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The famous musical instrument of Zhuang nationality is

Tonggu, Magu Lake, Hulu Lake, Houhu, Xiaoxian, Yueqin and Qin Tian. Maguhu is a stringed instrument of Zhuang nationality. Its timbre is crisp, bright and pleasant. It is often used for solo, instrumental ensemble or accompaniment for folk songs, rap music, Zhuang opera and Buyi opera.

Ma Guhu plays in a sitting position, with the piano barrel on his left leg or sandwiched between his knees. The piano stands upright, with the left hand holding the piano and the right hand holding the bow between the two strings. When playing folk tunes, only the first position is used, and the tune is rarely changed. Playing skills: the left hand has beating, slanting and sliding, and the right hand has front bow, back bow, small jump bow, beating, slanting, sliding and bow.

Qin Tian is a plucked instrument used by the Zhuang people. The Zhuang language is called Tintin, which is named after the homophonic musical instrument. Unique shape, round and bright timbre, often used for solo or accompaniment of song and dance, deeply loved by some people. Qin Tian often sets the key according to the relationship between the fourth and fifth degrees, but the folk custom is to set the inner string as high-pitched and the outer string as low-pitched, which is different from other minority musical instruments.

When playing the lyre, you can take two positions: sitting or standing. When sitting, the piano rod leans across the chest, the piano barrel is placed on the right leg or outside, and the piano head is inclined at an angle of 45 to the left. When standing, the suspender hangs around the neck, the piano shaft leans across the chest, the piano barrel is placed in front of the right abdomen, and the piano head is tilted to the left. The left hand holds the piano to press the strings, and the right hand often holds the two sides of the piano barrel panel with the thumb, middle finger and ring finger, and plays the strings with the fingertips of the index finger, or plucks the strings above the piano barrel with the right hand.