Liuqin                      

          The Liuqin ( Pinyin: Liǔqín, Pronounced ) May Be A Four-Stringed Chinese Chordophone With A Pear-Shaped Body. It's Tiny In Size, Virtually A Miniature Copy Of Another Chinese Plucked Device, The Pipa. The Vary Of Its Voice Is Far Beyond The Genus Pipa, And It's Its Own Special Place In Chinese Music, Whether Or Not In Musical Group Music Or In Solo Items. This Has Been The Results Of A Modernization In Its Usage In Recent Years, Resulting In A Gradual Elevation In Standing Of The Liuqin From AN Accompaniment Instrument In Folks Chinese Opera,Like Liuqin Opera And Sizhou Opera In Northern Jiangsu, Southern Shandong And Anhui, To AN Instrument Well-Appreciated For Its Distinctive Tonal And Acoustic Qualities. The Position Of The Instrument Is Below The Genus Pipa, Being Command Diagonally Just Like The Chinese Ruan And Yueqin. Just Like The Ruan And In Contrast To The Genus Pipa Its Strings Ar Elevated By A Bridge And Therefore The Cavity Resonator Has 2 Distinguished

  Soundholes.

              Finally, The Instrument Is Contend With A Choose With Similar Technique To Each Ruan And Yueqin, Whereas The Genus Pipa Is Contend With The Fingers. Therefore, The Liuqin Is Most Ordinarily Contend And Doubled By Those With Ruan And Yueqin Expertise.

         Historically, The Liuqin Was Normally Made From Willow Wood, Whereas The Professionals Used Versions Made With A Higher-Quality Red Wood Or Rosewood. In Modern Versions, However, The Front Board Is Created Of Tong Wood  And For The Reverse Aspect, Of Red Wood, As Akin To Historical Varieties.