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Show Only Five Tones in j Old Chinese Music in ancient times in China, there were only five tones used In the musical mu-sical scale, and each one of tin s, torn had a peculiar name. The tones were F, G, A. c, D and they were called Emperor," "I'rinu Minister," Subjects," Sub-jects," "Suite Affairs" and "Universe" and each one was represented b peculiar written character. The Chinese- believed that nature gave theni eight materials with whicH to make music. These were .kin. stones, wood, metal, clav. bamboo, silk and -. rourds (Tiles., latter vve-re something some-thing like pumpkins with bard shells.) From the dried skins the Chinese made elaborate lirums, they made disks ot stone and struck them With b.i miner-; wood made the bodies of instruments, in-struments, and also hollow boxes whieli were struck With hammers; the metal was made Into bells, and It is said that the art of bell-founding was Invented in ancient China. From clay they marie whistles! un.l pipes; bamboo Was USsd for flutes, silk furnished the strings for the instruments recpilrlng them; and gourds were used for hollcw, r.-sonnnce boxes, to which were attached at-tached numerous bamboo pipes. This instrument is called a "cheng." The1 Ktude |