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Liuqin
Liuqin
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Historically the liuqin was commonly made of willow wood, while the professionals used versions constructed with a higher-quality red sandalwood or rosewood. for the film industry in India see Cinema of Karnataka Sandalwood is the name for several fragrant Woods and their Essential In contemporary versions though, the front board is made of tong wood (桐木) and for the reverse side, of red sandalwood, as comparable to historical types.

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History

The liuqin has gone by various names, firstly the liuyeqin (柳叶琴), meaning willow-leaf-shaped instrument. This was the original term for the liuqin, which is visibly an abbreviation of the term liuyeqin. The other reference to the liuqin is the tu pipa (土琵琶), literally meaning unrefined pipa, because of the aforementioned dimunitive size and resemblance of the liuqin to the pipa.

Throughout its history, the liuqin came in variations ranging from two (which only had and a half octaves) to five strings. However, the earliest precursor of the modern four-stringed liuqin appeared and experienced popularity during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907). The Tang Dynasty ( Middle Chinese: dhɑng (June 18 618&ndashJune 4 907 was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by This version had three strings, and was only used for accompaniment purposes in traditional operas, as mentioned before.

The three-stringed liuqin remained in use for much of dynastic China from the Tang Dynasty until the late 20th century. The tunings used were thus D-G-D and D-A-D. With the advent of modernization of traditional Chinese music in 1970s, the four-stringed liuqin was developed as an improvement to its musical range, and the body of the instrument was enlarged to allow the player to handle the instrument with greater ease. There, however, still remains a five-stringed liuqin, which was developed with a A-D-A-D-A tuning to cater to needs for an alto liuqin in 1975. Alto is a musical term derived from the Latin word altus, meaning "high" that has several possible interpretations

Playing technique, tones and range

Its technique is closer to that of the mandolin than that of the pipa, using a plectrum and frequently using the tremolo technique. A mandolin is a musical instrument in the Lute family (plucked or strummed Often called a pick or plec, a plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum a stringed instrument. Tremolo, or tremolando, is a Musical term with several meanings A regular and repetitive variation in Amplitude for the duration Its strings are either tuned in fifths, G-D-A-E (as a mandolin or violin), or else in a mixture of fourths and fifths, as for example G-D-G-D, which is a more common tuning employed by mainstream players of the liuqin. The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member This makes playing of the liuqin exactly the same as the ruan, hence players of either the liuqin or the ruan often double on both instruments. For the town in Ireland Ruan County Clare. The ruan ( 阮, Pinyin: ruǎn) is a Chinese plucked

The modern liuqin has four steel strings. Like the ruan, the number of the liuqin's frets was increased from 7 to 24 over the course of the 20th century. These frets are arranged in half-step intervals. Its refreshing and jubilant tonal quality is more delicate than that of the yueqin. The yueqin ( Chinese: 月琴, Pinyin: yuèqín also spelled yue qin, or yueh-ch'in; and also called

Notable players of the liuqin

Liuqin repertoire

Works composed/co-composed/adapted by Wang Huiran (王惠然)

External links

More information

On the instrument

On players of the liuqin

Listening

See also

Related Chinese plucked-string instruments

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