What is the traditional Tibetan musical instrument?

Zamu Nian is a Tibetan plucked string instrument. The Tibetan word "Zamu" is sound, "Nian" means pleasant sound, "Zamu Nian" means pleasant sound of the piano.

The eagle flute, a Tibetan specialty instrument, also known as the eagle bone flute, is made from the vulture's wing bone and got its name. The eagle flute is mainly popular in the Tibetan areas of Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan and Gansu provinces.

There are many kinds of Tibetan national musical instruments, including plucked instruments such as zamuni and yangqin; bowed stringed instruments such as bullhorn hu, sticker qin, root card, huqin, and heat maqin; wind instruments such as harp, bone flute, tuba, horn, suona, copper flute, conch, mouth string, bamboo flute, and mud flute; and percussion instruments such as big drums, hot drums, dharma drums, barang drums, gongs, cymbals, stringed bells, etc. The eagle flute is mainly popular in the Tibetans in Qinghai, Sichuan, and Gansu provinces.

The Zamunie, Niuhu, tuba and harp flute are the most distinctive ones. Zamunie that six-stringed zither, according to legend, has a history of 600 to 700 years, is the folk song and dance heap harmonization, Nangma and Zamunie singing the main accompaniment instrument. Cow horn hu, known as "Bi Wang" or "Bi Yong" in Tibetan, is similar in shape to the erhu, but the barrel is made of cow horn, and is mainly used to accompany the strings and folding ga. Due to the short bow, the long tones in the melody are played as eighth notes in the same tone over and over again, and in the weak beat with a large second or small third degree of leaning or re leaning tone, forming the main characteristics of the string music. Harp flute, bone flute circulated in the pastoral area.

The harp flute is made of wood, and the bone flute is made of eagle's leg bone or sheep's leg bone, with a high sound area, small volume, and thin sound, often used to play pastoral tunes. Big, Tibetan said "with the Chin", made of copper, tube body without holes, about 3 meters long, the lower end of the mouth with a big bla, can blow out the base note and five degree overtones, the volume of sound, mostly used in monastery ceremonial activities and Tibetan opera music.

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