China's musical instrument market. The topics discussed include the reasons why the Western classical music is outlawed in the country, the estimated number of music conservatories in the country, and the time that Italian lutheir Matteo Mazzotti started working in the Chinese music market.

The article offers information on pipa, a four-stringed Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments, sometimes called the Chinese lute, the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body.

Discusses the social and cultural origins of the two groups of musical instruments found in the tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zeng in China. Orchestral instruments; Instruments for `bedchamber music'; Main occasions for ritual music; Number and composition of instruments as indicators of rank; Relationship of Zeng with its neighboring state Chu.

The article features The Shen Yun Performing Arts Orchestra, an orchestra based in New York, that is known for embracing both Western and Chinese instruments. Topics discussed include the orchestra members' diverse backgrounds and the practice of deploying Western and Chinese instrumental timbre simultaneously in musical compositions.

The article features the traditional symphonic orchestra Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (HKCO) and offers information on how it fuses a western symphonic outfit with ancient Chinese instruments to familiarise composers across the world with Chinese orchestral music.

The article offers information on several Chinese musical instruments such as erhu and guzheng.

The article presents a profile of Tujia folk music expert Tian Longxin. Topics covered include Tian's youth in Pojiao of Longshan County in Hunan Province, China, Tian's mastery of the traditional Tujia instrument called the dongdong-kui, and his work on editing three books about Chinese folk music including "Folk Music Collection of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture," and "Chinese Folk Vocal Art -- Collection in Longshan County."

The article focuses on a list of events from past in the import and export trade business. Details related to the trading in the good market for American musical instruments in China, the regulations in the playing of pianos or organs by the War Production Board, and the business acquisition of Gibson Guitar and Garrison Guitars are also included.

The article offers step by step instructions for making zheng.

The article discusses Chinese orchestra and looks at the long and rich history of music in ancient China through excavations of musical instruments such as lutes, drums, and figurines of dancers, which proved that ancient Chinese love music.

The article discusses the destination wedding of Alissa and Alan, that was held at Brickyard Inn, Mutianyu Great Wall in Beijing, China. Topics discussed include the fusion of Chinese and American culture that was imparted in the wedding, challenges faced in planning the wedding in China, where the couple fell in love and traditional Chinese instruments like erhu, guzheng and pipa used in the wedding.

The article looks at the rising popularity of Chinese folk music as of February 2011. According to composer Li Binyang, folk music in China has aroused interest in other countries, as a lot of foreign composers have started to include Chinese elements in their own works. There are also increasing number of Chinese youth that are studying traditional folk instruments.

The article focuses on the Diplomatte Musical Instruments, an American company owned by Paul Sheldon Global Productions Inc. and managed by chief executive officer (CEO) Paul Sheldon. It states that the company sells musical instruments from Chinese manufacturers which include euphonium and tuba, bass trombone, and saxophones divided into Envoy model. It mentions that Sheldon is also co-director of the Interdisciplinary Musical Instrument Research Laboratory.

The article focuses on the revival of traditional Chinese culture in China including its etiquette, musical instruments, ceremony and dress, as well as classic literature.

The article revisits the guqin, a zither-like instrument, which was prominent in the lives of literary ancients. It looks into the historical origin of the guqin dating back from the Western Zhou Dynasty and offers information on its various shapes, strings, octaves, timbre. It also discusses the traditional values of peacefulness and gentlemanliness associated to guqin and the reemerging popularity of the musical instrument with the revival of traditional Chinese culture.

The article features the home to Asia's largest Piano Museum in Gulangyu, also called, Piano Island in the city of Fujian, China. The museum houses the Norman & Beard organ and the main attraction of the new Pipe Organ Museum. Norman & Beard organ was originally found in the Cradley Heath Methodist Church for a most a century. The church was closed and the organ needs a new home. Ian Wakeley, an Australian organ builder was looking for an organ for a museum in China.

Focuses on the combination of traditional Chinese and Western instruments in the music compositions of Canadian Mark Armanini. Music background; Integration of Chinese instruments into a Western orchestral setting; Information on the concerti "Rain in the Forest."

The article presents information about the 12 Girls Band, a group of young Chinese women whose enthusiastic renditions of musical chestnuts on traditional Chinese instruments have become a sensation outside their homeland. Their first overseas album, "Beautiful Energy," has sold more than 2 million CDs in Japan and hundreds of thousands more across Asia since 2003.

The article outlines the history of choral music in China. Topics discussed include the western choral tradition in the country, its musical tradition, the expansion of its musical exploration, and the association of social development with choral music development. The significance of choral music in dealing with its international and local forms is noted.

The article discusses the author's views on classical music in China. Tpics covered include the passion and interest of Chinese musicians in traditional instruments as well as the importance of music to friendship and relaxation of Chinese people. Also mentioned is the use of music to express the deep emotions of Chinese people.