There are several types of pipa instruments

Summary: The pipa is a plucked instrument with fingers or plectrums to pronounce the sound, belonging to one kind of plucked instrument, and has the reputation of "the first seat of plucked instrument", mainly composed of head, neck, panel, back plate, string shaft, phase, product, binding strings, strings, etc. The pipa has a long history, and many different types of pipa have been developed. The pipa has a long history and has developed many different types of pipa, commonly known as the five-stringed pipa, the four-stringed pipa, the Nanyin pipa, the ringing pipa, the moon pipa, the soprano pipa, the electric pipa, the crystal pipa, and so on. Here's a look at how many types of pipa there are. First, the pipa is a plucked instrument

China's traditional folk musical instruments have many different types, such as stringed instruments, plucked instruments, percussion instruments, etc., the pipa belongs to a kind of plucked instrument, is to use the fingers or plectrum plucked strings to pronounce the sound, known as the "plucked instruments first seat".

Second, the pipa's structure

The pipa's structure is more complex, it is mainly divided into the head of the instrument (pazhou) and the body (tortoise plate) two parts. By the head, neck, panel, back plate (back), the string axis (lute square), phase, product, binding strings (compound hand) and strings and other components.

The uppermost part of the pipa is the head, the narrow part of the upper part of the body is the neck, and the ellipsoid is called the belly, which is made of the panel and the back plate, and the back of the pipa is raised to form the **** sound box. The neck and the panel are equipped with sound-proofing and harmonics. The upper end of the four strings is wound on the string shaft, and the lower end is tied to the compound hand. There is a sound post standing between the inner surface of the belly and the back panel, and a sound beam (crosspiece) is glued inside the panel.

Three, there are several types of pipa instruments

Pipa development so far, there are more than 2,000 years of history, in the long historical process, the pipa instrument has developed many different types, pipa's many types, the main ones are as follows:

1, five-stringed pipa

It is the turn of the Han and Wei Dynasties, by the Western musicians through the " Silk Road" by the Indian musicians. Silk Road" by the Indian pipa imported into China, since the North and South Dynasties to the Sui and Tang dynasties, 500 years, five-stringed pipa prevalent, five-stringed pipa structure and the old four-stringed song lute is more or less the same, to the Song Dynasty, the use of the workshop has been disappeared, and was replaced by a four-stringed pipa.

2, four-stringed pipa

Four-stringed pipa is through the southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains in the ü-Tsang into China, than the five-stringed pipa is just one chord less, but the impact on the sound area is not great, *** sound and expressive, but a little more powerful.

3, Nanyin Pipa

Nanyin Pipa is named for playing folk music "Nanyin", has been maintaining the ancient posture of the horizontal embrace, and thus the "horizontal embrace of the Pipa", popular in the area of Southern Fujian and Taiwan, often and Nanyin Dongxiao together, *** with the melody of the music, so that the light, gentle Fujian Nanyin, rich in local characteristics.

4, ringing arpeggio

On the basis of the pipa, the original only play a role in sound reflection of the back plate to change the thinning, so that it can vibrate, binding strings have been changed to be able to move up and down, in order to increase the volume of the piano, and can be used in the cello's stringing method. It can participate in orchestra performance and is suitable for playing large-scale national orchestral works with modern themes.

5, moon arpeggio

With the moon and pipa the advantages of the two instruments, you can set the strings and play according to the traditional method of pipa, but also can be used to set the strings of the violin method and the use of violin strings, with the volume of the grand, pure sound quality, tone, crisp, full and bright features.

6. Soprano pipa

The upper right part of the body is in the shape of a crescent moon, and there are sound holes and sound windows on the belly, and the sound post inside the instrument is adjustable, and the pronunciation is one octave higher than that of the general pipa, with a balanced high and low pitch and a melodious tone.

7, electric pipa

Shape maintains the original pipa style, in the lute box panel installed some electrical components, pickup placed close to the binding strings of the strings below the electromagnetic induction of the vibration of the strings into electrical signals, and then through the enlarger and the loudspeaker to send out the sound to the sound of the sound is soft and beautiful, crystal clear, with a wealth of expressive power.

8, crystal lute

Made of high-grade glass, in the piano panel installed an electric speaker, clear and bright tone, but the aftertone is not long.