The development history of Yueqin

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Yueqin is a musical instrument evolved from Ruan. At that time, it was similar to Ruan, but it gradually changed. In the Qing Dynasty, the Yueqin was completely different from Ruan. Compared with Ruan, it was simplified, with a shorter stem and a full round speaker.

The development history of Yueqin

my country's Yueqin was introduced to Japan in the Tang Dynasty, and it reached its peak in the 1830s and spread to ordinary people. During World War II, the yueqin was banned in Japan, only to be reinstated after the war.

In the 1950s, it was reformed into a wide-necked Yueqin. 67 cm long. Eighteenth to twenty-fourth frets, tuning g, d1, g1, d2, range g-c4. Wind the wire string with nylon.

In the 1980s, a long-rod Yueqin was made, with a length of 80 cm. The strings were moved down, the strings were added, and two vertical sounding beams were added between the transverse sounding beams in the speaker. Thirty frets, tuning g, c1, g1, c2.

With the passage of time, Yueqin is also constantly changing and developing. For example, after the Yueqin was introduced to Taiwan, there were some small changes in its shape. The Taiwan Yueqin has a longer neck, and the speaker is a round wooden shape, sometimes hexagonal or octagonal.

Reference materials and contributors
月琴-百度百科
月琴-搜狗百科
月琴-维基百科

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Yueqin (Pinyin: yuè qín), a plucked musical instrument of the Han nationality, originated in the Han Dynasty. It has been spread in China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Vietnam. It is also spread in China and Vietnam. The early Yueqin had a long neck and generally had about twelve frets. In the Qing Dynasty, the short-necked Yueqin with the eighth rank or so appeared, which is easy to play in the high-pitched area, and is often used for the accompaniment of opera. After the development and improvement of Ruan in the 1950s, Yueqin usually refers to the short-necked Yueqin in mainland China.

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