扬琴这种乐器,世界上有不少国家使用,名称杂乱,形制繁多。在我国,扬琴就有洋琴、打琴、蝴蝶琴、铜丝琴、钢丝琴、扇面琴、文琴(贵州)、昌(维吾尔族)、摇琴(广东)等其他名称。其中,因大小不同,又有七音琴(“双七型”)、八音琴(“双八型”)之说;因产地或地域习惯之别,又有四川扬琴、广东扬琴等称。解放以来,又出现了众多种改良扬琴,它们均各有各的名称;而且就同一种改良扬琴来说,也会有数种称谓。例如:大家所熟悉的“律 Dulcimer this musical instrument, many countries in the world use the name of chaos, many forms. In our country, dulcimer has other names such as dulcimer, piano, butterfly, copper organ, steel organ, fan organ, wenqin (Guizhou), chang (Uygur) Among them, because of different sizes, there are seven piano (“double seven”), octave (“double eight”) said; due to the origin or geographical habits do, there are Sichuan dulcimer, Guangdong dulcimer and so on. Since the liberation, there have been many kinds of improved dulcimer, each of them has its own name; and with the same kind of improved dulcimer, there are also several titles. For example: everyone is familiar with "law