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Chinese plucked string instruments
Known as “Chinese lute”, it has a pear-shaped body with a varying number of frets. This instrument existed as early as the Han Dynasty, though used to portray a range of other instruments, it’s definition is commonly confirmed as the one we all know today since the Song Dynasty.
The pipa is one of the most iconic instruments from China and its history spanned over two thousand years, even having multiple derivatives of the same instrument in various countries that is still used and loved to this very day
The form of the pipa has also changed through the years, the change can be seen very easily in the handle as the ones from the Tang Dynasty is askew and the ones after is straight, and the backside is also less cluttered after the Tang Dynasty.
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Pipa
It is a Chinese plucked zither which common has 21 strings. It has a large resonant soundboard which made by wood. It can have nylon steel strings, steel strings, silk strings, etc., depending on the genre. It had a long history which the oldest found was during the Warring States period (475-221 BCE)
https://youtu.be/NGPzQsnmEmU?si=JRY0DIv5YIwStkip
Guzheng
The dulcimer produces sound by striking the strings. The sound box is made of wood and is flat and trapezoidal . There are 144 strings on it. The "qin bamboo" is held in both hands to play.
Modern dulcimer has more than 100 metal strings, usually 1 to 5 strings in a group to produce one note. The bass strings are the thickest and have the longest effective string length, 1 to 2 strings in a group; the treble strings are the thinnest and have a short effective string length, 4 To 5 strings 1 group. The effective string length is the section on the left side of the bridge code. The strings are bolted by screws under the covers on the left and right ends , and must be tuned with tools.
The commonly used "five-row code" dulcimer is called bass code, left code, middle code, right code and semitone code from right to left. There are also dulcimers with 3 rows and 4 rows of bridges.
https://youtu.be/d77Q2OhAs7c?si=E-8xWdHNFyz1Fays
Yangqin
It is a lute with a fretted neck, a circular body, and four strings. The frets are commonly made of ivory or in recent times of metal mounted on wood. The modern ruan has 24 frets with 12 semitones on each string, which has greatly expanded its range from a previous 13 frets.
https://youtu.be/-f_NLmRGOxQ?si=Pz3UWjRTp0OHU9y1
Ruan
