San xian
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Name (Latin)
San xian
Other forms of name
Hsien tse
nne San hsien
Sanxian
Xian ze
Xianzi
See Also From tracing topical name
Lute
Musical instruments China
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MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1860805
Library of congress:
sh 85117107
Sources of Information
- W.P.A. California Folk Music Project Collection, 1938-1940(Chinese long-necked lute)
- Marcuse. Musical instruments 1975(San hsien, long-necked lute of China, also called hsien tse)
- New Grove mus. instr.(Sanxian, long-necked lute of the Han Chinese, popularly called xianzi)
Wikipedia description:
The sanxian (Chinese: 三弦, literally "three strings") is a three-stringed traditional Chinese lute. It has a long fretless fingerboard, and the body is traditionally made from snake skin stretched over a rounded rectangular resonator. It is made in several sizes for different purposes and in the early 20th century a four-stringed version, the jiaxian sanxian (加弦三弦), was developed. The northern sanxian is generally larger, at about 122 cm (48 in) in length, while southern versions of the instrument are usually about 95 cm (37 in) in length.
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