Tiqin

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The tiqin (Chinese: 提琴; pinyin: tíqín) is a name applied to several two-stringed Chinese bowed string instruments in the huqin family of instruments.

There are several types of tiqin:

• The tiqin used for kunqu opera
• The tiqin used for Cantonese music
• The tiqin used for Chaozhou music
• The tiqin used in Fujian and Taiwan

Additionally, the term tiqin is used in Chinese as a generic term referring to Western bowed string instruments of the violin family:

• Xiao tiqin (小提琴) = violin
• Zhong tiqin (中提琴) = viola
• Da tiqin (大提琴) = cello
• Diyin tiqin (低音提琴) = double bass

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• Huqin
• Erhu