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Pipa: Variable Tunes on Emotionally Charged Strings
Category: Music
Duration: 00:26:36
Publish Date: 2023-12-29 09:59:00
Description: “Pi” for plucking the strings forward, and “pa” for plucking the strings backward. The Pipa, sometimes called the "Chinese lute", is a plucked instrument with a varying number of frets ranging from 12 to 31. In this episode, we explore the historical stories of this traditional musical instrument, and see how modern Pipa artists have been working to keep it alive.
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