Loud Wind and Percussion Ensembles
Ensembles comprising loud wind instruments (including suona, guanzi, sheng, and sometimes also dizi, long straight brass trumpets, or string instruments) and the percussion instruments of the luogu ensemble are usually referred to as either guchui (literally "drumming blowing") or chuida (literally "blowing hitting") ensembles. Such ensembles traditionally perform outdoors, often while marching, for weddings, funerals, or (originally) military purposes. They include the following:
- Guchui ensemble (鼓吹) - drum and wind music
- Liaonan guchui (辽南鼓吹) - drum and wind music of southern Liaoning Province
- Longchui (笼吹) - casket winds; performed by suona, dongxiao, erxian, sanxian, large and small drums, gong, cymbals, and sometimes other instruments
- Shandong guchui (山东鼓吹) - drum and wind music of Shandong Province
- Shanxi badatao (山西八大套) - eight big pieces of Shanxi Province
- Sunan chuida (苏南吹打) - wind and percussion music of southern Jiangsu Province; also called Sunan shifangu (苏南十番鼓) or Shifangu (十番鼓)
- Xi'an guyue (西安鼓乐) - wind and percussion ensemble music of Xi'an (Shaanxi Province); also called Shaanxi guyue (陕西鼓乐)
Read more about this topic: List Of Ensemble Formations In Traditional Chinese Music
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