2. Chinese music is as
old as Chinese
civilization. Its
development
started way back
during the
SHANG Dynasty
3. During the HAN Dynasty- the imperial
court set up the music department to
initiate the collecting and editing of
the ancient melodies
Most Chinese folk songs were
constructed in repetitive formal
approach.
4. CONFUCIUS- famous
Chinese philosopher
who believed that music
in its highest form can
be used to calm the
human passion and lust.
- Means to purify ones
thought.
5. FOUR STAGES OF THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE
PERIOD
FORMATIVE PERIOD-
music was used in
folk festival that are
meant to give honor
to the ancestors.
6. Clay ocarinas and
stone chimes were
some of the
instruments used
to accompany
these celebrations
7.
8.
9. INTERNATIONAL
PERIOD- there was an overflow
of musical ideas brought about by the
Western contacts and Asian trade.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Trumpets, oboes, lutes and drums
13. WORLD MUSIC
PERIOD- a new kind
of music was born
from the tradition
of Western
instruments and
forms.
14. PENTATONIC SCALE- five tone scale (
Chinese traditional music)
• gong (宫, gōng) // The first note in
the Chinese pentatonic scale.
• shang (商, shāng) // The second
note...
• jue (角, jué) // The third note...
• zhi (徵, zhǐ) // The fourth note...
• yu (羽, yǔ) // The fifth note...
16. LU- twelve pitch scale in
which Chinese
composition are written
TIAO- a 60 pentatonic
and 84 heptatonic
modes
IDEOGRAMS- or symbols
were used to notate the
Chinese notation
