Cantonese Song - Kanton Shokyoku

…The Shichiku group plays elegant and highly ornamented instruments, using the kokyū, sanxian, biwa, yangqin, and koto, as well as flutes, sho, and other low-volume percussion instruments. Jiangnan Shichiku, Cantonese Xiaoqu, Fujian Nanyin, and Sichuan Yangqin are well-known and were especially loved by urban literati. The Xingxuo group is an ensemble of string instruments only, and includes elegant pieces such as Beijing's Beifang Xingxuo and Teozhou Zhengfu, but today only a few pieces, such as Thirteen Pieces of Xingxuo, are performed. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Cantonese Xiaoqu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…糸竹は胡弓，三弦，琵琶，揚琴，箏に笛，笙などと小音量の打楽器を加え優美で装飾の多い演奏をする。江南糸竹，広東小曲，福建南音，四川揚琴が著名で，とくに都市の文人に愛好された。弦索は弦楽器のみの合奏で，北京の北方弦索，潮州箏譜など典雅なものだが，今日では《弦索十三套》ほか，わずか数曲が演奏されるにすぎない。…

※「広東小曲」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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