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Jiàn shēng / Jiànshēng (-)

original: 键笙

keyed Shēng; ➺ remark(s) below

type of modern "reformed" Shēng with keys

Identical types: 5
Shēng

From 键 (jiàn [key(s)]); Term used to refer to any type of modern "reformed" Shēng; These fully chromatic instruments may have up to 30 pipes, and are provided with open keys, to enable the player to reach all of them; ➺ Cìzhōngyīn, Dīyīn, Gāoyīn, and Zhōngyīn shēng; NB: ➺ also Pái, and Yuán shēng.

Jiājiàn shēng / Jiājiànshēng

Sources

张新蕾 (Zhāng Xīnlěi): 关于键笙 [Guānyú jiànshēng; About the Jiànshēng], YouTube, [2017].

Web

china-expats.com
YouTube (Zhāng [NB: ➺ info, upper right: 掌上键笙 [Zhǎngshàng jiàn shēng], &c. ...more: Description])

Dictionaries, &c.

汉英词典 (Hàn Yīng cídiǎn) / A Chinese-English dictionary. 北京 [Běijīng], 1985, p.334.