Kashgar Rewapu Structure and Use

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Kashgar Rewapu is a plucked stringed musical instrument of the Uyghur and Uzbeks. Popular in all parts of southern Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, especially in Kashgar.


Kashgar Rewapu, with a total length of 130 cm. The speaker is hemispherical, excavated from a whole piece of mulberry, and the face is covered with sheepskin or donkey skin.

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The chord groove part is bent back at a right angle.

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It is wound with twenty-eight silk frets.

A bend is set on both sides of the connection between the piano rod and the speaker.
The piano bars and speakers are decorated with camel bones and shells. One main string and four to six resonant strings all use steel strings. The main string is tuned c1, the four resonance strings are tuned e, A, d, and g, and the six resonance strings are tuned #f. B, e, A, d, g or B, e, E, A, d, g. The vocal range is about two octaves.

Rewafu is not only a plucked musical instrument favored by ethnic minorities, but also a refined pure handicraft. The smart Uyghur folk artists only slightly reduced the size of the rewafu under the condition of the same production process. ,) is a good product for home viewing, friends' gifts and collections.
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Kashi Rewapu (pinyin: kā shí rè wǎ pǔ) is a plucked stringed musical instrument of the Uzbeks and Uyghurs. This kind of hot wap has a wide range, crisp and bright tone, and is best suited for solo, but also for instrumental ensemble or singing and dancing accompaniment in a band.

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Organized by 阿蘅 on 2022-02-09
Kashi Rewapu's performance skills include single play, double play, strumming, rolling, strumming, sweeping small rolls, and sweeping continuous strumming, etc. The outer strings play the main melody, and the resonance strings are used to play bass or harmony. Can be used for solo, instrumental ensemble or to accompany folk song and dance.
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