86型高音三弦是由中国音乐学院肖剑声教授设计、北京民族乐器厂制作的改良民族弹拨乐器。小三弦历史悠久,我国史书上所记载的三弦皆为小三弦。日本的三味线也是由中国的小三弦(传入日本后)衍变而成的。小三弦广泛运用于各种戏曲、各种民间乐种及宫廷音乐之中,它是我国历史文化中有着相当重要地位的乐器之一。清末民初,随着北方说唱音乐的发展,出现了大三弦。建国以来,大三弦得到改良,演奏、创作也都有了很大的发展,但是小三弦却仍然停留在原有的基 86 treble Sanxian by the Chinese Conservatory of Music Professor Xiao Jian Sheng, Beijing National Instrument Factory produced the improved national plucked instruments. Small Sanxian has a long history, the history of our country recorded three strings are Xiao Sanxian. Japan’s shamisen is also derived from China’s Xiao Sanxian (after Japan). Xiao Sanxian is widely used in a variety of traditional Chinese music, folk music and court music, which is one of the most important musical instruments in Chinese history and culture. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, with the development of rap music in the north, there appeared the big three strings. Since the founding of the PRC, the big three strings have been improved, playing, writing also have great development, but Xiao Sanxian still remain in the original base