sry..last week very busy..no time to post.. this week instrument is: liu qin~ 柳琴
The name "liuqin" comes from the fact that the instrument is made of willow wood and shaped like a willow leaf (the willow is called the liu in Chinese). In fact, it is also known as the liuyeqin 柳叶琴 ("willow-leaf stringed instrument"). The structure of the liuqin is similar to that of the larger pipa, from which it was derived during the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 AD). It is played with a plectrum, and originally had two or three strings before a fourth string was added in the 1950s.
Crisp and bright, the liuqin is the highest-pitched member of the plucked strings but its volume is relatively small, making it more suitable for solo pieces or passages.
