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The origin of pipa name
Pipa, also known as "Pipa", was first recorded in the history of Liu Xi's Interpretation of Famous Musical Instruments in the Han Dynasty: "Pipa originated in Hu Zhong, and then drummed. Say yes when you push your hand, and say yes when you pull it, just like when you drum, because you feel famous. " In other words, the pipa is a musical instrument that is played on a horse. It is called a batch when it is ejected forward and a handle when it is picked back. According to its performance characteristics, it is named "batch handle".

In ancient times, knocking, striking, bouncing and beating were all called drums. At that time, nomadic people were good at playing pipa on horseback, so they "immediately beat drums." It was not until the Wei and Jin Dynasties that it was officially called "Pipa".

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There are twelve kinds of pipa tunes. The commonly used tunes are A, D, E, A .. Pipa ranges from A to A-G3, with six phases and twenty-eight notes. The right hand has fingering such as playing, picking, pinching, rolling, double-playing, double-picking, dividing, hooking, rubbing, buckling, brushing, wheel and half-wheel, and the left hand has skills such as rubbing, reciting, picking up, knocking, virtual pressing, twisting strings, overtones, pushing, pulling, pulling and filling.

You can play various chords and chords. It is widely used to accompany national bands and various local operas and quyi. Well-known music includes House of Flying Daggers, Overlord Dismantling, Hanyang Moonlight, Chun Xue, Moon Up, Concerto "Little Sisters of Prairie Heroes" and so on.