Liuqin
Liuqin is China's plucked instrument. Also known as Willow, soil lute, small lute, diamond legs. Popular in Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui provinces at the junction, is Liuqin opera, Sizhou opera and the main accompaniment of the instrument, also used for Changzhou silk string. In recent years become a national orchestra of high musical instruments, began to appear solo and concerto. Liuqin source of a number of legends, one said for the 1860s, Lunan area of the soul of the lacquer cavity artists imitation lute, on the piano, willow will be hollowed out; one said Tengxian Su Loucun a surname Suo and local artists and Made of woodworking; one said for the Linyi pull soul cavity artist Wu Wu, Wu two imitation of the king of the kingdom held by the pipa made of 2-string soil for the pipa playing with the begging. Liuqin shape like pipa but slightly smaller. Playing Liuqin opera Liuqin for 2 string 7 goods, the range of one and a half octave, right middle finger wearing a bamboo tube or horns "Liuqin sets." In 1958, Wang Huiran system 3 string, 4 string treble Liuqin, audio products increased to 24 and 29, according to the twelve average semicircle arrangement, switch to dial playing. ...