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It is thought that Johann Wilde and Jean Joseph Marie Amiot|Pere Amiot traveled to China and brought the first shengs back to Europe in 1740 and 1777 respectively, although some believe shengs were known in Europe centuries earlier. However, it was only in the early 1800s that Amiot's sheng inspired the invention of the harmonica, accordion, and reed organ. Sheng generally serves as accompaniment for Chinese music pieces in an orchestra, while being given little or no melody. There used to be many types of sheng, but several survived till modern times.
Traditional sheng Image:Range of a Traditional Sheng.png|frame|Tonal range of a 21-reed Traditional Sheng The traditional sheng is an early type of sheng, which has seventeen, twenty-one, twenty-four or thirty holes (depending on development) attached near the bottom of the reeds of the respective pipes. A player would close up one or more holes to play a desired note. See also: Music of China
Category:Chinese musical instruments Category:Free reed aerophones Category:Sets of free reeds fr:Sheng This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Sheng (instrument)".
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