Talk:Yueqin

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Bridge[edit]

Article currently reads There is no bridge or saddle... Yet every image of this instrument I've seen clearly has a bridge, and it's very hard to imagine how it can work without one.

I think what this is probably trying to say is that the strings neither terminate at the bridge (as on a classical guitar) nor is there an obvious tailpiece (as on violin or archtop guitar) but rather there's just an attachment at the edge of the soundboard (as on some mandolins and all banjos). On a banjo this is still called the tailpiece. Andrewa (talk) 16:51, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the tailpiece of a yueqin can really be called a bridge, since the strings don't pass over anything. They don't even pass through a hole (as with an oud). Instruments with a tailpiece usually have a "floating bridge". Examples include banjos, mandolins and zhongruan. (Actually, here's an example of a yueqin with a floating bridge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mapl0yPSpmU) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 111.69.25.100 (talk) 03:38, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Getsukin[edit]

In the manga Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, in the more commonly known English translation, the following is said about the Yueqin: "You may have heard of the Japanese instrument called a "biwa". The getsukin, or moon harp, is the biwa's Chinese cousin. It's probably called a moon harp because its round shape resembles the moon. Although they usually have four strings and a shorter neck with tall, extravagant decorations attched..." Could "Getsukin" (and biwa) be added to the list of names the Yueqin is also known as? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.168.82.133 (talk) 00:38, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A biwa is more like a pipa. The Japanese equvalent of a yueqin is a gekkin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 111.69.25.100 (talk) 03:36, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gekkin and Getsukin are the same thing. The small "tsu" written in hiragana is transliterated into the alphabet as a double consonant ("kk" in this case) or "tsu". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.249.238.237 (talk) 04:52, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation[edit]

As pinyin is phonetic, there is never any call for IPA in the lead of Chinese names. If you really want to include it and a link to wiktionary isn't enough, kindly use the {{Chinese}} infobox. — $Llywelyn II$ 02:57, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please No. Please keep en.Wikipedia as readable as possible for all English-speakers, not only for those who can read Pinyin. I'd prefer a pronunciation guide for every non-English word in the encyclopedia, not removing them. It's hard enough that IPA is not more widely known, but at least if every word has a pronunciation in a single shared IPA we don't have to learn two or three separate alphabets to know how things are pronounced. Or dozens of separate alphabets, since many languages have phonetic alphabets. 2601:441:4102:9010:9DD2:A655:296F:3A33 (talk) 04:43, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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