Pipa

This page is about the traditional Chinese musical instrument. For the proposed law, see PROTECT IP Act.

The pipa ((Chinese)) is a four-stringed Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments (弹拨乐器/彈撥樂器).

Books

• New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001).

Other websites

• "Kishibe's diffusionism theory on the Iranian Barbat and Chino-Japanese Pi' Pa'," from The Shayda Institute-Iranian Classical Music site
• An article on the historical development of pipa
• The Pipa on the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Pipa Performance by Gifted Musician in United States