Does anyone know if Mr. Lui was using silk or metal pipa strings for this recording?
@KLLam4 жыл бұрын
during that old days, metal string is not a popular choice in traditional Chinese music. Mr Lui in this piece was my pipa teacher in 1972 amd the strings that we used were mainly good quality fishing lines made in th US. Metal strings require strong sound box construction than those sound boxes targeting silk or nylon strings.
@dbadagna4 жыл бұрын
@@KLLam Wow, really? Just naked nylon fishing line such as I use on my yueqin? Do you think he was using the nylon fishing line as early as 1959, when this recording was made?
@dbadagna4 жыл бұрын
Mr. Cheng Quangui (程全归), the son of Cheng Wujia (程午嘉), is credited with having tried the first metal-wrapped strings (apparently cello strings) on pipa in 1959, while a student in Beijing. Up to the early 1970s when the nylon-wrapped steel strings were developed (based on European concert harp strings), I believe silk-wrapped steel strings were also used by many pipa players.
@KLLam4 жыл бұрын
@@dbadagna Frankly, I didn't have to chance to ask or verify, however from the sound of the pipa in the record, the sound effect is similar to the nylon strings I used back in 1972 to about 1985. Afterwards I turned to use those metal inside nylon wrap type of string. As a matter of fact, they sound very differently. Each types of strings have their own characteristics. and purposes. Yueqin, in particular those used in old days, strings are relatively shorter therefore nylon strings can serve well. In recent years, steel and silver strings are in common place, for Yueqin and other plucked Chinese musical instruments.