Guoyue

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Guoyue (国乐; literally "national music") is a modernized form of Chinese traditional music written or adapted for the professional concert stage as national music. It was created during the mid-20th century and is frequently used in radio and television broadcasts in the People's Republic of China.

Guoyue ensembles range from chamber groups to quite large orchestras which are led by a conductor. Orchestral guoyue compositions are often arranged in concerto-like form, for solo instrument and orchestra, and often incorporate some use of Western harmony.

Usually it combines traditional instruments with western ones. Like in The East is red, melodies of traditional instruments like erhu and sheng are combined with western ones such as Violin and trumpets.