Pipa, plucked instruments, the first seat, plucked string class string instrument. Made of wood or bamboo, the speaker is half pear-shaped, with four strings, originally made of silk, now more steel wire, steel rope, nylon. The neck and the panel with to determine the sound position of the "phase" and "pin". It is an important national instrument that can be played as a solo, accompaniment, repertoire, or ensemble, and is held vertically, with the left hand pressing the strings and the right hand playing with five fingers.
The pipa is a traditional East Asian plucked instrument with a history of more than 2,000 years. The instrument was first called "pipa" in China around the Qin Dynasty. "The word "pipa" (珏) means "two jades touching each other, emitting a pleasant clanging sound," indicating that it is a musical instrument that produces sound by playing the strings.
Its name "Pip", "Paz" is based on the right-hand technique of playing these instruments. That is to say, pipa and papa is the name of the original two playing techniques, pipa is the right hand to play forward, papa is the right hand to pick back. Prior to the Tang Dynasty, pipa was also the general term for all the lute family (also known as lute genus) plucked instruments in Chinese. The Chinese pipa spread to other parts of East Asia and developed into the current Japanese pipa, Korean pipa and Vietnamese pipa.
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