The structure and material of Dabia

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The Dabia consists of a sound box, a headstock, a stem, a peg, a bridge and strings. The whole body is made of a single piece of wood, with a triangular or pear-shaped sound groove, with a handle, a slightly curved neck, and four poles at the neck end. It is tied with four strings of the same thickness and four gut strings.

The structure and material of Dabia

sound box
It is trapezoidal, oval or triangular, the front is covered with a pine or fir panel, and there are several small circular sound holes in the middle of the panel.

headstock
The flat top is unadorned, and there are four wooden pegs on both sides (two on each side).

piano bar
Short and wide, the surface is a fretboard, and there is no fret.

bridge
A wooden bridge is placed under the panel.

strings
Zhang has four strings. In the past, gut strings were used, but now they are mostly steel strings.

Reference materials and contributors
达比亚-百度百科
达比亚-搜狗百科

Involving musical instruments

Dabia (pinyin: dá bǐ yà) is an ancient plucked instrument of the Nu people, mostly used for solo or folk song and dance accompaniment. It is popular in Gongshan, Bijiang, Fugong, Lanping and other places in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. "Dabia" is an angry language, and the Lisu people call it "Qibue".

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