Laruan

Laruan

Laruan

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The lāruǎn (拉阮; also spelled la ruan) is a relatively new Chinese string instrument blending the acoustics of the ruan with that of the Western cello. Its larger counterpart is the dalaruan (大拉阮), which corresponds to the double bass.[1] The instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body like ruan, with neck no frets but bowed by horsehair bow

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These musical instruments were created in the 20th century to be an alternative to other bowed bass register instruments used in Chinese orchestras, such as dihu, cello/double bass, gehu/diyingehu, damatouqin/dimatouqin, and paqin/dapaqin. The China National Traditional Orchestra of Beijing is one of the few Chinese orchestras using this instrument.

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    "History and demonstration of the laruan 拉阮 (Chinese cello-like bass bowed string instrument)".


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