Traditional instruments of Chinese brass ensembles

the article examines wind musical instruments of China and their role in the overall development of the country's musical culture. The issues of ensemble music making in modern China cannot be considered apart from the traditions of wind ensemble music making and the instruments themselves. It is said about the 12-tone lui system, both as the ancestor of Chinese wind instruments, and as the standard of sound by which all instruments are tuned. He pays special attention to the flute and its varieties, as well as the guan as instruments of traditional ritual and ceremonial ensemble music in China. The ba yin system is analyzed separately – 8 kinds of sound and 8 materials from which instruments are made, in the context of studying wind instruments. The article provides a brief overview of such instruments as bone flutes, taojiao, xun, paixiao, sheng, di, xiao, song and guan, as well as a European–type brass band that came to China at the end of the 19th century. The results of the study can be used when working with students of brass instruments from various performing departments of universities in China, as well as to get acquainted with the peculiarities of national wind instruments in universities and secondary vocational educational institutions in Russia. The development of modern wind ensemble music making in China should take into account the traditions and peculiarities of traditional national wind ensembles and musical instruments. This will allow us to find new opportunities for the development of ensemble music making in China.

ensemble, Chinese music, flute, guan, wind instruments, musical culture