sheng

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Definition of sheng in English English dictionary: A Chinese wind instrument, being a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass); 422 22 61 7 is formed from a gourd, or in the modern day from a bowl shaped "wind-chest constructed form wood or metal The player blows into a blowpipe located on one side of the gourd The air travels across a set of reeds each attached to a bamboo pipe of varying length The length of the pipe determines the pitch of the tone, and the player can stop each pitch from sounding by covering the finger hole in the pipe Most often found in China; A Chinese free reed Mouth Organ It has several bamboo pipes that protrude from its bowl shape Each pipe creates its sound through a brass reed at its lower end A hole needs to be covered to create sound; In xiqu, the male roles and the actors who play them; A chinese mouth-organ with 17 pipes extending upward from a metal bowl Inside each pipe is a metal reed Air is blown into the metal bowl, and the individual pipes sound if a small hole near the base is covered with a finger In Japan, it is called a Sho; (Chinese; "sage" or "saint") In Chinese belief, a mortal who attains extraordinary or supernatural powers by self-cultivation and serves as a model for others. Confucius used the term to refer to exemplary rulers of the past. 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