chinese stringed instrument played with padded bamboo

It has two strings and is used primarily in Cantonese music, most often in 'hard string' chamber ensembles. Jing erhu ( 京二胡) – erhu used in Beijing operaĮrxian ( 二弦) – a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. Jinghu ( 京胡) – two-stringed fiddle (piccolo erhu), very high pitched, used mainly for Beijing opera Gaohu ( 高胡) – two-stringed fiddle, higher pitch than an erhu also called yuehu ( 粤胡)īanhu ( 板胡) – two-stringed fiddle with a coconut resonator and wooden face, used primarily in northern China Zhonghu ( 中胡) – two-stringed fiddle, lower pitch than an erhu Kaomuzi ( 考姆兹) – a long-necked Dongxiangs lute with fretless fingerboard.Ī mural from the tomb of Xu Xianxiu in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, dated 571 AD during the Northern Qi dynasty, showing male court musicians playing stringed instruments, either the liuqin or pipa, and a woman playing a konghou (harp) Instrument Sugudu ( 苏古笃) – a 4 trings Naxi people's lute with fretless fingerboard, and the body is traditionally made from snake skin. Palaung dingqin ( 德昂族丁琴) – a 4 strings lute of Palaung people Saiding ( 赛玎) – The lute of Bulang peopleĭingbengba ( 玎崩巴) – a 4 strings lute of Dai people Qibue ( 其布厄) – The 4 strings Lisu people lute Long-necked Kazakh, Uzbek and Bashkir lute and a musical string instrument Kongqin ( 孔琴) – A pear-shaped ruan with five strings similar to ukulele Another variation of the wanqin held in the form of a harp with four strings was found in a painting of Feitian in Mogao caves, Dunhuang province. Its shape is very similar to Myanmar's saung-gauk. Wanqin ( 弯琴) – shaped like a dragon boat. Qiben ( 起奔) – a four strings plucked lute of Lisu people Tianqin ( 天琴) – a 3 strings plucked lute of Zhuang people in Guangxi. Rawap ( 热瓦普 or 热瓦甫) – a fretless plucked long-necked lute used in Uyghur traditional music of Xinjiang 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). 12 Musical instruments in use in the 1800s.

Chinese stringed instrument played with padded bamboo