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Vandalism

The top part of the page appeared to be vandalized by IP 69.114.161.174 in a series of edits. Unfortunately because of intervening edits my revision had to be done manually. If some wants to go over what's there currently to see if makes sense or not that would be just lovely Sxoa (talk) 18:25, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Any music to recommend?

I want to listen too chinese traditional music, i would like a woman to sing to. Do you have anything to recommend?as old as possible.hjg;lfj 'lial:Contributions/158.39.41.122|158.39.41.122]] (talk) 19:00, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

It would be nice to have more information in the section about Classical Chinese music; after all it covers a period of more than 3000 years. Does anyone have information on: - a list of the greatest classical works - list of composers or famous practitioners - major classical styles, by period or region - notation systems - music theory Unfortunately, I cannot contribute on any of these topics; if anyone can, please help. This is an important topic.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.244.71 (talk) 02:37, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The picture is too large, but it took me quite a while to figure out how to scan it so I'm proud of finally succeeding anyway... Why is it on the bottom, though? I cut-and-pasted the image format from Cronus because I wanted a caption like that, and the picture there is where it should be. Tuf-Kat 23:25, Jan 13, 2004 (UTC)

fixed (hopefully) --Jia ng

Thanks! Tuf-Kat

Doesn't anyone know anything about Chinese hip hop?

Where should the fish-drum/pao pei, go? --Guthrie 15:17, May 19, 2005 (UTC)

Under "instrumentation" would be fine. Tuf-Kat 22:09, May 19, 2005 (UTC)

heavy metal is too noisy here

I suggest a new page be opened about Chinese modern or contemporary music, as the heavy metal part seems much too big in comparison of the part dedicated to classical music. Besides, it's written without style conventions...) Mokarider 11:13, 19 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese ethnic minorities music and contemporary Chinese music ought to be broken off from here. Agreed. Mandel 00:12, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that this article is very poorly balanced, but the solution is to use wikipedia:Summary style to offer only a brief overview of all the fields of Chinese music, classical and modern. Tuf-Kat 02:22, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The Tibetan music section needs to be cut down so it is roughly the same size as the other sections. Besides, most of what is written should be in the separate article anyways. --CharlieHuang 20:50, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why does a section on "Punk Rock" discuss "nu-metal" and not punk at all? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.180.29.71 (talk) 05:18, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A lot of it is ill-informed about the western music that inspired it too, for example many references to trends that emerged in the mid nineties being inspired by Linkin Park, despite them not even releasing a record until after 2000. 81.158.49.241 (talk) 14:25, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Qin players in Instrumental music, Ethnic Han music

Instrumental pieces played on an erhu or dizi are popular, and are often available outside of China, but qin, pipa and zheng music, which is more traditional, are more popular in China itself. The qin is perhaps the national instrument of China, and its virtuosos are stars. I think this is not really accurate, most people in China don't even know what a qin(guqin) is, let alone qin players. LDHan 12:45, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. Highly speculative; in fact, not true at all. The qin is a revered instrument, you can claim that, but not a 'national instrument'. For that, it has to be recognised by 90% of the population, which it is hardly. --Charlie Huang 【正矗昊】 19:45, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reworded. --Charlie Huang 【正矗昊】 15:49, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Origin of music for "Chinese motif"

I am desperately looking for the history of a particular short musical phrase that is used to represent "Chinese"-ness, or Asian culture in general. I've seen it referenced in cartoons, stand-up comedy, and in the popular song Kung Fu Fighting.

I've uploaded a short audio file of the musical phrase in question: Image:ChineseMotif1.ogg

What is the origin of this phrase? Who first composed it? How did it come to be the quintessential chinese-stereotypical music. Does it have any actual connection whatsoever to genuine Chinese music, or is it just a western invention? -Alecmconroy 01:15, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I've been searching for the origin of this phrase for quite some time as well. D Boland (talk) 00:53, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Template from Chinese music stubs

We can use this for stubbing rather than the {{music-stub}} or the {{music-genre-stub}}. --Charlie Huang 【正矗昊】 10:10, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think {{china-music-stub}} would be better choice for stub name. Monni 12:03, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jia ren qu

What type of song would that song from House of Flying Daggers, Jia Ren Qu, be classified as? --Michaelzheng 05:31, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:PRCNationalanthemmusic.png

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:02, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion discussion

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abing. Badagnani (talk) 03:52, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion discussion

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Qiu Xia He. Badagnani (talk) 04:57, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do You guys have a Record Chart

Do you, if you have please tell me. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 20:56, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Help sought about an image

I was hoping someone working on this article might be able to help sort things out at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File_talk:Guzheng_01.jpg. I'm not at all expert on East Asian instruments, I just happen to have taken the photo in question (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guzheng_01.jpg). It is perfectly possible that the store that had the instrument had mislabeled it: they are mainly an accordion store. Quite possibly I have, following them, titled the photo incorrectly, and described the instrument inaccurately. (Cross posted to Talk:Guzheng.)- Jmabel | Talk 05:32, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article up for deletion

Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Chinese music ensembles in the United States, and comment if you wish. Badagnani (talk) 20:56, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Western classical music and its impact on Chinese music

Maybe something about Chinese music that is related to Western classical music would be appropriate? For example, Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto and Yellow River Piano Concerto are both very famous and notable works in both Western and Chinese music circles. So far, there is no mention of even the word "classical" in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Getmoreatp (talk • contribs) 03:29, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dragon dance

There must be given more emphasis in the section with Dragon dance. Its a long tradition at Music in china. --Basstonic (talk) 23:30, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]