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Dānyīn (-)

original: 单音

➺ remark(s) below

single sound/tone playing (SE Asian mouth organs)

Identical types: 2
Pèihé

Literal translation: 单: "one", "single"; 音: "sound / tone"; Erroneously defined by Wong as "single notes" (A "note" is a written symbol in sheet music; a "tone" is its sound); NB: ➺ Qīngshēng dānyīn.


Sources

Wong, Samuel Shengmiao: Qi’ - An instrumental guide to the Chinese orchestra. Singapore, 2005, p.139, 141.

Dictionaries, &c.

汉英词典 (Hàn Yīng cídiǎn) / A Chinese-English dictionary. 北京 [Běijīng], 1985, p.132 & 826.