1. Chinese Cheng - is a plucked stringed instrument. It may have 13 - 17 strings which are tuned to a pentatonic scale.
2. Hsiao - is a wind instrument made from bamboo. The performer blows air at the notch at the upper end to produce sounds. There are no keys on the instruments.
3. Chinese Sheng - consists of a bowl-shaped into which are inserted bamboo reed pipes, each designed to produce a different pitch. Within each pipe is a small reed, which vibrates to produce the sound as air moves through the pipe.
4. Chinese Pipa - is a plucked stringed instrument somewhat similar in shape to the Western guitar. The strings are plucked with the fingernails of the right hand.
5. Chinese Erhu - is a kind of violin ( fiddle ) with 2 strings. The sound body is a drum-like little case usually made of ebony or sandal wood or snakeskin. It usually has a hexagonal shape with the length of approximately 13 cm. The back is left open. The neck is about 81 cm long. The 2 strings are usually tuned D and A.
2. Hsiao - is a wind instrument made from bamboo. The performer blows air at the notch at the upper end to produce sounds. There are no keys on the instruments.
3. Chinese Sheng - consists of a bowl-shaped into which are inserted bamboo reed pipes, each designed to produce a different pitch. Within each pipe is a small reed, which vibrates to produce the sound as air moves through the pipe.
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