Suona, China double reed woodwind instrument. As early as the 3rd century AD, with the opening of the Silk Road, suona was introduced to China from Eastern Europe and West Asia. It is a member of the oboe family in the world. After thousands of years of development, suona has its unique temperament and timbre, and has become a representative national wind instrument in China.
brief introduction
Suona consists of five parts: whistle, gas tag, invasion, pole and bowl. There are eight holes (the first seven and the last one) in the wooden conical tube, and a thin copper tube is installed at the upper end of the tube, which is covered with a reed whistle with double springs, and a copper bowl-shaped speaker is installed at the upper end of the wooden tube. Although the suona has eight holes, the sound of the seventh hole is the same as that of the drum, and the sound of the eighth hole is the same as that of the first hole.
From 65438 to 0993, Mr. Guo Yazhi, a famous wind musician, invented the "live core" device of the suona, which made the traditional suona play chromatic and twelve-tone systems and enriched its expressive force.