i play the suona in chinese orchestra and i must say it takes a really long time to even play a full song. but once mastered it can truly play beautiful music. youths these days see the suona as a very loud and noisy instrument. I wish that the younger generation would learn and preserve this art be it traditional fols suona or concert orchestral suona
I heard multiple ways to play suona with semitones. The most one I can find on internet is Guo Yazhi's Huoxin. The other one is Keyed suona, which is not my favorate. I also found a way with an extra thumb hole, and also a special skill by half-lifting fingers. Do you know which way is the most popular, and suggested for new learner? Thx!
Amazing.. I never realised that the suona has evolved to be able to produce notes. Such a powerful and unique sound like that of a bird.. its really a major contributor to the uniqueness of the Chinese orchestra.. seemingly 'cacophonous' and popularly used in weddings and funerals .. such a memorable sound.. its an instrument loved like only a mother can for a son... really glad that the instrument with its now wider range of notes and continuous refinement has started and hope it will inspire the entire Chinese orchestra to attain newer heights of musical harmony and beauty and perhaps one day win back the hearts of the Chinese youth
In my past, when I was young, I always wanted to learn to play a suona. I like the sound of this instrument very much. And in my youth I always wanted to play a saxophone. Unfortunately, I never did either.... or learned. Too bad...
did anyone else come here trying to figure out if the instrument in the totk trailer is a suona or saxophone? XD on a serious note, this is pretty cool
Suona is a kind of oboe instrument, also called Suona, Surna, Golden Koujiao, and Horn. It is called "Dehe" in Hokkien, Cantonese, Hokkien, and Teochew (Jiaoping: Di1 Daa2; 啲打) , "Blowing", and "Blowing" or "Ba Yin" in Taiwanese. The traditional suona has a bright sound and a large volume. The tube is made of wood and is shaped like a circular cone. The upper end is equipped with a wooden tube with a reed material "whistle" (reed, reed), and a brass bell called " bowl". The appearance of modern keyed suona is more like the oboe in a symphony orchestra. Lucretius wrote in "The Theory of Nature", "The earliest church residents played the reed is the whistle of the westerly wind in the empty stem of the reed." Wind instruments often appeared in areas rich in reeds. The hilly lakes in the southwest and southeast of Persia, the provinces along the northern Caspian Sea, are the places where reeds are prolific. Suona was born in the Achaemenid period. Suona also frequently appeared when "Kings" described the battle between Iran and Turan and the drum horns. It was introduced to Xinjiang during the Western Jin Dynasty. There are paintings of suona in the wall paintings of the Kizil Caves. It was introduced to the Central Plains from Persia in the post-Yuan Dynasty and began to spread among the people. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is often used by the people. Sorna is written in Persian: sūrnāy, sūr means strong, and nāy means flute. It is a different kind of "reed flute" that is mostly used for parties, feasts and other lively and lively occasions. The modern Chinese Orchestra popularly uses an improved suona, the hole is changed to a circle, and the average temperament is adopted. Modern China imitated Western symphony orchestras and established national orchestras, but there are almost no brass instruments in traditional Chinese musical instruments. Therefore, when composing the composition, the composer changed the suona, which was originally a woodwind, to a role similar to the brass in a symphony orchestra. Therefore, Suona is mostly used for the majestic and imposing passages. Due to the small range of traditional suona, the lack of mid-bass range, semitone and other intonation is difficult to control, so the keys of instruments such as oboe are imitated, and instruments such as keyed alto suona, keyed tenor suona, and keyed bass suona have been developed. Make up for the shortcomings of the national orchestra's wind and bass parts. The traditional Suona’s tube has 8 sound holes, which are used by the index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger of the right hand, and the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and ring finger of the left hand to press the sound. The way of pronunciation is to hold the whistle made of reed in the mouth to make it vibrate and produce sound, and then the sound is produced through the vibration and amplification of the tube body and the bowl. Suona can control the whistle with its mouth to control the volume, pitch, timbre, and the application of various techniques. Its tone volume changes greatly and can make a very smooth portamento. Suona players must have the skill to adjust the whistle according to the timbre requirements of different music. Traditional suona can be divided into small suona (also known as sea flute), high-pitched suona, and big suona according to the range and instrument size. Among them, it can be further divided into various tonal suonas, such as small suona in G, small suona in F, and treble in D Suona, high-pitched suona in C, big suona in G, etc. (tonality refers to the sound played when the bottom 3 holes are released). The common range of traditional suona is 17 degrees, and the most commonly used D high-pitched suona has a range from low A to high a, and the highest b is less commonly used. The modern improved keyed suona has added buttons and semitone holes to expand the range and stabilize the pitch. Generally, it can be divided into keyed high-pitched suona, keyed alto suona, keyed tenor suona, and keyed low-pitched suona. Due to the differences in different regions and manufacturers, the shape and the way of pressing holes are also different. The most common keyed midrange suona sounds, and the common range is generally 18 degrees.
Suona got into Cuba because of Indian and Chinese laborers, not just Chinese. In India, its called Sannai(variant of Nadaswaram). It was predominantly a black musical instrument from Cuba.
I play Scottish bagpipes, this instrument looks extremely similar to the bagpipe chanter. The holes are the same. The fingering even looks the same. I bet I could play this easily.
In Persia, very popular instrument, the Suorna, سورنا. Played in weddings. It is a Persian instrument. It is not used in any Arab country as far as I know.
We play "zorna" in Algeria. The player is called "zarnaji". I read that the word is also used in Syria and Iraq. Certainly an Ottoman heritage. But overall, this kind of instrument is played in all the Arab world with different names like mizmar or ghaita.
@@mmorpg9564 Not true, in ancient China persia is called 波斯 and arabia is 阿拉伯, altho it very well could have gotten mixed up in the process of transmission 😂
"Go to Xi 'an for Knowledge!" (Siin ... Arabic name for China from Farsi) The Arabs have learnt a lot from the Chinese. Only glad, tbe Arabs brought their 'Vuvuzelas' to China. I grew up in Aden, Yemen where these instruments were played on festive days. The NAAN bread of Ningxia, Xinjiang and China was also made in Aden..... broughf over from Hindustan. We also called it NAAN.
in the old time, Arabic have a good exchange with China, only only music, also food. A lot of interesting things come to China, and changing during history, that having some Chinese thing merged into together. I think now, we world should do the some. Accepting different cultures and develop together...
Second Ma named Old Master.... 1st i saw was the Hui noodles of Xi'an. This instrument reminded at first of the Vuvuzela of South Africa.... Ma Yun's Parents were also troubadors liie these..... Ma Yun is Jack Ma's Chinese name.
And... It looks like a Fricking clarinet... Clarinet: *Speaks in a shrill voice* Oh my god... Why do you look like me but you have a double reed like and oboe? Suona: well, i come from china. Clarinet:Wait... You come from china? Suona: well i am the loudest of all the chinese musical instruments. Clarinet: well i am loud too, i can hit the high notes very properly. Clarinet: *Plays a really high Bb note* Suona: wow, you're so good at it that you are a clarinet, Suona: but i am a suona. Clarinet: oh so....can you hit a high note? Suona: of course! Suona: *Plays a high D note* Meanwhille A flat clarinet: uhhh.. Bb clarinet what are you doing? Bb Clarinet: well i was having a conversation with a suona. Suona: Oh, hi you did'nt see me around here, A flat Clarinet: where do you come from? Suona: i come from china. Clarinets: but you look like a trumpet. Suona: what? Bb Clarinet: do you have a mouthpiece made of reed like an oboe? Suona: well, yeah.
As a Chinese, I think the Suona is The most horrible musical instrument in my life. Suona is most likely use in funeral in nowadays, it sounds hopeless. To this day, I am still very afraid to hear the sound of Suona, because once I hear it, 99% of it comes from the funeral. 😱😱😱
Christ, you'd think at one point of making a musical instrument, they'd try to test it out before it gets stuck in culture. What, were they out of material for another one and said "yup, this will do" ?
@joseph guo, sorry, your narrow mind, trying to find fault wf China at the drop of a pin, eh? Stupid, who says suona is original Chinese musical instrument? Diff cultures, instruments, knowledge were passed/exchanged along the Silk Road. Suona was acknowledged it came from Middle East.
i play the suona in chinese orchestra and i must say it takes a really long time to even play a full song. but once mastered it can truly play beautiful music. youths these days see the suona as a very loud and noisy instrument. I wish that the younger generation would learn and preserve this art be it traditional fols suona or concert orchestral suona
Yes, I think the suaon is a wonderful instrument, but people just aren't used to that kind of music anymore. I love the sound that a suona makes.
ngl it sounds like a party blower even with the expert playing.
Playing suona = +1000000000000 social credits
suona in chinese is called 唢呐
I heard multiple ways to play suona with semitones. The most one I can find on internet is Guo Yazhi's Huoxin. The other one is Keyed suona, which is not my favorate. I also found a way with an extra thumb hole, and also a special skill by half-lifting fingers. Do you know which way is the most popular, and suggested for new learner? Thx!
Amazing.. I never realised that the suona has evolved to be able to produce notes. Such a powerful and unique sound like that of a bird.. its really a major contributor to the uniqueness of the Chinese orchestra.. seemingly 'cacophonous' and popularly used in weddings and funerals .. such a memorable sound.. its an instrument loved like only a mother can for a son... really glad that the instrument with its now wider range of notes and continuous refinement has started and hope it will inspire the entire Chinese orchestra to attain newer heights of musical harmony and beauty and perhaps one day win back the hearts of the Chinese youth
Play “Red sun in the sky” please
Been waiting years for this.
In my past, when I was young, I always wanted to learn to play a suona. I like the sound of this instrument very much. And in my youth I always wanted to play a saxophone.
Unfortunately, I never did either.... or learned. Too bad...
You can still learn
Never too late dude, a guy I know didn’t start playing the piano until his late 20’s and he’s a great musician now.
I really appreciate the subtitles ❤️❤️❤️
Makes me wonder if this instrument is where the creators of Spongebob got squidwards "unique" Clarinet sound lol
did anyone else come here trying to figure out if the instrument in the totk trailer is a suona or saxophone? XD
on a serious note, this is pretty cool
ye lol
Yes
Is it actually a suona or sax lol?
I'm positive it's a saxophone@@TheBlueGoldenHawk
@@margaretpatel3339 it does sound more like a sax to me too. I think the harmony with the erhu might have been what made people think it was a suona
Suona is a kind of oboe instrument, also called Suona, Surna, Golden Koujiao, and Horn. It is called "Dehe" in Hokkien, Cantonese, Hokkien, and Teochew (Jiaoping: Di1 Daa2; 啲打) , "Blowing", and "Blowing" or "Ba Yin" in Taiwanese.
The traditional suona has a bright sound and a large volume. The tube is made of wood and is shaped like a circular cone. The upper end is equipped with a wooden tube with a reed material "whistle" (reed, reed), and a brass bell called " bowl". The appearance of modern keyed suona is more like the oboe in a symphony orchestra.
Lucretius wrote in "The Theory of Nature", "The earliest church residents played the reed is the whistle of the westerly wind in the empty stem of the reed." Wind instruments often appeared in areas rich in reeds. The hilly lakes in the southwest and southeast of Persia, the provinces along the northern Caspian Sea, are the places where reeds are prolific.
Suona was born in the Achaemenid period. Suona also frequently appeared when "Kings" described the battle between Iran and Turan and the drum horns.
It was introduced to Xinjiang during the Western Jin Dynasty. There are paintings of suona in the wall paintings of the Kizil Caves. It was introduced to the Central Plains from Persia in the post-Yuan Dynasty and began to spread among the people. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is often used by the people.
Sorna is written in Persian: sūrnāy, sūr means strong, and nāy means flute. It is a different kind of "reed flute" that is mostly used for parties, feasts and other lively and lively occasions.
The modern Chinese Orchestra popularly uses an improved suona, the hole is changed to a circle, and the average temperament is adopted.
Modern China imitated Western symphony orchestras and established national orchestras, but there are almost no brass instruments in traditional Chinese musical instruments. Therefore, when composing the composition, the composer changed the suona, which was originally a woodwind, to a role similar to the brass in a symphony orchestra. Therefore, Suona is mostly used for the majestic and imposing passages. Due to the small range of traditional suona, the lack of mid-bass range, semitone and other intonation is difficult to control, so the keys of instruments such as oboe are imitated, and instruments such as keyed alto suona, keyed tenor suona, and keyed bass suona have been developed. Make up for the shortcomings of the national orchestra's wind and bass parts.
The traditional Suona’s tube has 8 sound holes, which are used by the index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger of the right hand, and the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and ring finger of the left hand to press the sound. The way of pronunciation is to hold the whistle made of reed in the mouth to make it vibrate and produce sound, and then the sound is produced through the vibration and amplification of the tube body and the bowl.
Suona can control the whistle with its mouth to control the volume, pitch, timbre, and the application of various techniques. Its tone volume changes greatly and can make a very smooth portamento. Suona players must have the skill to adjust the whistle according to the timbre requirements of different music.
Traditional suona can be divided into small suona (also known as sea flute), high-pitched suona, and big suona according to the range and instrument size. Among them, it can be further divided into various tonal suonas, such as small suona in G, small suona in F, and treble in D Suona, high-pitched suona in C, big suona in G, etc. (tonality refers to the sound played when the bottom 3 holes are released). The common range of traditional suona is 17 degrees, and the most commonly used D high-pitched suona has a range from low A to high a, and the highest b is less commonly used.
The modern improved keyed suona has added buttons and semitone holes to expand the range and stabilize the pitch. Generally, it can be divided into keyed high-pitched suona, keyed alto suona, keyed tenor suona, and keyed low-pitched suona. Due to the differences in different regions and manufacturers, the shape and the way of pressing holes are also different. The most common keyed midrange suona sounds, and the common range is generally 18 degrees.
Thanks, Jason
We call it serunai
can't believe this is what wandering traders sound like
lol you came from aaron too?
Awww her accent 😂😂🥰 that's logic she learned there's not very long 🥺🥺🥺 the suona 😫😫 i think I'll not have enough of air to do that 😭
heard this in the totk trailer
Nah, it actually is a saxophone. They used tons of saxophone in the soundtrack for that game.
*in Cuba, the suona is called la corneta china.
Suona got into Cuba because of Indian and Chinese laborers, not just Chinese. In India, its called Sannai(variant of Nadaswaram). It was predominantly a black musical instrument from Cuba.
@@kalgandikota7075 suona have nothing to do with Indians please don’t get them around here.
@@youye-000 Say the samething to Jose who commented about Cuban instrument.
This is the sound when the hero comes out to save the beauty in old chinese film i used to see
I came here from Honkai's Star Rail's Blade trailer 😂
Who's here after Gaming demo release?
Here because of Blade and the people calling his theme a mosquito buzz
Its always a jam when i hear a suona in a song
(Red sun in the sky intro)
I play Scottish bagpipes, this instrument looks extremely similar to the bagpipe chanter. The holes are the same. The fingering even looks the same. I bet I could play this easily.
I kinda want to go to China with a chanter that has a sole and play a SUPER easy reed by itself and see how people react 😂
Chinese suona has no semitone. How chanter plays semitone?
I’m messing with a practice chanter and I also think it’s similar
Red sun in the sky
In Persia, very popular instrument, the Suorna, سورنا. Played in weddings.
It is a Persian instrument.
It is not used in any Arab country as far as I know.
The ancient Chinese could not distinguish between Arabia and Persia
We play "zorna" in Algeria. The player is called "zarnaji". I read that the word is also used in Syria and Iraq. Certainly an Ottoman heritage. But overall, this kind of instrument is played in all the Arab world with different names like mizmar or ghaita.
It is also called the "zurna" in the balkans. beautiful sound
@@mmorpg9564 Not true, in ancient China persia is called 波斯 and arabia is 阿拉伯, altho it very well could have gotten mixed up in the process of transmission 😂
@@mmorpg9564 Yes it did. Persia was bigger than China.
It looks like a recorder with a trumpet head stuck on the end, but it sounds like bag pipes without the bag ^^
Trust me, staying near a Suona player will make you go insane
its has a very epic triumphant sound to it!
希望我能做到45-50之间退休，然后我想去学唢呐或者二胡，回到我的故土重庆，常伴家乡，生于斯，葬于斯，人生足矣！
Im currently learning recorder, when she said that it played like recorder, it makes me wanna learn suona!
"Go to Xi 'an for Knowledge!" (Siin ... Arabic name for China from Farsi)
The Arabs have learnt a lot from the Chinese. Only glad, tbe Arabs brought their 'Vuvuzelas' to China.
I grew up in Aden, Yemen where these instruments were played on festive days.
The NAAN bread of Ningxia, Xinjiang and China was also made in Aden..... broughf over from Hindustan. We also called it NAAN.
I thought it was derived from the sorna...
in the old time, Arabic have a good exchange with China, only only music, also food. A lot of interesting things come to China, and changing during history, that having some Chinese thing merged into together. I think now, we world should do the some. Accepting different cultures and develop together...
It's not Arabic rather Sinno-Indian or Turco-Persian
5:09 Somehow, it does remember me "The sound of silence", Simon & Garfunkel
Nice cover don't you think?!
@@alexandrevaliquette1941 Why are you talking to yourself?
@@PavltheRobot Caus I like my sens of humour. This second comment make it even better I think.
@@alexandrevaliquette1941 Fair enough
I'm 7 years old and I Like Jazz music
This instrument is quite bing chilling
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absolutely great sound
Amazing video. Thank you Cgtn
I like to think of it as the Chinese oboe. It can make a beautiful sound
Second Ma named Old Master.... 1st i saw was the Hui noodles of Xi'an.
This instrument reminded at first of the Vuvuzela of South Africa....
Ma Yun's Parents were also troubadors liie these..... Ma Yun is Jack Ma's Chinese name.
bing chilling
🍦
Very Bing Chilling!
🥶🍦🥶🍦
XDXDXDXD
Bing chilling is not acceptable for a video liked this including temple and Chinese culture Do jei
forgive my song choice, but imagine your alarm is the rickroll played on it
nice sound, now I'll look for more covers of this instrument
This instrument ist also common in Turkey and Uzbekistan.
heard of this on CRI with Tony Reed of Music Talks Podcast
this goes so hard
Finally i found this instrument name
In madura indonesia call this music saronen
😅👍
In Nepal this is sanahi call
Thank you Krishna bhai for writing here and letting world know about Nepali instrument. South Indians have similar instrument called 'sannai'
In north India we also called it sannahi ( or shehnai also after persian-turkic invasions )
Great video!
WHYYYYYYY WONT YOU BUUYYYYYYYYYY
It reminds me of the Zurna
And... It looks like a Fricking clarinet...
Clarinet: *Speaks in a shrill voice*
Oh my god... Why do you look like me but you have a double reed like and oboe?
Suona: well, i come from china.
Clarinet:Wait... You come from china?
Suona: well i am the loudest of all the chinese musical instruments.
Clarinet: well i am loud too, i can hit the high notes very properly.
Clarinet: *Plays a really high Bb note*
Suona: wow, you're so good at it that you are a clarinet,
Suona: but i am a suona.
Clarinet: oh so....can you hit a high note?
Suona: of course!
Suona: *Plays a high D note*
Meanwhille A flat clarinet: uhhh.. Bb clarinet what are you doing?
Bb Clarinet: well i was having a conversation with a suona.
Suona: Oh, hi you did'nt see me around here,
A flat Clarinet: where do you come from?
Suona: i come from china.
Clarinets: but you look like a trumpet.
Suona: what?
Bb Clarinet: do you have a mouthpiece made of reed like an oboe?
Suona: well, yeah.
Story title: the Clarinet and the Suona
Serunai
indonesia and thailand culture also has the same thing
De acá salió la voz del vendedor en esa animación 😎
😎
New version is otamatone
I play erhu
Is that the Momo Avatar Theme instrument?
Reminds me of the Bombarde and other types of cultural shawms
Who get here from reddit advchina?!
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It's a reed instrument like the oboe.
A joke name for the Suona is the Toboer because its a reed instrument, its played like a recorder and has a bell like a trumpet
@@macart5429 thats perfect lol, i'm calling it that from now on
一闪一闪亮星星 no need to ask about twinkle twinkle, they have a properly translated version :)
Glory to Chairman Mao!
Turkish '' Zurna'' 😂
Originally it's iranian, dating back to Achaemenid Empire. West asia liked the sound, so they made their own kinds
@@uncertifiedlinguist8396 It appealed to different cultures in every region. Nice instrument.
Boy would it be amazing if this instrument was used as a voice for a Wandering Trader from Minecraft while the Trader Llamas beatboxed…
This sounds like the Shehnai
唢呐一响，全村吃饭
你好
🌚suona is the viola in the chinese orchestra
Not a cell phone in sight, just vibes
the suona is similar to the oboe
As a Chinese, I think the Suona is The most horrible musical instrument in my life. Suona is most likely use in funeral in nowadays, it sounds hopeless. To this day, I am still very afraid to hear the sound of Suona, because once I hear it, 99% of it comes from the funeral. 😱😱😱
aint this the thing at the start of red sun in the sky
Sounds like a fox crying
Sounds like a vuvuzela. Can't say I'd enjoy hearing its music.
Nice video, but this instrument sound like painful noise to me.
Thumbs up for the culture and passion, but not for the musicality.
Chinese zurna
XIAO MEI MEI
This instrument came from Iran. Not Arabic.
Im gonna be honest, the this sound instrument produces dosent sounds too great to my ear. Like a mix between a recorder and a brass kazoo
But thats probably just me
similar to armenian zurna
bing chilling?
who else came from blade's trailer from honkai star rail
me
Me :)
Dulzaina sounds better
Chinese are more arabic that they would say
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Who else came here from the TikTok voice effect
EN EN AI AI
Great I didn't know Chinese use a version of the originally Indian instrument called Shehnai or Sarnai
It came from ancient India.
In India we called it sannahi.
Btw sannahi is lil bit better than this sounha.
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It sounds terrible ngl
Christ, you'd think at one point of making a musical instrument, they'd try to test it out before it gets stuck in culture. What, were they out of material for another one and said "yup, this will do" ?
sorry, suona is not Chinese musical instrument, it came from Iran.
really？show the source plz
Show the evidence please or STFU
@@刘显茗 goto wiki.
The master himself said it clearly from arabs
@joseph guo, sorry, your narrow mind, trying to find fault wf China at the drop of a pin, eh? Stupid, who says suona is original Chinese musical instrument? Diff cultures, instruments, knowledge were passed/exchanged along the Silk Road. Suona was acknowledged it came from Middle East.
UYGHUR LIVES MATTER
All lives matter.
Good one
because politics are totally relevant to an innocent video about a musical instrument
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How to buy one of those Qinyiang suona?
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