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Guangdong yinyue 廣東音樂 (Cantonese music)
Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai 梁山伯與祝英台 (The Butterfly Lovers)
Musical instruments
Dizi 笛子 (the transverse bamboo flute)
Liuqin 柳琴 (the soprano plucked lute)
Quxiang pipa 曲項琵琶 (a crooked neck plucked lute )
Ruanxian 阮咸 (a straight-neck lute)
Sanxian 三弦 (the long-necked three-string plucked lute)
Sheng 笙 (the Chinese mouth organ)
Suona 嗩吶 (the double-reed wooden pipe)
Yangqin 揚琴 (the Chinese dulcimer hammered with a pair of bamboo strips)
Yueqin 月琴 (the short-necked moon-shaped plucked lute)
Musical notations
Jianzipu 減字譜 (tablature in abbreviated characters)
Shenqi mipu 神奇秘譜 (Fantastic and Mysterious Scores)
Wenzipu 文字譜 (tablature in Chinese characters)
Source: University of Hong Kong, and Chinese University of Hong Kong. 2001. World music CD-ROM for undergraduate teaching (China). Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Call No.: Music 781.6200951 W927 c5 CDROM