How to play Ding Dong

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When playing with ding dong, the player stands in front of the ding dong stand, holding a round wooden stick 30 cm long and 3 cm in diameter in each hand. By hitting the ding dong of two or more wooden bars, more sounds can be played, and the pronunciation can form a seven-tone scale, but the skills are more difficult to master.

How to play Ding Dong


The rhythm of ding dong percussion is very rich, mostly using two or four beats, and rarely using three beats. The rhythm organization is often a symmetrical technique. Usually, the left hand is used to strike the same tone at a rapid rhythm, as a foil. 

How to play Ding Dong

It is vivid and lifelike with playing the xylophone. The difference is that the xylophone is composed of small wooden blocks of different lengths arranged and connected in a certain sequence; while the ding dong is to strike different parts of the wooden bar to produce different sounds.

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Involving musical instruments

Ding dong(pinyin:ding dong), a unique percussion instrument of the Li nationality, is named after the sound of the instrument. Among the Li people, both men and women, young and old, love to play Ding-dong, and regard it as their favorite musical instrument. They also compose many Ding-dong folk songs, and they will play and sing at the same time during Chinese New Year, festivals or gatherings.

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