Updated!!!Now version 1.1! Another whole brand new traditional Chinese musical instrument-Pipa (Eastern Guitar Lute) is now at your fingertips!!! What is Pipa? The pipa is a four-stringed Chinese instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the Chinese lute, the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12–26. The pipa appeared in the Qin Dynasty (221 - 206 BCE) and was developed during the Han Dynasty. It is one of the most popular Chinese instruments and has been played for nearly two thousand years in China. How to play? The pipa , a combination of pi and pa, originally referred to two right-hand techniques: pi meant "to play forward" and pa "to play backward". Features: 1. Tutorial function 2. Metronome 3. Two types of Pipa optional(with different tones) 4. Choose your own song as background music 5. Choose your favorite background More stories of Pipa The pipa is referred to frequently in Tang Dynasty poetry, where it is often praised for its refinement and delicacy of tone. Bai Juyi's famous "Pipa Xing" (Pipa Play)[4] describes a chance encounter with a female pipa player on the Yangtze River: 大絃嘈嘈如急雨 : The bold strings rattled like splatters of sudden rain, 小絃切切如私語 : The fine strings hummed like lovers' whispers. 嘈嘈切切錯雜彈 : Chattering and pattering, pattering and chattering, 大珠小珠落玉盤 : As pearls, large and small, on a jade plate fall. The instrument was imported into Japan during the Tang Dynasty as well as into other regions such as Korea and Vietnam. Future update: 1.More tutorials, even video tutorials demonstrated by real musician 2.Peer-to-Peer and online play 3.Comping-to-play function 4. Full-functionality iPad version If you're interested in traditional Chinese culture or interactive educational game on mobile platforms,pls visit our website: http://www.meet-future.com or email us: [email protected] Pls click the link below to link directly to appstore: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id361668865?mt=8 PROMO CODES HERE: YXLEXL9KRLFF PWJH3LHHWX76 T437YYPT9J94 RPE9NW9MRJ66 JARJYYAPE74L K494YF7WKKA7 TM7FRP7P33KJ MPW4PTYKR6KN 7JFEYA7LLF97 W3P9NA9YP7Y7 JPETHKEKJW4F PHXW7KJNFYEH ELFMFWR96FNP R9EPYJT9RLAY YX99L6FEE6M7 3JKTXX4TKWK7 MJJP64HE7AEA KEJ6EXXJKL63 3MJ4E4TYAF3N KYRE3A6TN7MM HTYEYRAK3YKE 9MN9NNW3JJFL NEW9XJA3FFM4 9TXFYAHP6AP4 4K79W7XXEPR4
