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Chinese classical music - Definition and Overview |
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Chinese Classical music is the traditional art or court music of China. It has a long history stretching for more than three thousand years. It has its own unique systems of musical notation, as well as pitching, musical instruments and styles.
Chinese music is pentatonic-diatonic meaning having a scale of 12 notes to an octave.
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