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Pan Pipes
Tang Dynasty
Beilin Museum, Xi'an
Each pipe in this instrument has a fixed pitch.
A pipa (lute) and chimes were depicted in other panels (not shown). This by
no means exhausted the repertoire of available instruments, which included a great
variety of instruments from each family (plucked, blown, bowed, and struck). Tang
Dynasty music was considerably enriched by the movement of music, instruments, and
entertainers all up and down the Silk Road.
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