The Kongling Drum is one of my country’s national instrumental musics.
The Kongling Drum is one of my country's national instrumental musics. It is an instrument that brings together philosophy, religion, culture, and art, as well as modern craftsmanship, sound theory, and innovative design. The instrument originated from the ancient Chinese Western Zhou musical instrument chimes. .
The Kongling Drum is carefully made of three types of materials: pure copper, carbon steel, and steel-titanium alloy. Its surface is covered with paint of different colors and textures. The drum body is oblate in shape, and the drum head is surrounded by It has the shape of lotus or square tongue. Its appearance is exquisite and beautiful, and it can be placed as an art piece in the room.
The hollow drum is widely used in religious Buddhism, Confucianism, Zen tea health care, yoga meditation, physical and mental healing: music education, sound therapy. The ethereal drum is also a work of art and can be used as home decoration. It can also be integrated with tea ceremony culture, incense culture, qin culture, Tai Chi, yoga, Hanfu, poetry, dance, Zen and meditation. The ethereal drum is also suitable for prenatal education and early childhood education. It is an instrument that helps children enlighten their spirits.
Performance of the Kongling Drum:
The Kongling Drum is a modern national musical instrument in the new era. It is easy to learn and there is no complicated theory. The Kongling Drum is divided into 8 tones and 13 tones. Composed of Chinese national modes, Bayin Kongling is composed of Chinese five-tone modes, namely Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu. Thirteen-tone Kongling has a wide range of sounds, with seven scales spanning octaves.
The Kongling Drum is an instrument in which the pronunciation of the sound tongue drives the entire cavity to sound. Therefore, whether it is done by hand or with a hammer, the purpose is to make the sound tongue vibrate. Once you master the basic rhythm, you can beat it beautifully. Beautiful melody. As an emerging musical instrument, Kongling Drum does not have a complicated music theory system and does not require a musical foundation. There is no fixed score or fixed performance mode for its performance.
With the development of Kongling Drum production technology, 14-tone and 15-tone series products have now been developed, making the Kongling Drum’s sound range wider and allowing more professional music scores to be played.