The lute is a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets has many related forms in many different Asian cultures. The most well-known are the Chinese pipa, Japanese biwa, the Vietnamese dan ty, and the Korea bipa. There is confusion and disagreements about the origin of pipa in China. This is due to the fact that the word pipa was used in ancient texts to describe a variety of plucked instrument throughout the era of dynasties well as the differing accounts given in these ancient texts. As a case in point, the artwork Pipa is a stunning musical instrument from the Ming Dynasty during the late 16th and early 17th century. It is made from wood, ivory, silk, and bone. On the back of the pipa, there is hexagonal pictures carved
