Chinese Traditional Music Instrument - Ruan

Qin pipa was the predecessor of ruan .The head is usually decorated with some traditional Chinese imagery artwork such as the dragon.The body of ruan is an oblate resonance box.Qin indicted the Qin dynasty, and pipa was a kind of stringed musical instrument.In recent years, Chinese people have paid more attention to the ethnic musical instruments.In the Qin dynasty, more than 2,000 years ago, people altered a wobbling drum into a stringed instrument.While performing the solo and chord, it may intensify the rhythm.It is used to perform the cantus and episodes in concert.However, it was not called ruan until the Song dynasty, about 1,000 years ago.There are four tuning gages on the two sides.It is abundant in variations of the rhythm while performing the accompaniment.Ruan is made up of three parts, the head, handle and the body.Ruan is a stringed musical instrument in China.Some musicians have even made renovations to ruan, and developed alt, mediant, tenor and bourdon ruan.

The structural theory, materials and performing skills are quite similar to those of pipa.Later, with references to the zither and other musical instruments, people created “qin pipa”.Around 3 century AD, a musician named Ruan Xian was found to be extremely good at performing qin pipa.While performed in the band, it often incorporates the median ruan, which may strengthen its sound effect.The big ruan is similar to the cello.Due to his skillful performances, he was highly welcomed by the local people.The tone of the mediant ruan is quiet and soft.