How Is the Qin Played

The player presses the string against the qin with a finger of the left hand while plucking with the right, producing sounds with higher pitches and a somewhat different timbre than the open sounds. These sounds are called anyin, or stopped sounds, and symbolize people.

Is qin an instrument?

qin, Wade-Giles romanization ch’in also called guqin (Chinese “ancient zither”) or qixianqin (Chinese “seven-stringed zither”), fretless Chinese board zither with seven strings.

What is Chinese qin instrument?

The Qin is a Chinese plucked zither. It is one of China’s most ancient and important instruments. The body of the qin is a shallow box, with seven silk strings of equal length stretching across it. The qin has no frets, and no bridge : the different tensions and weights of the strings give them different notes.