Central China area is the cradle of Chinese culture. Suona Horn is a unique invention here.

 The sound of Suona Horn is silvery, bright and penetrable. It is irreplaceable to use the Suona Horn to add the fun during the celebration and expand the influence. In the central China cities and towns, the folk drumbeats bands performances are very hot and flourish. And in some places, 80% citizens can play the Suona Horn. And this skill of playing Suona Horn has been passed down generations to generations.

As the life becomes better and better, so using the Suona Horn to celebrate the happiness became a new trend. It is not only used in the traditional folk activities, also used in the send-off son to the troop, business opening and advertisement propagandizing, especially in the red and white things (wedding and bereavement ceremonies). Then at least 2 teams will be invited to play. Each team has 8-10 or 16-20 players. They will play 4-5 hours, and sometimes the whole night. A lot of people will come to listen to them. The program list is abundant and flexible.

There are many classical tunes, such as “Fanyi Tune”, “Xiao Kaimen”. There are some Suona solos, such as “San Ba Ban”, “One Flower”, “Birds Worship Phoenix” and so on. Drama blowed or choked with Suona has deep impression on the elderly audience, such as “San Ku Dian”, “Duan Qiao”, “Chao Yang Gou”. Some time the bands will also play the pop music by Suona Horn.

The Suona Horn contributes greatly on the drumbeat music’s development and the brace up of China folk music.

If you want to learn Chinese in China, learn Chinese traditional musical instrument and get to know China folk music, Keats School offers professional Chinese courses and has abundant resource of local music intitutes. Suona Horn is a good choice to learn while you are in China, as it is easy to learn and small enough to carry back to your home countries.