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City Chinese Orchestra

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Wong Chin Loon
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chinloon@pacific.net.sg
Updated:
28 Jun 1997
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The Heaven Of Music Created 26 June 1997
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Suona is know as the Chinese Trumpet. It produces a loud and clear notes that can be transmitted a long distance. In the Ming Dynasty, Qi Xu Guan Emperor (1527~1587) used it to play military music. In the late Ming Dynasty, Suona played an important role in Chinese Opera. In the modern China, it became one of the major discipline in the Collage of Music.

Zhong Yin Suona is known as medium pitch Suona. It can produced a sharp and clear notes, and is normally used for playing outstanding melody an octave lower than Gao Yin Suona in Orchestra Works to produce impressive music. It has a similar structure as Gao Yin Suona, except that it is slightly longer.