Comparative Analysis Of Playing Tools Between Chinese Yangqin And Foreign Yangqin

Music is a special language for human beings to express their emotions, anddistinctive regional style difference is formed in different nations and regions all overChinese Yangqin is the most important traditional national musical instrument, notonly is it admired in our country, but also, as one member of the international Yangqinbig family, it is loved by the people in all countries. There are many members in theinternational Yangqin big family, and they also have their own distinction on theshape and structure, size, tone and the other aspects. Since the birth date, t his musicaltool has a history of nearly one thousand years and we can see it almost in all thecontinents in the world. During the endless process of development and evolution, itis gradually spread to everywhere in the world and integrated with the local musicalculture to form the distinctive performance skills and music styles. The influence ofits unique artistic charm lasts till now. According to the different performancemethods of Yangqin in the world, there are two playing methods----click to play typeand pizzicato type. Yangqin in most countries are belonging to the click to play typeexcept in North Africa area. Yangqin of click to play type is performed depending onthe performer to click the string by the playing tools in their hands. As performancetools, the playing tools has irreplaceable vital function and meaning for theperformers. So far, research of Yangqin playing tools in our country is relatively much,but the comparative analysis of Yangqin playing tools among all countries is relativelyless. We can know more about the musical instrument features by studying theplaying tools. We can take advantage of the good features of foreign Yangqin playingtools, so that to enrich the music expressive force of Yanqin on the basis of remainingthe distinction of Chinese Yangqin. The research of playing tools in all countriescontributes a lot to the performance and development of Yangqin. So, this papersystematically contrast and analysis of the shape and features of Yangqin hammertools in all countries, relationship between hammer tools and musical instruments, andinfluence of hammer tools on performance skills. In this paper, we will comparative analysis in five aspects: â… : introduction of theinternational Yangqin playing tools. â…¡: Relationship between the playing tools andmusical instruments. â…¢: Relationship between the playing tools and the performance.â…£: Relationship between the playing tools and the music representation styles.â…¤:Thinking on artistic distinction of Chinese Yangqin performance.