What are ban? What is the typical length in ban of a short solo piece for pipa?
What will be an ideal response?
• Ban are metrical strong beats, equivalent to a Western measure.
• Often solos for pipa--either as short, free-standing pieces or as part of a suite (grouped with other solos into a compilation)--were exactly sixty-eight ban in length.
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