What are the five kinds of string quintets?

Erhu (or Gao Hu), Qin Liu (or zhongruan), pipa, dulcimer and guzheng.

1, erhu:

It began in the Tang Dynasty and is called "Western Qin". It has a history of 1000 years. It is a traditional stringed instrument in China. Erhu, a two-stringed instrument, is also called "South Lake" and "Omz". Erhu is one of the main bowstring instruments in China national musical instrument family.

Due to the need of local opera singing style, Huqin gradually diverged, and there appeared Banhu, Jinghu and Jinghu Erhu in Peking Opera and Han Opera, Tribal Tiger in Henan Opera and Gao Hu in Cantonese Opera.

2. Qin Liu:

Chinese traditional musical instruments. Originally popular in Jiangsu, Shandong, Anhui and other provinces. Now it is popular all over the country, mainly in Linyi, Shandong, northern Jiangsu and other places. It is one of the pear-shaped speaker stringed instruments that have been circulated among the people since the Tang Dynasty. Its appearance, structure and playing method are similar to those of Ruan. The earliest Qin Liu, with a very simple structure, was affectionately called "Tupipa" by China people because of its folk appearance.

3. Pipa:

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.

4. dulcimer:

Dulcimer is a stringed instrument commonly used in China, which belongs to the same family as piano. Its timbre is distinctive, loud and elastic. When playing slowly, the timbre is like a tinkling mountain spring, and when playing fast, the timbre is like flowing water.

Dulcimer is bright and clear, just like a large and small pearl poured into a plate of jade. The expressive force is extremely rich, and it can be solo, ensemble or accompanied by piano books, rap and traditional operas. It often plays the role of "piano accompaniment" in national instrumental ensembles and national bands, and is an indispensable main instrument.

5. Guzheng:

Guzheng belongs to plucked instruments. Guzheng structure consists of panel, strings, front Yueshan, string nails, tuning box, piano feet, back Yueshan, side plates, sound holes, bottom plate and string holes.

The shape of the Zheng is a rectangular wooden sound box, and the string frame "Zheng column" (that is, the wild goose column) can move freely, and each string is arranged with five tones. At first, there were the most 38-string Zheng (Fense Zheng). In the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were 13 strings, and then it increased to 16, 18, 2 1 and 25 strings. The most commonly used specification is 2 1 string.