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CIJINESE MUSIC. 68 upward, and fastened at both sides by nails. On the sounding-board there are two bridges, perforated with seven or eight holes each, over and under which the strings a,re stretched; and the strings which pass over the first bridge ha," to prtss throngh the opposite holes of t.he second bridcre and vice ve1•sa,. There are ordinarily 16 sets of strincrs eirrht · 1 o ' . f . o , o passing over t ie right bridge and through the ~oles 0~ the le t .hl'ltlge, and eight passing over the left bridae and throug·h the holes of the nght bndge. This arrangement consequently aCI' d f . ? . . um: s our sen es of notes, one on each side of each br:dge ; _but only three series are in general use. The series of notes given by the strings on the right side of the right bridge is not used. The strings a,re tuned with a key in the same mann r as our pianos. Th e scale produced is the following :- Left side of right bridge, i J \ Right side of left bridge. i ~ ! ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ \ Left side of left bridge, i ~ ~ ' I ~ a 3 ~ ⇒ ~ I