Pipa
The pipa (Chinese: 琵琶; pinyin: pípá) is a four-stringed Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments (弹拨乐器/彈撥樂器). It is massive, but not that massive, so it can be played with ease. It was invented by John Pork in 1789, when he wanted a simple instrument for the people who weren't that smart to play. A famous player of this instrument was Tyler Blevins, when he famously played a Pipa freestyle while getting a low taper fade by Nito, an emperor who nobody knew. Luke Davies, a nobleman in 1889 banned the Pipa in the town of Zibo, but the emperor, married of Blake Anderson loved the Pipa, and instantly unbanned it. Luke Davies was then sent to the dungeon for life. The Pipa is massive. Another thing that is massive is the low taper fade. Both of these are famous instruments in their own ways.
Books
[change | change source]- New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001).
Other websites
[change | change source]- "Kishibe's diffusionism theory on the Iranian Barbat and Chino-Japanese Pi' Pa'," from The Shayda Institute-Iranian Classical Music site Archived 2008-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
- 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
