Pipa

Playing the pipa, a long, pear-shaped wooden instrument, requires extreme hand coordination. "Pi" is to push the fingers of the right hand from right to left, and "pa" is to pull the thumb of the right hand from left to right. It is said that one cannot play the pipa without an open heart and open mind. Distributed by TubeMogul.

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[martythedwarf]

I love the Pipa

[hitmontop16]

so thats the instrument i hear in the games with japanese music...

[Toph8799]

@mMeFlora Pluck the strings

[mMeFlora]

i bought a pipa, but now i can't find somebody to teach me how to play it...

[ChungFat4eva]

@hitmontop16

no, that would be a shamisen. check it out it's pretty cool

[AriClark93]

@hitmontop16 Damn, wanna play Okami now lol

[LittIedude]

@hitmontop16 Yeah. I agree. It's such a nice instrument.

[hitmontop16]

@LittIedude Anyways, I wish I had a Pipa.

[LittIedude]

@hitmontop16 Oh, okay. =)

[hitmontop16]

@LittIedude my bad, i meant Chinese.

[LittIedude]

@hitmontop16 No, if it's Japanese music it should be the 'biwa'.