枕头琴,因形如古老的枕头而得名,现称文枕琴。枕头琴是莆田“文十音”中的一种拉奏乐器。“文十音”流传在福建莆田涵江、梧塘等地,迄今有二百多年的历史了。“文十音”演奏的乐器有(?)(枕头琴)、八角琴、三弦、四弦胡、二弦、苏母(横箫)或洞箫(直箫)、拍板、韵锣(五个音)等;并有两名伴唱者(童男童女),名曰“小鸟”。演奏形式有两种:一是走奏;一是坐奏。原曲牌有多少无从查考,流行至民国初年,尚存二十余曲。其曲牌名称虽同,但格调各异;词短而腔长,旋律缓慢,音色低沉古雅。 Pillow, shaped like an ancient pillow named, now known as the paper pillow. Pillow Putian, “Wen Shi Yin” in a pull instrument. “Wen Shi Yin” spread in Fujian Putian Han River, Wu Tong and other places, so far there are two hundred years of history. The musical instruments played by Wenzheng are as follows: (?) (Occipital piano), octagonal piano, sanxian, four strings Hu, two strings, Su mother (horizontal flute) or Xiao flute ); And there are two vocalists (boys and girls), known as “birds.” There are two types of performance: First, go play; First, sit. The original number of songs can not be found, popular to the early Republican, surviving more than twenty songs. The song name is the same, but different styles; short and long cavity, melodic slow, quieter and quieter.