我国的弹拨乐器大致可以分为两大类:一类是琴箱平放弹奏的,有琴、瑟、筝箜篌等;另一类是抱在怀中弹奏的,有琵琶、阮、柳琴、月琴等。但在民族乐队里经常使用的只有琵琶、阮、秦琴、柳琴、筝和三弦等几种,击弦乐器有扬琴。琵琶　是一种曲项、梨形、四弦、有音位装置的弹拨乐器。 China’s plucked instruments can be roughly divided into two categories: one is the piano box playing flat, there are Qin, Joseph, Zheng Zan and so on; the other is playing in the arms, with pipa, Nguyen, Liuqin , Yue Qin and so on. But in the national band is often used only pipa, Nguyen, Qinqin, Liuqin, Zheng and three strings and several other, the stringed instruments have dulcimer. Pipa is a song, pear-shaped, four-string, with a pitch device plucked instruments.