马头琴,中国蒙古族民间拉弦乐器。琴身木制,长约一米,有两根弦,共鸣箱呈梯形,声音圆润,低回婉转,音量较弱。作为蒙古族的代表性乐器,马头琴不但在中国和世界乐器家族中占有一席之地,更是民间艺人、普通牧民最为钟爱的乐器。由马头琴演奏出的乐曲,或深沉粗犷、激昂雄壮,或迂回婉转、意蕴悠长,充分展现了蒙古族同胞生产、生活的真实场景和颇具民族特色的草原风情。 Matouqin, China Mongolian folk bowed instrument. Body wooden, about one meter long, with two strings, resonant box trapezoidal, sound mellow, low back mildly, the volume is weak. As a representative Mongolian instrument, Matouqin not only has a place in China and the world’s musical instrument families, but also is the most favorite instrument for folk artists and ordinary herdsmen. The music played by the dueto or deep rough, exuberant, or roundabout tactful, long meaning, fully demonstrated the real scene of the Mongolian compatriots in production and life, and quite ethnic characteristics of the prairie style.