PRESENTATION OUTLINE
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF CHINA
PIPA- IS A FOUR STRINGED LUTE WITH 30 FRETS AND PEAR SHAPED BODY.
LIUQIN- A SMALLER VERSION OF PIPA WITH FOUR STRINGS, WHICH SOUND SIMILAR
SANXIAN- A LONG NECKED LUTE WITH THREE STRINGS WITHOUT FRETS.
RUAN- COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS "CHINESE GUITAR"
GUQIN- SEVEN STRINGED ZITHER WITHOUT BRIDGES, THE MOST CLASSICAL CHINESE
KONGHU- ONE OF THE MOST ANCIENT CHINESE MUSIC INSTRUMENT
ERHU- A TWO STRINGED FIDDLE IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR CHINESE INSTRUMENTS IN
YANGQIN- CHINESE HAMMERED DULCIMER WITH A NEAR-SQUARED SOUND BOARD.
MUSIC INSTRUMENTS OF JAPAN
HYOSHIGI- WOODEN OR BAMBOO CLAPPERS
MOKUGYO- WOODBLOCK CARVEDIN THE SHAPE OF A FISH, STRUCK WITH A
SANSHIN- THREE STRING BANJO FROM OKINAWA
KOKYU- BOWED LUTE WITH THREE STRINGS AND A SKIN COVERED BODY.
HOCCHIKU- VERTICAL BAMBOO FLUTE
NOHKAN- TRANSVERSE BAMBOO FLUTE USED FOR NOH THEATER.
HORAGAI- SEASHELL HORN; ALSO CALLED JINKAI.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF KOREA
GAYAGEUM- A LONG ZITHER WITH 12 STRINGS.
GEOMUNGO- A FRETTED BASS WITH SIX STRINGS THAT IS PLUCKED WITH
HAEGEUM- A VERTICAL FIDDLE WITH TWO STRINGS.
AJAENG- A BOWED ZITHER, DERIVED FROM THE CHINESE YAZHENG USED
YANGGEUM- A HAMMERED DULCIMER WITH COTTON STRINGS STRUCK
DAEGEUM- A LARGE TRANSVERSE BAMBOO FLUTE WITH BUZZING MEMBRANE.
JUNGGUEM- A MEDIUM- SIZED TRANSVERSE BAMBOO FLUTE WITHOUT BUZZING