The sound of traditional musical instruments hitting a bell
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Hit the bell, hit the body sounding instrument. It is widely used as percussion instrument in Chinese song and dance, opera music accompaniment and folk instrumental ensemble. Also known as double chimes, bell cymbals, etc. Made of copper. It is shaped like a pair of small cup-shaped bells, with a diameter of about 5.5 cm and a height of about 4.5 cm. There are holes at the bottom of the bells to tie them through. Cool tone. Brass bells have a long sustain and brass bells have a shorter sustain.

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The bell (pinyin: Pèng líng) was called bell cymbal in ancient times. It is a musical instrument of Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan, Naxi, Han and other ethnic groups. Tibetan called Dingxia. Due to the difference in the spread of the region, in the folk there are names such as jingling, double chime, sound and water, etc. In Shaanxi, it is called dangzi, and there are also called bells for short. It is shaped like a bell, made of copper, one pair of two, connected by ropes, collided with each other and pronounced without a fixed pitch. Often used in instrumental ensembles and opera accompaniment, it is a rhythm instrument.

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