Eight-tone drum (pinyin: Bā yīn gǔ), also known as the Eight Immortals Drum. Popular in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guixi Longlin Autonomous County, Xilin County and the border of Guizhou and Guizhou. It is the Zhuang and Gelao musical instruments. Named for its use in the folk instrumental ensemble eight bands. The Zhuang language is called Zhongyi, which means smaller drum.
The Jino bamboo tube is a percussion instrument of the Jino people, also known as Qike. Popular in Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The Jino people love to hunt, and they sing to celebrate after hunting. When singing, the accompaniment is to strike bamboo tubes with different pitches, which is also called "bamboo tube tune". The tunes are: walking tune, sung on the way home from hunting; home tune, sung when returning home and inviting neighbors to share.
Wangdu (pinyin: Wāng dōu), also known as yellow mud drum, long drum and horizontal drum. The Yao ethnic group is a mixed percussion instrument. It is popular in Liannan Yao Autonomous County of Guangdong Province and other places. Originating from the ancient slender waist drum, it has been widely circulated among the people during the Southern Song Dynasty.
Peng cup (pinyin: Pèng zhōng), also known as ping bell, is a Mongolian percussion instrument. Popular in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Made of copper, it is shaped like a small cymbal, with a diameter of 7.6 and a thickness of 0.6 cm. Consists of two sides. The middle of the cup surface is convex and hemispherical, and there is a small hole in the center of the ball, which can be set with a ring-tie copper chain, red silk, cloth belt, etc., to connect the two small cups together. Hit the sound with one hand on each side. The bump cup always hits with each eye, twice per eye.
Kuosuoke (pinyin: Kuò shuò kè) is a folk percussion instrument of the Uyghur and Uzbeks. The Han people call it wooden structure or music structure. Popular in the southern Xinjiang region of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
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