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Musical instruments were traditionally classified into 8 categories known as bayin.[2] Traditional music in China is played on solo instruments or in small ensembles of plucked and bowed stringed instruments, flutes, and various cymbals, gongs, and drums. The scale is pentatonic. Bamboo pipes and qin are among the oldest known musical instruments from China; instruments are traditionally divided into categories based on their material of composition: animal skins, gourd, bamboo, wood, silk, earth/clay, metal, and stone. Chinese orchestras traditionally consist of bowed strings, woodwinds, plucked strings and percussion.
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The term guoyue, or national music, became popular in early 20th century and was used loosely to include all music written for Chinese instruments in response to a particular nationalistic consciousness.[11] The term however may have slightly different meaning when used by different Chinese communities. Originally it is used only referred to the music of the Han Chinese, later it may also include music of various ethnic minorities in China. In the new Republic of China in Taiwan, Guoyue emphasized music of the mainland China over the Taiwanese local traditions. In mainland China a new term minyue (民乐, short for minzu yinyue or "people's music") was coined post-1949 in place of guoyue to encompass all compositions and genres for traditional instruments. In other Chinese communities, it may also be referred to as huayue (for example in Singapore) or zhongyue (in Hong Kong)
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