What musical instrument is called the dulcimer?

Yangqin is also known as Yangqin, Daqin, Baixianqin, Bronze Silk Qin, Butterfly Qin, Fanqin, Bat Qin and Yaoqin. When playing, use two bamboos (also known as Qin Jian) to strike the strings. After the strings vibrate and sound, they are transmitted through the piano code, causing the panel and the air in the trapezoidal resonance box to resonate and produce sound resonance. The timbre is crisp and bright, melodious and elegant, and is good at playing lively and euphemistic tunes, which can play a role in integration and organization in the band.

What is the worldwide distribution of dulcimer?

Dulcimer originated in ancient countries such as Asia and Persia in the Middle East, and later spread to Spain, Turkey, Hungary and other countries, named Cimbalom. Now, dulcimer has become a popular musical instrument in many countries around the world, such as Romania, Britain, France, the United States, Iran, India, Iraq, Vietnam, North Korea, China, Japan and other countries. Therefore, the dulcimer is a universal and popular percussion instrument with a wide range of world and distinctive national characteristics. It has a long history, a long history, a wide distribution and a wide variety of varieties, covering dozens of countries in Europe, Asia, America, Africa and Oceania.

What kind of musical instrument does dulcimer belong to in a national band?

The dulcimer is a middle instrument belonging to the plucked part in the Chinese national band

What are the shapes of traditional dulcimer? What are the defects?

The traditional dulcimer has two rows of code strips: "Eight Tones" (f-c2, 24 tones in real), "Double Tens (d'-d3, 30 tones in real) and "Double Twelve Types" (c-e3, real 30 tones). The dulcimer has a narrow range, low volume, thin sound quality, incomplete semitones, not easy to transpose, serious string slide phenomenon, lack of scientific ratio between string length, pitch and string number, resulting in impure rhythm and performance. Defects such as limited power.

Is the dulcimer a native Chinese musical instrument?

Among Chinese musical instruments, the dulcimer is not a native Chinese musical instrument, it is a foreign percussion instrument that has both world and national character and is widely spread.

What are the different opinions and views in the academic circle about the historical origin of Chinese dulcimer?

1. The authentic origin theory originated in mainland China, and there are several different theories about the time and place: a. From ancient musical instruments; b from Xinjiang Uyghur musical instruments Kalong; c. from Yangzhou. 

2. It is said by sea legends that from the end of the 16th century to the 17th century, it was first introduced to the coastal areas of Guangdong by sea, and then spread to the interior of the country. 

3. The descendants of the land said that "it is an Arab musical instrument, and it was passed down to the mainland from Xinjiang. 

4. The descendants said that the dulcimers of different shapes were introduced into China by sea and land.

What is the common saying about the introduction of dulcimer into China?

Dulcimer was introduced to China in the eighth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1580). It was initially popular in the coastal areas of Guangdong, and gradually spread to the interior. In the late Qing Dynasty, court music gradually declined, folk musical instruments rose, and dulcimer was absorbed into the various performance forms of local folk music. With the rise and increase of rap music and local opera, dulcimer is widely used as an accompaniment to rap and opera.

Where can dulcimer be traced back?

Talking about the history of dulcimer, it can be traced back at least to the predecessor of the European clavichord, that is, the ancestor of the clavichord - the sateli. According to historical records, before the Middle Ages, a kind of satelli was popular in ancient Arab countries such as Assyria and Persia in the Middle East. Its resonance box is in the shape of a rectangle or a trapezoid. There are dozens of wire strings on the panel, and there are code bars at the amount of the strings, so that each string emits two tones in the relationship of fifths. There are two circles on the panel. The hole is made by hitting the strings with a mallet. Because one end of the mallet head is smooth and the other end is wrapped with a thin blanket, it can strike two different sounds, bright and deep. So far, this kind of sateli is still treasured in the world-famous German National Museum in Nuremberg, and continues to be circulated in Iran, Iraq, Syria and other countries.

When was the first dulcimer reformed in the European dulcimer system?

In 1874, Hungary reformed the first "concert dulcimer" (the big dulcimer). Its body volume is large, the range is wide, the semitone is complete, and it is easy to adjust. It has a pedal damper, and the hammer for the string is a hard hammer. The hammer head is covered with a felt. feature.

Whose work was the reformed concert dulcimer used first?

In the mid-19th century, Liszt first adopted the reformed "concert dulcimer" (dulcimer dulcimer) in the orchestral music of "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6". Later, Kodak Ibatok and Stravinsky also wrote the parts for the dulcimer in their works. For nearly half a century, many modern composers in Eastern Europe, such as Haba (Czech) and Lanci (Hungary), have successively created a number of dulcimer solos, ensembles, concertos and sonatas, and a number of famous composers including Larch, Dulcimer player.