Percussion in Beijing Opera: Examples

This page provides some audio examples for the different percussion instruments used in Beijing Opera. (All the audio examples are uploaded on Freesound). A whole collection of percussion instrument samples is available here: http://compmusic.upf.edu/bo-perc-dataset

The four main percussion instrument classes used in Beijing Opera are:

Percussion pattern

The percussion pattern below contains all the instruments listed above

 

 

 

 

 

Bangu

Bangu or the clapper-drum is the main percussion instrument in Beijing Opera.

Naobo

Naobo is a collective name to two different sets of cymbals of different sizes

 

 

 

 

 

Daluo

Daluo is a gong instrument. 

 

 

 

 

 

Xiaoluo

Xiaoluo is a gong instrument.