Leiqin

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Leiqin

Classification	*Bowed string instrument
Related instruments
Zhuihu (China)

The leiqin (雷琴, literally "thunderous instrument"; also called leihu) is a Chinese bowed string instrument.

Contents 1 Construction 2 Playing technique 3 History 4 External links 4.1 Listening 4.2 Video 5 See also

[edit] Construction

It has a metal soundbox covered with snakeskin and a long fretless fingerboard. The two strings pass over a small bridge that is placed on the snakeskin, near the top edge.

[edit] Playing technique

It is played while the player is seated in a chair, with the instrument's body resting in the player's lap and the instrument held in a vertical or near-vertical position. Unlike the erhu and other instruments in the huqin family, the strings are pressed against the fingerboard in the manner of a sanxian.

[edit] History

The leiqin was adapted from an earlier traditional instrument called zhuihu in the 1920s.

[edit] External links

• Leihu page
• Leiqin photo

[edit] Listening

• Leiqin MP3s (click on headphones to listen to individual tracks)

[edit] Video

• Leiqin video

[edit] See also

• Zhuihu
• Huqin
• Music of China
• Traditional Chinese musical instruments
• String instruments

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