Pipa, the earliest plucked instrument, is a plucked instrument. The loudspeaker is made of wood or bamboo, and it is half pear-shaped with four strings on it. Originally made of silk thread, now it is made of steel wire, steel rope and nylon. Provide "phase" and "product" for the neck and panel to determine phonemes.
It is an important national musical instrument for solo, accompaniment, ensemble and ensemble.
Pipa is a traditional plucked instrument in East Asia, with a history of more than two thousand years. The earliest musical instrument "Pipa" in China appeared around the Qin Dynasty. The word "Jue" in the word "Pipa" means "two jade collide and make a pleasant knocking sound", which means that it is a musical instrument that makes a sound by plucking the strings.
Selection and purchase
Look at the material of pipa. Pipa materials can be divided into top grade, top grade, middle grade and inferior grade as far as the raw materials of the backboard are concerned. The top grade is rosewood, which has the best timbre and the most expensive price. There are few pipas backed by the whole piece of rosewood. Although there are some, they are also made of two or three pieces of rosewood.
With high-grade mahogany as the backing, there are many kinds of redwoods, among which old redwoods (black and red in color, which are hard to buy) and new redwoods (red in color, which are available in the market) are the backing, with good timbre and slightly expensive price. The mid-range is rosewood and rosewood, with good timbre and moderate price.
The second grade uses white wood (such as (long) wood) as the backing, which has poor timbre and the cheapest price. The backboard is the best and the elephant shell is the most expensive.