How to choose Yueqin

388 views · Organized by 阿蘅 on 2022-06-14

There are many kinds of Yueqin in Yunnan, the most famous one is "Zhennan Yueqin". "Zhennan Yueqin" is finely made, has a long history, and has a crisp sound. Zhennan is now Nanhua County of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture. "Zhennan Yueqin" has two types: round and oval. The fret scale is roughly the same as that of the pipa, generally with four strings, but also with two strings. The body of the violin is made of many wooden boards, and there are also glitter boards (thin pine wood), and some are made of nanmu. Most of the headstocks are carved into a dragon head decorated with dragon whiskers. The front panel of the qin is carved with dragons and phoenixes, and some have a small round mirror inlaid in the middle of the qin.

How to choose Yueqin

Yueqin purchase points:

  1. The headstock and neck are made from a single piece of rosewood or other hardwood.
  2. The top and back panels are the sounding boards for Yueqin, which are made of paulownia wood with straight and even texture, no scar knots and consistent wood color.
  3. The pegs are made of boxwood, and the outer surface is engraved with oblique stripe patterns.
  4. Strings are silk, nylon, or nylon-wound steel strings. Steel nylon strings work best.
  5. The binding strings are made of mahogany or bamboo.

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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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