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Need types of woods used in the instrument's body and soundboard. Badagnani ( talk) 22:28, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
IS there a fixed tuning or are there different tunings for different pieces or schools? -- megA ( talk) 21:06, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. -- megA ( talk) 11:04, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
Some of the people listed in modern era performers section does not appear to be particular notable, and a couple seem to have been added by the person themselves which would be against wiki rules. There should be some kind of criteria for inclusion, for example, having a good recording career or being a widely acknowledged or famous virtuoso. I have not heard of some of the people listed, that may be just my ignorance, but please check whether these people are suitable for listing on the page. I may be deleting some of the names later, and if you object to their deletion, please give a reason why they should be included. Hzh ( talk) 14:41, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
Well, 枇杷 still exists in Modern Chinese and means a loquat (Japanese medlar)! So now it would be interesting to know how the loquat came to the pipa. Anyhow, I don't assume the early Chinese instrument makers used loquat wood to make pipas. But maybe you guys know more about it... -andy 77.190.3.54 ( talk) 22:59, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
The article states: "The fingers normally strike the strings of pipa in the opposite direction to the way a guitar is usually played, i.e. the fingers flick from right to left from the player's perspective, while the thumb moves from left to right."
This makes no sense. Presumably the "fingers" being refered to are those of the right hand. In guitar playing the right hand fingers do NOT move either "left to right" or "right to left" -- the fingers move from bottom to top (or from down to up) and the thumb moves from top to bottom (or from up to down).
As written, the article implies that the pipa is NOT held in a position similar to the guitar, but is held with the neck pointing up. Is this true? If so, an illustration of a pipa being played would be helpful. But if this is the case it is NOT being played "in the opposite direction to the way a guitar is usually played", but at *right angles* to the way a guitar is usually played.
In any case, this section needs to be clarified.
The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Pipa/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
The "pipa" shown as being Tang dynasty is actually a Japanese "biwa". Check the Wiki article on the biwa. It is well documented. See " A History of the Lute, from Antiquity to the Renaissance" by Douglas Alton Smith, 2001. |
Last edited at 00:01, 16 October 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 03:04, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Isn't the sound of the word "pipa" in Chinese "pípá"? Why the pinyin in the article is pronounced "pípa"? S099001 ( talk) 10:18, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Assessed the importance to WikiProject Musical Instruments as high, alongside major instrument classes such as the guitar and flute. The instrument is part of the early chain of lutes that spread across Asia and Europe. Jacqke ( talk) 11:02, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
Unfortunately, the lovely English translation of " Pipa xing" used in this article was copied from the referenced site back in 2005, and appears to be under copyright. I've requested revdel (we're debating things over here). If it's removed, and anyone finds an available free translation, please add it and let me know so I can also add it to the poem's page. Wikignome Wintergreen talk 17:32, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
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Need types of woods used in the instrument's body and soundboard. Badagnani ( talk) 22:28, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
IS there a fixed tuning or are there different tunings for different pieces or schools? -- megA ( talk) 21:06, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. -- megA ( talk) 11:04, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
Some of the people listed in modern era performers section does not appear to be particular notable, and a couple seem to have been added by the person themselves which would be against wiki rules. There should be some kind of criteria for inclusion, for example, having a good recording career or being a widely acknowledged or famous virtuoso. I have not heard of some of the people listed, that may be just my ignorance, but please check whether these people are suitable for listing on the page. I may be deleting some of the names later, and if you object to their deletion, please give a reason why they should be included. Hzh ( talk) 14:41, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
Well, 枇杷 still exists in Modern Chinese and means a loquat (Japanese medlar)! So now it would be interesting to know how the loquat came to the pipa. Anyhow, I don't assume the early Chinese instrument makers used loquat wood to make pipas. But maybe you guys know more about it... -andy 77.190.3.54 ( talk) 22:59, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
The article states: "The fingers normally strike the strings of pipa in the opposite direction to the way a guitar is usually played, i.e. the fingers flick from right to left from the player's perspective, while the thumb moves from left to right."
This makes no sense. Presumably the "fingers" being refered to are those of the right hand. In guitar playing the right hand fingers do NOT move either "left to right" or "right to left" -- the fingers move from bottom to top (or from down to up) and the thumb moves from top to bottom (or from up to down).
As written, the article implies that the pipa is NOT held in a position similar to the guitar, but is held with the neck pointing up. Is this true? If so, an illustration of a pipa being played would be helpful. But if this is the case it is NOT being played "in the opposite direction to the way a guitar is usually played", but at *right angles* to the way a guitar is usually played.
In any case, this section needs to be clarified.
The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Pipa/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
The "pipa" shown as being Tang dynasty is actually a Japanese "biwa". Check the Wiki article on the biwa. It is well documented. See " A History of the Lute, from Antiquity to the Renaissance" by Douglas Alton Smith, 2001. |
Last edited at 00:01, 16 October 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 03:04, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Isn't the sound of the word "pipa" in Chinese "pípá"? Why the pinyin in the article is pronounced "pípa"? S099001 ( talk) 10:18, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Assessed the importance to WikiProject Musical Instruments as high, alongside major instrument classes such as the guitar and flute. The instrument is part of the early chain of lutes that spread across Asia and Europe. Jacqke ( talk) 11:02, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
Unfortunately, the lovely English translation of " Pipa xing" used in this article was copied from the referenced site back in 2005, and appears to be under copyright. I've requested revdel (we're debating things over here). If it's removed, and anyone finds an available free translation, please add it and let me know so I can also add it to the poem's page. Wikignome Wintergreen talk 17:32, 18 December 2020 (UTC)