![]() ![]() Tembor ( 弹拨尔) – a fretted plucked long-necked lute with five strings in three courses, used in Uyghur traditional music of Xinjiangĭutar ( 都塔尔) – a fretted plucked long-necked lute with two strings, used in Uyghur traditional music of Xinjiang Huobosi ( 火不思) – a plucked long-necked lute of Turkic origin Sanxian ( 三弦) – plucked lute with body covered with snakeskin and long fretless neck the ancestor of the Japanese shamisenĭuxianqin ( simplified Chinese: 独弦琴 traditional Chinese: 獨弦琴) – the instrument of the Jing people (Vietnamese people in China), a plucked, monochord zither with only one string, tuned to C3. Qinqin ( 秦琴) – plucked lute with a wooden body and fretted neck also called meihuaqin ( 梅花琴, literally "plum blossom instrument", from its flower-shaped body) Yueqin ( 月琴) – plucked lute with a wooden body, a short fretted neck, and four strings tuned in pairs Ruan ( Chinese: 阮 pinyin: ruǎn) – moon-shaped lute in five sizes: gaoyin-, xiao-, zhong-, da-, and diyin- sometimes called ruanqin ( 阮琴) ![]() Liuqin ( 柳琴) – small plucked, fretted lute with a pear-shaped body and four and five strings Pipa ( 琵琶) – pear-shaped fretted lute with 4 or 5 strings Huleiqin ( 忽雷琴) – pear-shaped lute slightly smaller than the pipa, with 2 strings and body covered with snakeskin it was used during the Tang dynasty but is no longer used With frets like pipa, the structure of the huluqin is the same as that of the pipa and can be played with the pipa technique. Huluqin ( 葫芦琴) – four-stringed lute with gourd-shape body used by the Naxi people of Yunnan. 10th century A.D., Bezeklik Caves, cave 48. Phoenix-headed konghou ( 鳳首箜篌 Konghou fengshou) – Arched harp. Guzheng ( 古箏) – 16–26 stringed zither with movable bridges Se ( Chinese: 瑟 pinyin: sè) – 25-stringed zither with movable bridges (ancient sources say 14, 25 or 50 strings) ![]() Instruments in the silk category include: Since ancient times, the Chinese have used twisted silk for strings, though today metal or nylon are more frequently used. Silk ( 絲) instruments are mostly stringed instruments (including those that are plucked, bowed, and struck). The grouping of instruments in material categories in China is one of the first musical groupings ever devised. The eight categories are silk, bamboo, wood, stone, metal, clay, gourd and skin other instruments considered traditional exist that may not fit these groups. The grouping of instruments includes (from the bottom, clockwise) a zhangu, pipa, two headed drum, tambourine, konghou, sheng, and two end-blown flutes (such as xiao or pipes.Ĭhinese musical instruments are traditionally grouped into eight categories known as bā yīn ( 八音). ![]()
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