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So-Na
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So-Na 

a Chinese wind instrument. The so-na is a forerunner of the oboe and is similar to the Caucasian zuma.
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An abrasive reed horn called the suona takes the lead in several scenes, supported by a range of traditional percussion instruments and an acrobatic troupe from China.
San Francisco by Bender, John / Opera Canada
But the strings are zhangu and gehu, rather than violins; the woodwind are guan and the brass suona.
Beguiled by beauty of music unfamiliar; REVIEW by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Most of these bear a distant resemblance to their western cousins - the reedy suona is a form of Chinese saxophone, while the four-stringed gehu looks like a cross between a cello and an oil drum - yet the sound they produce is out of this world.
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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