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Squabbling Ducks

Ducks squabbling in drums and cymbals

Introduction

A Chinese percussion piece by An Zhishun built on material from Xi'an drum music

Yazi Banzui (Squabbling Ducks) is a Chinese percussion piece by the percussionist An Zhishun. He drew its material from Xi'an drum music, the traditional wind-and-percussion music of Shaanxi, and used a range of Chinese percussion techniques. Contrasts of timbre and volume paint a scene of ducks playfully quarrelling. Available sources date the piece to 1982. An, often called the Drum King, founded the An Zhishun Percussion Troupe.

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