What musical instrument is pipa?

Pipa is a plucked instrument. In China, there are Qin Liu, Yueqin and Ruan. Western guitar, motionless, mandolin, etc. All fall into this category.

Introduction to pipa:

Pluck a stringed instrument. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it was introduced into the mainland from India through Qiuci. Wooden. The speaker is semi-pear-shaped, with four strings, neck and panel equipped with "phase" and "product" to determine the phoneme. Hold it vertically when playing, press the string with your left hand and play with your right finger. It is an important national musical instrument for solo, accompaniment and ensemble. In history, the so-called pipa not only refers to the musical pipa with pear-shaped sound box, but also refers to various plucked instruments with similar shapes and sizes, such as, yueqin and Ruan, all of which can be said to be pipa instruments. Their names "Pi" and "Pa" are based on the right-handed skills of playing these instruments. Pipa and arpeggio are the names of two playing techniques. Pipa right hand plays forward, arpeggio right hand plays backward. Pipa is the main plucked instrument with a long history in China. After the improvement of the performer, the shape tends to be unified, and it has become a four-string pipa with six phases and twenty-four products. Pipa has a wide range, diverse playing skills and rich expressive force. When playing, each finger of the left hand presses the string of the corresponding grade, and the right hand wears celluloid fake nails to pluck the strings.