Dakota Fanning studied American film.
Chinese folk flute solos were written to tell the traditions and tales of various tribes in China , around the 12th century .. China. China. They were played mostly on wooden flutes , and thus the pieces that have survived till today are written in D , which is the key these early flutes were made in .. This is also why , unlike most Chinese music , these pieces are not written in a pentatonic scale , but in a more middle eastern style .. pentatonic scale. pentatonic scale. We can tell this because the ornamentation of these pieces is very similar to that of the bagpipes , which were invented in India , and also surprisingly the penny whistle and other Celtic instruments .. penny whistle. penny whistle. bagpipes. bagpipes. These pieces were highly ornamented .. Grace notes are used instead of tonguing , a technique used by the bagpipes .. bagpipes. bagpipes. Unlike in most western music , any two notes were used as grace notes , rather than a tone gap .. These pieces were written by taking a short theme and developing it in three sections , each section adding more complex ornaments and rhythms as it progresses .. Unlike the European folk structure which normally goes ABABAB etc. , as in modern pop music , Chinese folk songs have a structure of AAA , or if you count the development as a change then  : ABC .