Application of Bass Sheng

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Bass sheng, a kind of sheng, the most commonly used traditional sheng is 17 springs. After the liberation, new varieties such as amplifying sheng, plus key sheng, turntable sheng, low-pitched sheng and row sheng were successfully trial-produced, with a variety of reeds.

Application of Bass Sheng

In the daily performance of Chinese music works, you will find that many of them require the use of bass sheng and bass suona. Nowadays, the establishment of general large-scale professional orchestras is equipped with these two treasures, which makes the bass part of the orchestra unrivaled. less, but also meet the needs of these works.

It is understood that the production of bass sheng and bass suona is very small, and the price is expensive, which is not affordable for ordinary groups. Moreover, it is not easy to maintain and repair these musical instruments, so it can be said that if you have money, you may not buy them. In fact, the bass suona is not as important as the bass sheng. For ordinary non-professional orchestras, if there are people playing alto and tenor suona, most of the songs should be enough. The importance of the bass sheng is increasing rapidly. From the perspective of the three major orchestras in Taiwan, the bass suona is not necessarily useful, but the bass sheng is a common standard system. Because it is much more versatile.

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低音笙(百度百科)

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Bass Sheng (Pinyin: dī yīn shēng), a kind of Sheng, the most commonly used traditional Sheng is 17 reeds. After the liberation, new varieties such as amplifying sheng, plus key sheng, turntable sheng, low-pitched sheng and row sheng were successfully trial-produced, with a variety of reeds.

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