What is Pipa? The pipa is a four-stringed Chinese instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the Chinese lute, the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12–26. The pipa appeared in the Qin Dynasty (221 - 206 BCE) and was developed during the Han Dynasty. It is one of the most popular Chinese instruments and has been played for nearly two thousand years in China. How to play? The pipa , a combination of pi and pa, originally referred to two right-hand techniques: pi meant "to play forward" and pa "to play backward". Features: 1. Tutorial function 2. Metronome 3. Two types of Pipa optional(with different tones) 4. Choose your own song as background music 5. Choose your favorite background More stories of Pipa The pipa is referred to frequently in Tang Dynasty poetry, where it is often praised for its refinement and delicacy of tone. Bai Juyi's famous "Pipa Xing" (Pipa Play)[4] describes a chance encounter with a female pipa player on the Yangtze River: 大絃嘈嘈如急雨 : The bold strings rattled like splatters of sudden rain, 小絃切切如私語 : The fine strings hummed like lovers' whispers. 嘈嘈切切錯雜彈 : Chattering and pattering, pattering and chattering, 大珠小珠落玉盤 : As pearls, large and small, on a jade plate fall. The instrument was imported into Japan during the Tang Dynasty as well as into other regions such as Korea and Vietnam. Future update: 1.More tutorials, even video tutorials demonstrated by real musician 2.Peer-to-Peer and online play 3.Comping-to-play function 4. Full-functionality iPad version Pls click the link below to link directly to appstore: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id361668865?mt=8 NEW PROMO CODES ADDED ON 5-22(V1.4) RHA37F4KX3PT 9E37KNWPAEW9 XKAY7FW9TEMJ LFL4XMK6EKP4 6634XLRKX94L YNL7TTMJFK4E RTKMPHKJRH9Y 49RYMY7HPH6E L97AXE3HRM3K NWYAJH7WA3NH TAWMLMYRWR6T TM7JLTYNWMP7
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