He gathered mostly children who played western instruments, making up most of the orchestra.
It uses both Western and traditional instruments, with percussion playing a large part.
Even when not still played, its distinctive sound and traditional style has been exported to western instruments.
He coordinated and conducted music programs to the first school in Israel to learn on eastern as opposed to western instruments.
Western instruments such as the saxophone and guitar have been used in some performances.
By the time of his death he had composed 14 such pieces, for most of the standard Western instruments, including the human voice.
As of 2003, 87 factories made Western musical instruments.
Kangxi was also the first Chinese emperor to play a western musical instrument.
It is also performed by ensembles or orchestras of Western instruments.
However, in recent years, the group has begun to selectively incorporate western instruments, such as the guitar.