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

Leiqin
Classification
  • Bowed string instrument
Related instruments
  • Zhuihu (China)

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.


Playing technique


The leiqin is played while the player is seated in a chair, with the instrument's body resting in his or her lap and held in a vertical or near-vertical position. Unlike the erhu and other instruments in the huqin family, the strings are touched against the fingerboard in the same technique as the sanxian.


History


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


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