The classification and function of Zhamunian

102 views · Organized by Susan on 2022-02-09

Zhamunian is mostly divided into four specifications, its size and use are as follows


Bass Jamunian
The body is 126 cm long, the sound box is 48 cm long, and the face is 20 cm wide. For formal performances only.

Year of the Great Jamun
The body is 111 cm long, the sound box is 27 cm long, and the face is 16 cm wide. For normal performance.

middle zhamun year
The body is 103 cm long, the sound box is 27 cm long, and the face is 14 cm wide. It is also used for normal performance.

little jamunian
The body is 81 cm long, the sound box is 23 cm long, and the face is 13 cm wide. Designed for children to play. In the previous Jamun year, most of them were made by Tibetan craftsmen. After the 1960s, many manufacturers of ethnic musical instruments in the mainland also began to manufacture Zhamunian. The resonance box was mostly covered with python skin, and the back of the piano was not engraved with vertical rib patterns or glued with wooden strips, and the body of the piano was easy to slide when playing.

Involving musical instruments

Zhamunian (pinyin: zhā mù nián) has a long history and different origins. It evolved from a multi-stringed musical instrument introduced to Tibet from ancient India. According to the records of the "Tibetan Wangtongji" in Genyu, Songtsan Gampo once gave a banquet. There are records of artists playing musical instruments, and it is judged that Jamunian was introduced to Tibet from the mainland in the Tang Dynasty, and has a history of more than 1,000 years. However, most Tibetan scholars believe that Jamunie originated in Tibet and was a musical instrument created by the Tibetans themselves.

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