How many strings does a modern guqin have?

The current guqin is all lyre.

The guqin has a total of seven strings.

Originally, the guqin had only five strings, which were combined with five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth; Outside the five tones, palace, Shang Hong stool, horn, sign, feather. In order to mourn his dead son Bo Yi Kao, King Wen of Zhou added a string; When King Wu was fighting, in order to increase the morale of the soldiers, another string was added, so the guqin is also called "Wenwu seven-stringed qin".

The body of the guqin is made of a single wood, and the surface of the qin is tied with seven strings, so it is called "seven-stringed qin" in ancient times. The strings are tied by velvet rope and tied around the string shaft, which is a "horseless instrument" of plucked music; The guzheng is made up of a frame, a panel, and a base.

The earliest Zheng was 5 strings, developed into 12 strings at the end of the Warring States Period, 13 strings in the Sui Dynasty, 16 strings in the Qing Dynasty, 21 strings in the 60s of the last century, and increased to 24 26 strings in recent years. The strings are evenly arranged on the surface of the zither, and each string is supported by a herringbone string horse, which is a "horse instrument" of plucked music.

More than 2,000 years ago, the Zhou Dynasty's annual magazine "Book of Songs" contained: "Qin Se Youzhi", proving that Qin and Se should be a popular musical instrument at that time. Now we see that the earliest guqin in kind is from the Warring States period, including the ten-stringed qin unearthed from the tomb of Zeng Marquis Yi in Suifangyuan County, Hubei Province in 1978, and the seven-stringed qin unearthed from the No. 1 tomb of Guodian Village, Jingmen, Hubei Province in 1993, both of which are from the Warring States period.

Its shape is not the same as that of the current guqin, but the meaning is the same. Guqin is like a witness of the Chinese nation, along with this nation all the way.

Guqin playing techniques:

The pitch of the empty strings of the guqin is not fixed, depending on the music being played, and the guqin is set in a complex tone, with as many as 35 kinds of key patterns. The strings are set according to the pentatonic scale, and the vocal range has four octaves and one major second. Among the stringed instruments, the guqin is a more unique instrument, with a fretboard and no columns and frets.

When playing, the piano is placed horizontally on the table, the right hand throws the strings, and the left hand presses the strings to take the sound, completely relying on the piano logo mark (not limited to the 13 emblems, many of the tones are between the emblem and the emblem), and the pitch requirements are extremely strict.

The guqin is particularly expressive, using different playing techniques, can play a lot of artistic expression characteristics, its scattered sound (empty string sound) loud, vigorous, as grand as a copper bell; The overtones are transparent like beads, rich and colorful, and vary due to different sound areas. The treble is light and crisp, like a bell in the wind; The midrange is bright and sonorous, like striking a jade chime.

The sound is solid, also called "real tone", and the timbre of each sound area is also different, the bass area is thick and powerful, the middle range is grand and wide, and the high range is crisp and slender. The various portamentos in the press are soft as a song, and they are also deeply expressive.

The modern Sun's Cave guqin is a seven-stringed guqin.

Therefore, there is "Shun as a five-stringed piano to sing the south wind", Shun Dingqin is a five-string, King Wen adds a string, and King Wu adds a string to the seven-string. Among the stringed instruments, the guqin is a more unique instrument, with a fretboard and no columns and frets. When playing, the piano is placed horizontally on the table, the right hand throws the strings, and the left hand presses the strings to take the sound, relying entirely on the piano logo, and the pitch is extremely strict.