Archive for December, 2008
December 30th, 2008 | 
Author: If you have a pretty good sense of rhythm, drums are a fairly easy musical instrument that you can learn to play quickly. Percussion instruments and wind instruments make for easy learning and quick fun.
There has been the misconception that the piano is a difficult-to-learn instrument, therefore, only a few extremely gifted individuals will ever be able to play it acceptably.
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Erhu is a type of bowed string instrument. It is a two-stringed fiddle and is one of the most popular Chinese instruments in the Hu-qin family. Gao-hu is another bowed string instrument.
Gao-Hu is mostly used for high-pitched tunes that Erhu cannot play and frequently used for performing vivid and brisk rhythms. Gao-Hu has louder volume yet brighter tones, and thus it serves as both a solo and leading instrument in performing Cantonese operas and folk melodies.
Pipa is a type of plucked string instrument and belongs to the Lute family. It is a four-stringed lute with 30 frets and pear-shaped body. The Pipa is to be held upright by the instrumentalist and played with five small plectra attached to each finger of the right hand. This musical instrument has a remarkable expressive power and an extremely dynamic range.
Yueqin, a plucked string instrument, is a moon shaped lute with shorter neck and four strings. Gugin is another important plucked string instrument, which is like a seven-stringed zither.