Pipa belongs to what kind of musical instrument

The pipa is a plucked-string musical instrument, the first of the plucked-string instruments, has a history of more than 2,000 years, the pipa first appeared in China during the Qing Dynasty, is a traditional plucked-string instrument in East Asia. Pipa is the first of the plucked-string instruments, a plucked-string musical instrument. Pipa original name "batch handle", the earliest recorded in history is the Han Dynasty Liu Xi "interpretation of the name - interpretation of musical instruments": "batch handle this out of the Hu, the drums on the horse also. Push the hand before said batch, lead hand but said put, like its drum time, because of the name also." Means that the batch is riding on a horse playing the instrument, forward play called "batch", backward pick into called "handle", according to its method of playing and named "batch handle".

The pipa (English name "Lute") is a traditional Chinese plucked-string musical instrument, known as the "king of plucked-string instruments". Made of wood, the sound box is half pear-shaped, mounted on the four strings, the original is made of silk, now more steel wire, steel rope, nylon. Neck and panel set to determine the pitch of the "phase" and "product". It is an important national musical instrument that can be played as a soloist, accompanist, repetitor and ensemble, with the left hand pressing the strings and the five fingers of the right hand playing. In the history of modern Chinese folk music, there are two major schools of pipa: the "Hai School" (Pudong School) and the "Zhe School" (Pinghu School). The pipa art of Pinghu School has considerable historical value for the study of national music history.