八音是中国古代对乐器的统称。《周礼·春官》中把乐器按照制作材料的不同分为金、石、土、革、丝、木、匏(páo)、竹八类,称八音,是最早的乐器分类法之一。金音包括编钟、特钟、铙等;石音包括编磬、特磬等;土音包括埙等;革音包括鼓等;丝音包括古琴、古瑟等;木音包括柷(zhù)、敔(yǔ)等; Eight notes is the general term for musical instruments in ancient China. “Zhou Chun Guan” in the musical instruments in accordance with the production of different materials are divided into gold, stone, soil, leather, silk, wood, plutonium (páo), bamboo eight, called the octave, is one of the earliest instrument classification . Gold tones include chimes, special bells, chimes and the like; stone sounds include chimes, chimes, etc .; soil tones include chimes, etc .; leather tones include drums, etc. Silk tones include guqin, (yǔ) and so on;