Yangqin: ka wehewehe ʻana i ka mea kani, ke ʻano, ke kani, hoʻohana

ʻO Yangqin kahi mea kani kaula Kina. ʻO ka ʻōlelo mua i ka makahiki XIV-XVII. Ua kaulana mua ia ma nā panalāʻau hema, a ma hope aku ma Kina.

Ua hele ka mea kani i kekahi mau hoʻonui. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia XNUMX, loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻano trapezoidal a lilo i hoʻokahi a me ka hapa ka nui o ka nui. Aia nā kaula hou a me nā kahakai. Ua ʻoi aku ka leo o ka leo, a ʻoi aku ka laulā o kona ākea. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Yangqin i nā hale ʻaha mele.

ʻO ka yangqin o kēia wā he ʻehā nui a ʻeiwa mau moku liʻiliʻi, kahi i kau ʻia ai nā kaula kila 144 (nā aho bass me ka wili keleawe) o nā ʻano nui like ʻole. Aia ka leo i unuhi ʻia ma ka laulā o 4-6 octaves.

Hana ʻia kēia mea kani kuʻuna Kina i ka lāʻau paʻa a hoʻonani ʻia me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻāina. Hoʻokani ʻia me nā lāʻau ʻohe me nā wēlau lāʻau, ʻo 33 knm ka lōʻihi.

Ma muli o kona ākea ākea, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka yangqin ma ke ʻano he mea kani, a me kahi ʻāpana o ka orchestra a i ʻole ka hana keaka.