The structure and material composition of Biyue corbel

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Biyue corbel, a plucked stringed musical instrument of the Hani people. Named for the similarity of the shape of the violin to the corbel. Unique in shape and elegant in tone, it is used for solo and folk song accompaniment, and is deeply loved by the Biyo people of the Hani branch. It is popular in the Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, Simao Region, Yunnan Province.

The structure and material composition of Biyue corbel

It consists of a sound box, a headstock, a neck, a peg, a bridge and strings.

The Biyue corbel has a unique shape and elegant timbre. It is used for solo and folk song accompaniment, and is deeply loved by the Biyue people of the Hani branch. It is popular in the Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, Simao Region, Yunnan Province.

The shape of the Biyue corbel is very vivid with an inverted corbel. Folk traditions are mostly made of a whole piece of wild mulberry wood. The total length of the piano is 65 cm to 70 cm.

The resonance box is in the shape of a half pear. The abdominal cavity of the qin is excavated at one end of the whole wood. It is covered with a thin board of eucalyptus wood. 8 cm. There are 12 small circular sound holes in the center of the panel, arranged in three horizontal rows or in a circle.

The decoration of the headstock is more beautiful. A bird is carved on the top of the front for decoration, and there is a peg on the bottom. The back of the headstock is arc-shaped and has two hardwood pegs, which are arranged on both sides of the string groove or in the same row. left.

The neck is short, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, flat at the front and round at the back. The front is a fretboard. The surface has no grades. The bridge is made of bamboo or wood, in the shape of a bridge and placed under the sound hole of the panel. Two wire or steel strings.

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碧约牛腿琴-百度百科
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Biyue corbel (pinyin: bì yuē niú tuǐ qín) is a plucked stringed musical instrument of the Hani people. Popular in the Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, Simao, Yunnan Province, it is generally used for solo and folk song accompaniment.

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