pipa (sound instrument)
Identification code: 300216593
Español: pyba (sound instrument (traducció pendent)) | Català: pyba (sound instrument (traducció pendent))
Hierarchy classification:
- top of the aat hierarchies
- Objects Facet
- Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
- Sound Devices (hierarchy name)
- sound devices (equipment)
- [sound devices by acoustical characteristics]
- chordophones
- lutelike chordophones
- lutelike chordophones: plucked
- [lutelike chordophones with short neck: plucked]
Alternative term/s
- p'i p'a
- p'i-p'a
- pi pa
- piba
- pip'a
Anotations
Scope note:
Short-necked lutelike chordophones of China, with a pear-shaped body, four silk or nylon strings, and from ten to twenty-four frets on the neck and belly. They are held upright resting on the lap or thigh, and plucked with the fingers.
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