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Sai Ding operating guide

When playing Sai Ding, hang the strap on the shoulder, the piano bar is inclined across the chest, the resonance box is placed on the right side of the waist, and the headstock is inclined to the upper left. The left hand holds the piano and strums the strings, and the right hand strums. Picks are usually made of horn, bamboo or plastic. Sai Ding's four strings are divided into two groups:...
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Various shapes. The traditional Sai Ding is somewhat similar in appearance to Ruan. It consists of a sound box, a headstock, a piano rod, a peg, a bridge and strings. sound box Most of them are flat oval-shaped hollow bodies, but there are also peach-shaped, wax gourd-shaped, round top and bottom, etc. The piano box is 23 cm-32 cm long, 20 cm-26 cm wide, and 5 cm-8 cm thick. Nowadays, the fram...
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