Yayue/Suyue
Refined and elegant court music/common entertainment and folk music
Diao
Anhemitonic pentatonic modes
Fan yin
Harmonic notes on chordophones
Sizhu
Silk-and-bamboo ensembles
Jingxi
Beijing opera
Xipi/erhuang
Pentatonic modes used in Beijing opera music
Ban
Rhythmic types in Beijing opera music
Dan
Female role played by males in Beijing opera
Guqin
Seven-string long zither with no bridges or frets
Zheng
Long zither with bridges
Pipa
Pear-shaped, fretted, plucked lute
Erhu
Spike fiddle
Ruan
Short-necked fretted lute with large circular resonator
Yanqin
Trapezoidal hammered zither
Xiao
Notch flute
Dizi
Transverse flute
Sheng
hang-held mouth organ; technically an aerophone with reeds
Dagu
Barrel-shaped drum with riveted heads
Luo
Hand-held gong
Ban
Wooden clappers