CHINESE INSTRUMENTS (String instruments from China)

CHINESE INSTRUMENTS (String instruments from China)

1. THE LUTE FAMILY

   • Pipa
     • four-stringed lute with 30 frets and pear-shaped body.
   • Liuqin
     • a smaller version of pipa with four strings, which sound similar to mandolin.
   • Ruan
     • an ancient four-stringed moon-shaped lute with long and straight neck and various number of frets
   • Yueqin
     • moon-shaped lute with shorter neck and four strings

2. THE ZITHER FAMILY

   • Guqin
     • seven-stringed zither without bridges
   • Zheng
     • Chinese zither with movable bridges and 16 - 25 strings.

3. THE HARP FAMILY

   • Konghou
     • One of the most ancient Chinese music instruments that appeared in written texts of the Spring and Autumn period (around 600 BC)

4. The huqin family

   • Erhu
   • Zhong-Hu
   • Jing-Hu
   • Ban-Hu
   • Gao-Hu