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Chinese music dates back to the 14th Century BC. It uses the five notes of the pentatonic scale although other notes can be introduced: The Chinese believe that music is an expression of harmony that exists among heaven, earth and man, and nature has provided man with eight kinds of such materials to build musical instruments. They are stone, metal, silk, bamboo, wood, skin, gourd and clay.

APPRAISING

Chinese music dates back to the 14th Century BC. It uses the five notes of the pentatonic scale although other notes can be introduced:

Pentatonic Scale on F
The Chinese believe that music is an expression of harmony that exists among heaven, earth and man, and nature has provided man with eight kinds of such materials to build musical instruments. They are stone, metal, silk, bamboo, wood, skin, gourd and clay.