yueqin
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The ''''' (; ; ; or ), also called a moon lute or moon guitar', is a traditional Chinese string instrument. It is a lute with a round, hollow soundboard, a short fretted neck, and usually four strings. It is an important instrument in the Peking opera orchestra, often taking the role of main melodic instrument in lieu of the bowed string section.
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Within Vinony's link graph, yueqin is referenced by 171 other articles, and connects out to string instrument, Gong and Peking opera.
It sits within the topics Chinese musical instruments, Necked lutes and Peking opera.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Yueqin
- Instrument.image
- Moon guitar.jpg
- Instrument.image_capt
- The yueqin. The instrument comes in a variety of sizes and pitches.
- Instrument.background
- string
- Instrument.classification
- String instrument
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 321.322
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Composite chordophone
- Instrument.developed
- China
- Instrument.related
- Ruan
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Chinese Yueqin QM r.jpg
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- Commons category
- Yueqin
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 321.322
- different from
- ruan
- facet of
- music of China
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Construction and types
- Soundboard
- Frets
- Strings
- Tuning
- Plectrum and picks
- Compared with the {{tlit|zh|ruan}}
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
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The ''''' (; ; ; or ), also called a moon lute or moon guitar', is a traditional Chinese string instrument. It is a lute with a round, hollow soundboard, a short fretted neck, and usually four strings. It is an important instrument in the Peking opera orchestra, often taking the role of main melodic instrument in lieu of the bowed string section.
The instrument was invented in China in the 3rd to 5th centuries AD, during the Jin dynasty. The , another Chinese instrument, is the ancestor of the yueqin. The name once applied to all instruments with a moon-shaped soundboard, including the ; however, "yueqin" now applies to a separate category from the ruan family.
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