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DONG & MIAO INSTRUMENTS IN GUIZHOU CHINA

by KINK GONG 2012

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1.
4 LUSHEN + 4 MANTONG 05:08
2.
4 LUSHEN 04:11
3.
4 LUSHEN 07:06
4.
6 LUSHEN 05:04
5.
6 LUSHEN 02:05
6.
DONG PIPA 07:07
7.
NIUTUIQIN 05:47
8.
DONG PIPA (BASS) 02:47
9.
NIUTUIQIN 08:32
10.
TONG GU 11:20
11.
DRUM 04:49

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DONG & MIAO INSTRUMENTS IN GUIZHOU CHINA

GUIZHOU PROVINCE is home of 9 millions so called MIAO, and 3 millions DONG and many more other ethnic groups. Here is a compilation of the most visible instruments being played for ceremonies or social entertainment music :
various MIAO LUSHEN ( mouthorgans of different sizes ) and DONG old people s afternoon meeting in an ancient drum tower (specific to the Dong architecture ), using the 2 main Dong string instruments ; the 4 stringed plucked lute called DONG PIPA and the 2 stringed bowed viole called NIUTUIQIN.

first 3 tracks recorded in Paisha MIAO village
The LUSHEN players are dancing while blowing.
1 4 men each using a different size LUSHEN ( usually 6 long bamboo free reed tubes inserted in a wooden resonance box ) and 4 women each blowing in a different MANTONG, (a bamboo tube with a smaller bamboo free reed tube producing one note inside a larger bambootube which is the resonance box).
2 4 men each using a different size LUSHEN
3 3 men each using a different size LUSHEN
4, 5 recorded in Biasha village, a MIAO ( they call themselves MOO ) demo for tourists, armed with heavy cameras, 6 men using 6 LUSHEN of various sizes.

6, 7, 8, 9 recorded in Gaozhen DONG village drum tower, performed by an old man
6 DONG PIPA ( a 4 stringed plucked lute )
7 NIUTUIQIN ( litterally cow leg string instrument ) a 2 stringed bowed viole
8 DONG PIPA ( a 3 stringed bass version of the usually higher tone smaller dong pipa ( plucked lute )
9 NIUTUIQIN ( litterally cow leg string instrument ) a 2 stringed bowed viole

10 TONG GU ( chinese word for bronze drum ) performed by 2 men during a night celebration of an official MIAO event. One man hits the center of the bronzedrum with a soft mallet and a wooden stick on the side, while a second man moves a wooden barrel in and out of the bronze drum. recorded in Tajiang town.
11 DRUM, a wooden barrel with 2 skins, is hit by 2 women, each woman hit one side, on a night celebration of an official MIAO event in Tajiang town.

RECORDED by LAURENT JEANNEAU / SHI TANDING
IN GUIZHOU, CHINA April 2012

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released April 14, 2012

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Under the name KINK GONG you find 2 activities, the 1st one is to record ethnic minority music mostly in south-east Asia, the 2nd is to transform, collage, recompose the original recordings into experimental soundscapes.

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