How to choose a Yueqin

1496 views · Organized by 梦昱 on 2022-06-14

Today's Yueqin is mainly used for Peking Opera and folk music. The number of frets varies from 9 to 24, and the strings are also 2 to 4 strings. But no matter how it changes, the focus of purchasing is more on the craftsmanship and sound of the product itself.

How to choose a Yueqin

see material

The first step of the musical instrument depends on the materials he makes. At present, the most common moon pianos on the market are hardwoods, such as rosewood (African red sandalwood), wenge, etc. Better materials will choose rosewood, such as Black rosewood, red rosewood, old rosewood, etc., professional performance grade and rosewood, the better the material, the rarer it is, the sound is better in all aspects, and the price varies greatly.

see workmanship

When choosing a Yueqin, you must look at the workmanship. Good materials are useless without good craftsmanship. When you get your hands, first observe whether the shape of the Yueqin is smooth and regular, and then look at the details.

listen to the tone

After we select Yueqin or online shopping and receive the goods, we need to try it out. Novices can find professional friends/teachers to help judge. Good quality instruments, the pronunciation is sensitive and stable, satisfying the characteristics of full bass, rich midrange, and crisp treble.

Reference materials and contributors
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Involving musical instruments

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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