The guqin ([kùtɕʰǐn] ; Chinese: 古琴) is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally...

The strings of the guqin Chinese zither are either made of silk, nylon or metal-nylon. Until the modern era, the guqin's strings were always made of various...

life. Many paintings of that time show the pipa. Zheng have 21 strings (in contrast to guqin, which have seven). Accordingly, the zheng is louder and suitable...

There are many different tunings for the guqin. To string a qin, one traditionally had to tie a butterfly knot (shengtou jie 『蠅頭結/蝇头结』) at one end of...

đàn tranh, The guzheng should not be confused with the guqin, a Chinese zither with seven strings played without moveable bridges. The guzheng has undergone...

with the guqin in China. However, the Koreans never adopted the guqin as a folk instrument but instead inherited the Confucian and literati guqin lore wholesale...

within a frame Zithers Instruments that have the strings mounted on a body, frame or tube, such as a guqin, cimbalom, autoharp, harpsichord, piano, or valiha...

metal and nylon strings in the 1950s. Only purely silk strings used for the guqin are still produced, while some silver-wound silk strings are still available...

The history of the guqin, an ancient Chinese musical instrument, is a long one that spans 3,000 years. Although similar, it should not be confused with...

strings with moveable bridges and a range of up to five octaves. It was one of the most important stringed instruments in China, along with the guqin...

diverse instruments as the hammered dulcimer, psaltery, Appalachian dulcimer, guqin, guzheng, tromba marina, koto, gusli, kanun, kanklės, kantele, kannel, kokles...

nanagen-kin, and so on. When read as kin, it indicates the Chinese instrument guqin. The term is used today in the same way. The term koto appears in the Kojiki...

strength. The 7-string Chinese Guqin uses braided cords or (rongkou 『絨剅/绒扣』) as a tuning mechanism. At one end, the zither's strings are looped around stationary...

The playing techniques of the guqin, sometimes called fingerings, are more numerous than those of any other Chinese or Western musical instrument. The...

boxes, or other symbols. This is a list of contemporary players of the guqin of the 20th and 21st centuries. It attempts to list most notable players...

gusli, kannel, kankles, kokles, koto, guqin, gu zheng and many others) does not have a neck, and the strings are stretched across the soundboard. In...

portion of the highway in Qingshui, Taichung Zhōngqīng (中清), a gauge of guqin strings Wenxin Zhongqing metro station, a metro station of the Taichung Metro...

silk for strings, though today metal or nylon are more frequently used. Instruments in the silk category include: Guqin (Chinese: 古琴; pinyin: gǔqín) – 7-stringed...

in the 20th century. It has four strings and is the Chinese equivalent of the double bass. Gehu Laruan Dihu Dahu Guqin Traditional Chinese musical instruments...

The construction of the guqin Chinese zither is a complex process like any other musical instrument. However, there is much symbolism in the choice of...

also used as a natural glue for making silk strings for traditional Chinese instruments such as the guqin. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families...

[page needed][page needed] Most guqin books and tablature written before the twentieth century confirm that this is the origin of the guqin, although now it is viewed...

The guqin is a Chinese musical instrument with a long history of being played since ancient times. When the guqin is played, a number of aesthetic elements...

For some instruments this is a fundamental technique, such as the Chinese guqin, where it is known as fan yin (泛音, lit. "floating sound"), and the Vietnamese...

music)photo Geum (금; 琴) – A 7-stringed zither, derived from the Chinese guqin; also called chilheyongeum; used today only in Munmyo jeryeak (Korean Confucian...

existing on a string.[citation needed] This musical scale is present on the guqin, regarded as one of the first string instruments with a musical scale. Most...

Both the plectrum and slide are referred to as rokan. As with the Chinese guqin, from which it was likely originally adapted, the ichigenkin has no frets...

half-tube zithers. Ajaeng (Korea) Đàn tranh (Vietnam) Gayageum (Korea) Guqin (China) Guzheng (China) Koto (Japan) The string bearer is composed of canes...

noose. 3: Instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings (chordophones, string instruments). 31: Instruments which consist solely...

四藝; pinyin: sìyì; Cantonese Jyutping: sei3ngai6; Vietnamese: Tứ Nghệ): Guqin (Chinese: 琴; pinyin: qín) Go (Chinese: 棋; pinyin: qí) Calligraphy (Chinese:...