Summary: Cymbal and gong sounds are an important element of traditional southern style Chinese New Year Lion Dance; learn more from our expert kung fu and drum artist in this free Chinese drum video.
David Landrian-Shrewsbury & Julio Anta are instructors at Anta's Fitness and Self Defense in Miami (Doral) Florida. Mr. Anta has over 30 years experience in kung fu and fitness. He is...read more
"Hello! I’m Julio Anta of Anta’s Fitness & Self Defense in Miami, Florida. This is one of my instructors David Landrian-Shrewsbury, and on behalf of Expert Village, he will be demonstrating the lion dance drums and percussion. In addition of the drum, there a number of metal instruments, mostly cymbals and gongs and there can be multiple instruments in cymbal and gong. You can have a low crash with a small cymbal or a low crash with a high cymbal. Or the two of them could even play together very loud. The gong is very flexible in terms of the rhythms that it can create. It can create soft sounds and very loud sounds. "
eHow Article: How Cymbals & Gongs Are Used in the Chinese New Year Lion Dance