ABSTRACT
The Music Associations have three main musical elements: melodic music, percussion music, and vocal liturgy. The common orchestration of the Music Associations is as follows: Melodic instruments: guanzi (2), sheng (2-4), dizi (2), yunluo (2). Percussion: gu (large barrel drum) (1), cha or ban (small cymbals) (1), dangzi (gong in frame) (1), nao and bo (large cymbals) (2 pairs of each). That is a standard instrumentation; on the basis of this, different associations may use more or less guanzi, sheng, dizi, and large cymbals, depending on the availability of musicians.
