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Sheng (instrument)

The sheng (Chinese: 笙) is a Chinese mouth-blown polyphonic free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes.

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Classification
Aerophone · Interruptive free aerophone · Free reed aerophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
412.132 (Sets of free reeds)

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Sheng (instrument)

Nodes44
Edges43
Triples5
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
Components1

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Sheng (instrument)

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Classification · 3
Sheng (instrument) → Aerophone, Free reed aerophone, Interruptive free aerophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification · 1
Sheng (instrument) → 412.132 (Sets of free reeds)

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sheng chinese traditional pipes instruments alto also range used keyed century instrument modern sound one changes soprano bass chromatic shēng

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Sheng (instrument)ClassificationAerophone1.00infobox
Sheng (instrument)ClassificationInterruptive free aerophone1.00infobox
Sheng (instrument)ClassificationFree reed aerophone1.00infobox
Sheng (instrument)Hornbostel–Sachs classification412.132 (Sets of free reeds)1.00infobox
Weng Zhenfainstance ofLater various changes were also introduced by players0.80text

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