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Chinese zither, Guzheng (2003-11-25)
The Zheng, commonly known as Guzheng, is a plucked
string instrument that is part of the zither family, The guzheng is one of the
most ancient Chinese musical instruments that recorded in written documents in
the Qin dynasty (221-207BC).
Zheng (Guzheng) is built with a special wooden sound body with strings arched
across movable bridges along the length of the instrument for the purpose of
tuning. The guzheng has been a popular instrument since ancient times and is
considered as one of the main chamber as well as solo instruments of Chinese
traditional music. Since the mid-19th century, guzheng solo repertoire has been
growing and evolving towards an increasing technical
complexity.
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