Timbre characteristics of musical instrument Ruan

Ruan's timbre is characterized by soft, quiet and poetic tone. Ruan Xian instruments include high-pitched Ruan, small Ruan, zhongruan, big Ruan and low-pitched Ruan. Ruan's sound box is round, with twelve frets and four strings. When playing, it is played with fake nails or pick, and can also be used for solo, ensemble and song and dance accompaniment.

Ruan's artistic expression is very rich, and his playing skills are relatively simple. Ruan's fingering includes more than 3 kinds, such as playing, picking, hooking, wiping, fastening, rowing, turning, brushing, dividing, shaking, sweeping and rolling, and there are more than 1 kinds of fingering with his left hand, such as pan, beating, belt, sliding, pushing, pulling, chanting and tattooing.

Ruan is also called Ruan Xian. It is said that Ruan Xian was good at playing this instrument in the Western Jin Dynasty, hence the name. It was widely circulated among the people in the Yuan Dynasty and was very popular at that time because of its rich range and expressive force.

During the Han Dynasty, many musical instruments on horseback were introduced to China. In the second year of Yuan Ding, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian sent a mission to Wusun State, and Wusun Wang hunted arrogance and married Han. Before Princess Wusun got married, Emperor Wu ordered craftsmen who knew music to make musical instruments that could be played on horseback, namely Ruan.

Ruan Xian was good at playing this kind of pipa in the Western Jin Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the curved pipa introduced to China from the Western Regions was popular around 35 years ago. The curved neck pipa was called the pipa directly, while the straight-handled round pipa was called Ruan Xian.