(Lead) Chinese erhu- this
instrument is a small bowed instrument with two strings made of ebony or
sandalwood. The erhu takes the melody from the xylophone and then transition
into melodic ornaments in the first 30
seconds. Then at 1:07 the eruh takes the lead again. At 1:25 the erhu return to
a shared melody. Finally after sharing the melody with the full ensemble the erhu
plays with the dizi in the last six seconds fading away and ending the song.
Dizi- this is a bamboo flute with
an additional finger hole that is covered by a piece of thin paper-like fiber
that makes a buzz like sound. The dizi
is played in the begging with the xylophone making an echoed like sound in the
first 13 seconds. Then in the 42 seconds of the song the dizi takes the melody
from the erhu having a same role as the erhu. Flute answers the erhu on a call
back and forward at 1:07. The Dizi
finally plays with the erhu and fades away ending the song.
Sheng- is a mouth-blown gourd with
bamboo pipes and a free reed. This instrument opens with a mid-pitched tone.
After the dizi the sheng takes the melody along with the other instruments in
56 seconds of the song.
Zheng- is 15- to 25-string plucked
instrument. The zither is played with the sheng and other instrument to play
the melody, returning to the same sound.
Until on 1:07 Zither repeats its accompaniment figure.
Yangqin- is a four-octave,
multistringed hammer dulcimer. This
instrument opens the song with this percussion instruments and others
percussion instrument being lightly played.
Xylophone- in the 11 seconds the
xylophone enters with a solo, then the xylophone echo’s with the high bamboo
flute in 13 second of the song. At 1:07
the Xylophone reenters with the ehru taking the lead, then at 1:38 the
xylophone full ensemble play.
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