Yang Quin strings Layout

[Nikita]

It seems the Yang quin layout is quite standard all over China. It certainly, when you study it - and when you hear the amazing virtousity of the Chinese players looks like one of the most well conceived system.
they also have a system of a little metal cylinder under the courses, near the tuning pins and on the other side, allowing a quick - if not exactly precise - retuning of the whole course. quite good, specially in the very humid Chinese climate

[Dick Glasgow]

Looking at this layout, I think I'd need to be standing on my head & looking at the Yang Qin via a mirror to perhaps even try to play an Irish tune on it!

Reminds me that I was thinking of retuning my 2nd H-D recently so that I could easily play Medieval Music along with the likes of say a Hurdy Gurdy, without having to leap all over the place for obscure notes in out of the way places on the instrument, but I haven't cracked it yet.

I might have to just stick to Fiddling them!

Thanks for posting this Nikita, who knows it may even encourage one of the Yang Qin players to sign up & join our merry band!

Cheers
Dick

[beaver]

I hope this works. Its a picture or two of a Yangqin 扬琴 which clearly shows the courses and the little metal cylinders Nikita spoke of.
Sorry, I don't have a video. Maybe next time.

[Dick Glasgow]

Thanks Beaver.

I look forward to seeing the video. :-)

Cheers,
Dick