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Pái shēng / Páishēng (-)

original: 排笙

➺ remark(s) below

type of modern "reformed" Shēng with a kind of keyboard

Identical types: 3

From 排 (pái [row/line]); Term used to refer to any modern "reformed" Shēng with a kind of keyboard; Its shape is similar to that of mediaeval and renaissance portable organs (Portativ); Blench describes it as a "very large sheng"; ➺ Jiàn shēng, Yuán shēng, and Zhōngyīn shēng.


Sources

中国 [Zhōngguó]: 中国音乐词典。中国艺术研究院音乐研究所 «中国音乐词典» 编辑部 编 [Zhōngguó yīnyuè cídiǎn. Zhōngguó Yìshù Yánjiū Yuàn Yīnyuè Yánjiū Suǒ «Zhōngguó yīnyuè cídiǎn» biānjí bù biān; Chinese music dictionary, compiled by the Chinese Art Research Inst., Music Research Inst., "Chinese music dictionary" editorial board]. 北京 [Běijīng], 1984, p.290 (排笙 ❷).

Blench, Roger: The history and distribution of the free-reed mouth-organ in SE Asia (presented at the 14th EurASEAA meeting, Dublin, September 2012 (Draft submitted for proceedings, 2012), p.5.

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汉英词典 (Hàn Yīng cídiǎn) / A Chinese-English dictionary. 北京 [Běijīng], 1985, p.506 (排 ➁).