Monday, May 18, 2009

The Suona


The sound it makes: Loud blasts and nothern flavour.
Pitch range: A single soprano Suona is not usually capable of playing pieces with complex key changes.
History: Believed to have been developed from Central Asia. It was originally introduced into China from central or south asia.A musician playing an instrument very similar to a suona is shown on a drawing on a Silk Road religious monument in western Xinjiang province dated to the 3rd to 5th centuries, and depictions dating to this period found in Shandong and other regions of northern China depict it being played in military processions, sometimes on horseback. It was not mentioned in Chinese literature until the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), but by this time the suona was already established in northern China.
Extra information: The suona is a woodwind made of Bamboo it is also an oboes.

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