Vocabulary

removing a partition (wall)

qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin

qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin; seven-stringed koto

konghou (ancient Chinese harp)

konghou (ancient Chinese harp)

huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow)

erhu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow); erh hu

jinghu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)

yehu (bowed Chinese instrument with a coconut-shell body)

yueqin (4-stringed Chinese lute)

ruanxian (4 or 5-stringed Chinese lute); ruan

xiqin (2-stringed Chinese musical instrument)

sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)

sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)

zurna (Anatolian woodwind instrument); surnay

zurna (Anatolian woodwind instrument); surnay

surnay (Anatolian woodwind instrument); zurna

shawm

Mitella stylosa (species of miterwort)

suona (Chinese shawm)

yunluo (10 small gongs mounted in a wooden frame)

reed (of a musical instrument)

dongxiao (Chinese bamboo flute similar to a shakuhachi)

paixiao (ancient Chinese bamboo panpipes)

xiao (vertical Chinese bamboo flute)

xiao (vertical Chinese bamboo flute)

Fuke school (defunct sect of Zen Buddhism)

reed organ

harmonium

shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)

sho (Japanese free reed musical instrument)

shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)

Qing-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 19th century)

Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century)

Ming and Qing-era Chinese music (as popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese war)

Jie (ancient Chinese ethnic group)

Xianbei (ancient nomadic tribe of northern Asia)

Di (ancient Chinese ethnic group)

Qiang (Chinese ethnic group)