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Thread: PiPa- traditional Chinese stringed musical instrument
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[quote=MARRIE,366317]From WiKi The pipa is a four-stringed Chinese instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the Chinese lute, the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12-26. The pipa appeared in the Qin Dynasty and developed by the Han Dynasty. It is one of the most popular Chinese instruments and has been played for nearly two thousand years in China. The pipa is referred to frequently in Tang Dynasty poetry, where it is often praised for its refinement and delicacy of tone. Bai Juyi's famous "Pipa Xing" (Pipa Play) describes a chance encounter with a female pipa player on the Yangtze River: 大絃嘈嘈如急雨 : The bold strings rattled like splatters of sudden rain, 小絃切切如私語 : The fine strings hummed like lovers' whispers. 嘈嘈切切錯雜彈 : Chattering and pattering, pattering and chattering, 大珠小珠落玉盤 : As pearls, large and small, on a jade plate fall. [/quote]
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