chinese traditional
what it is
Chinese Music started at the dawn of Chinese civilization with documents and artifacts providing evidence of a well-developed musical culture as early as the Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC – 256 BC). Today, the music continues a rich traditional heritage in one aspect, while emerging into a more contemporary form at the same time. Traditional music in China is played on solo instruments or in small ensembles of plucked and bowed stringed instruments, flutes, and various cymbals, gongs, and drums.
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What is chinese traditional?
Chinese Music started at the dawn of Chinese civilization with documents and artifacts providing evidence of a well-developed musical culture as early as the Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC – 256 BC). Today, the music continues a rich traditional heritage in one aspect, while emerging into a more contemporary form at the same time. Traditional music in China is played on solo instruments or in small ensembles of plucked and bowed stringed instruments, flutes, and various cymbals, gongs, and drums.
What are good chinese traditional albums to start with?
Try Lament In The River Mansion by Zhou Yu, Sleeping Lotus by Li Xiangting, Chinese Traditional Music by Hong Ting, and Chinese Traditional Erhu Music 1 by Lei Qiang.
Who are some women making chinese traditional?
musicisforgirls.com/genres/chinese-traditional/girls lists women, non-binary artists, and bands with women making chinese traditional, from mainstream to underground.
genre notes from last.fm listeners · artists and albums from last.fm, updated 2026-10-19