Huanle Ge (Silk and Bamboo Music)

This piece has a very thick, yet heterophonic texture resulting from the multitude of instruments present. The instrument in the foreground seems to be a reeded wind instrument along with a Chinese flute. These instruments have the most ornamentation out of the ensemble. There is also a Guzheng or some other plucked string instrument along with a lute of some sort, likely the Pipa. The Erhu is also audible in the background at parts. Because this is a typical heterophonic texture, all the instruments are playing the same melody, but with varying degrees of ornamentation, the upper-most layers having the most.