This is my first cumulative submission of Chinese instrument definitions, including at least 45 instrument definitions. Three of them have alternative names and their corresponded ethnic types (colored in grey in the attached Excel spreadsheet file). Some of those instruments are more famous in Mongolian and Vietnamese culture.
Huqin: Erhu, Zhonghu, Gaohu, Banhu, Đàn Nhị, Jinghu, Yehu.
Morin Khuur: Morin Khuur (Matouqin), Bass Morin Khuur (Bass Matouqin), String Chuur.
Ruan: Soprano Ruan (Liuqin), Alto Ruan, Tenor Ruan, Bass Ruan, Contrabass Ruan.
Desktop Pluck: Guzheng, Guqin.
Gourd: Soprano Gourdflute, Alto Gourdflute, Tenor Gourdflute, Contrabass Gourdflute.
Sheng: Soprano Sheng, Alto Sheng, Tenor Sheng, Bass Sheng.
Suona: Folk Suona (no key), Soprano Suona, Alto Suona, Tenor Suona, Bass Suona.
Guanzi: Soprano Guanzi (no key), Alto Guanzi, Bass Guanzi, Contrabass Guanzi.
Dizi: Xiaodi (Dizi ExtraSmall), Bangdi (Dizi Small), Qudi (Dizi Regular), Dadi (Dizi Large), Beidadi (Dizi ExtraLarge).
Other: Xiao, Xun, Bawu, YangQin, Pipa, Sanxian.
[Translation]
胡琴家族: 二胡, 中胡, 高胡, 板胡, 弹二, 京胡, 椰胡.
潮尔家族: 马头琴, 低音马头琴, 潮尔琴.
阮琴家族: 高音阮 (柳琴), 小阮, 中阮, 大阮, 低音阮.
桌面拨弦: 古筝, 古琴.
葫芦家族: 高音葫芦丝, 中音葫芦丝, 次中音葫芦丝, 倍低音葫芦丝.
凤笙家族: 高音笙, 中音笙, 次中音笙, 低音笙.
唢呐家族: 民谣唢呐, 高音键唢呐, 中音键唢呐, 次中音键唢呐, 低音键唢呐.
管子家族: 高音管子, 中音管子, 低音管子, 倍低音管子.
笛子家族: 小笛, 梆笛, 曲笛, 大笛, 倍大笛.
其它乐器: 洞箫, 埙, 巴乌, 扬琴, 琵琶, 三弦.
I do apologize that I have lack of submissions regarding most Chinese percussion instruments. I strongly recommend Dorico team to let Dorico support (especially percussion) articulation notations introduced in this book: “The TENG Guide to the Chinese Orchestra”. Also, Japanese instruments are far more sophisticated than what I can imagine, hence my idea that the organizations of Japanese folk instrument definition data can be done by YAMAHA Japan.
[Updated] Dorico Chinese Instruments (Note #60 = C3).xlsx.zip (11.2 KB)