Chinese Music

This week, i would like introduce Chinese music. I noticed that in Europe, music is treated as a culture, on the other hand, it is treated as traditional ethnic activities in China. 

According to my research, there are so many musical instruments which were discovered by China such as Pipa, Yang-Qin, and Gu Zheng. These are all related to their ethnic, and even now,  these are still using in Chinese ethnical activities. 

Today, I would like to explain about Twelve Girls Band more deelply. The group is one of the most famous Chinese musical groups that initially consisted of twelve female members. They use traditional Chinese instruments to play both traditional Chinese and Western music. 

They usually use traditional Chinese instruments in their concert with 12 players, but depends on the concerts, the instruments and the number of players are changing. 

In 2003, the gruop released the album named “Miracle” and “Freedom”, and it became really famous all over the world. Then, in July, 2003, Beautiful Energy, their first album in Japan, reached the top of the J-pop chart and they won Japanese Gold Disc Award in 2004. Twelve Girls Bands became famous especially in Japan, and it has influenced a lot for Japanese musical society. 

Here is a video of 12 Girls Band - Freedom (Live from Shanghai)

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