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36 Cards in this Set
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pipa
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4 strings, most expressive plucked string
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liuqin
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like pipa but higher pitched and smaller
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sanxian
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long neck, 3 strings
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ruan
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4 strings, short neck, moon shaped
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yueqin
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like a ruan, thinner soundboard, shorter neck
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yueqin, jinghu, jingerhu
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3 great Peking Opera stringed instruments
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qin
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7-string zither, 91 harmonic positions
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zheng
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21 strings, movable bridges, zither
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konghou
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harp
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erhu
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basic 2-stringed, vertical fiddle
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dahu
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like erhu but larger and 1 octave lower
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jinghu
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2-stringed fiddle, highest pitch in the huqin family
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banhu
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solo instrument, similar to jing-hu but a little larger
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gehu
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high-pitched erhum cantonese folk melodies, operas, brisk high tunes, louder and brighter than erhu
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sihu
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like erhu but 4 strings
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morin khur
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like a cell+erhu, horse's head
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yangqin
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hammered dulcimer, tone like a harpsichord
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dizi
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traditional flute, 6 holes
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xiao
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long flute, 8 holes, solo and classical music
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dong xiao
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long flute, 6 holes, operatic ensembles, loud
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qin xiao
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narrow, 6 or 8 holes, accompanies the qin
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guanzi (bamboo) bili (wood)
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7 finger holes and 2 thumb holes, reed, village and religious music
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souna
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double reed, like an oboe
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pai xiao
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panpipes
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muyu
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wooden fish, temple block
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ban
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wooden opera clapper
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yu
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scratched frogs
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pengling
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2 bronze bells
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bo
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bronze cymbals
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bianzhong
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bronze bells
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tung-ku
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bronze drum
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xun
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clay, egg-shaped wind with 6 holes
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sheng
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gourd, bowl chamber with pipes (often 17)
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geng gu
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double headed pigskin drum
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bian gu
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wedges of wook with metal and skin covering, small central opening called guxin
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tanggu
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red barrel drum
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