明清时期,民间音乐生活中是南有弹词,北有鼓词,而后世的说唱音乐体裁,有很大一部分就是在明、清两代发展起来的。根据文献记录,当时的弹词基本上是用琵琶伴奏,也有用小鼓、拍板的。明代保留了官妓制度,在宫廷、贵族的宴乐以及其他活动中,都有乐妓的演出。陕西出土的明代女乐铜俑和仇英的《女乐演乐图》所展示的,就是由女性乐人组成的乐队,使用的乐器是弹拨乐器与吹奏乐器。明代冶炼铸造,陶瓷烧制工艺技术的进步,也促成了像铁苗、铁萧、瓷萧这类乐器的产生。 During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, folk music life was a southern storyteller, north of the drums, and later generations of rap music genre, a large part of which is developed in the Ming and Qing dynasties. According to the documentation, the storyboard was basically accompanied by a pipa, but also useful snare, clapper. Ming Dynasty retains the system of official prostitutes, in court, aristocratic feast and other activities, there are musician performance. The unearthed female burials of Ming dynasty and Qiu Ying’s female music performance legends unearthed in Shaanxi are the band composed of female musicians using plucked instruments and wind instruments. The smelting foundry in the Ming Dynasty, the progress of ceramic firing technology, also contributed to the emergence of such musical instruments as Tie Tie Miao, Tie Xiao, porcelain Xiao.