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Chinese Instruments
Chinese Instruments
Pien Ching is a set of L-shaped stones, of different quantities and sizes, hanging from a
stand and struck with a special hammer. They are played only at court and during religious
ceremonies.
The pipa is a four-stringed Chinese musical
instrument, belonging to the plucked category of
instruments Sometimes called the Chinese lute, the
instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a
varying number of frets ranging from 12–26. Another
Chinese 4 string plucked lute is the liuqin, which
looks like a smaller version of the pipa.
Japhet Moraleja