Reader-built field atlas

Attack-to-Release Atlas

Pipa speed becomes musical evidence only when one right-hand attack can be followed through left-hand placement to its release or continuation.

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The evidence pair

Two photographs that can be compared

Frame 1

A full playing view showing upright instrument, right hand and left-hand fret position

Frame 2

A closer frame of the decisive attack or left-hand change from the same phrase

What the note must add

Name the piece or context and timestamp when known. Distinguish a single pluck, repeated attack, accent and processed sustain; do not assign a named technique from a blurred hand or silent photograph.

Submissions remain private until East Moment reviews the rights, specificity and usefulness of the record.

Editorial founding evidence

A visible baseline, with the gaps left open

These are East Moment editorial records built from authorized or rights-cleared imagery. They are not reader submissions and do not count toward the public record total.

Upright hands and an amplified experiment

Unmatched editorial baseline

A WIPO event photograph shows a modern upright pipa with both hands visible, while a Beijing livehouse photograph shows an electric pipa under amplification.

Seated pipa player using both hands on an upright four-string instrument — Visible: modern posture, fret field and both hand positions. Missing: the phrase.

Musician playing an electric pipa in a Beijing livehouse — Visible: amplified performance context. Missing: an audible comparison with the acoustic instrument.

Still missing: The images document different players, instruments and settings. They contain no matched phrase, audio or timestamp and cannot establish the attack, left-hand destination, release or effect of amplification.

Approved reader records

The Atlas in public

The first complete pipa phrase map is still open.

Approved records must connect attack, stopped pitch and release. Finger speed alone does not show which action gave the phrase its force.

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