The Peaceful Sounds of the Ancient Chinese Guqin

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The Guqin is a seven strings zither with bass silk strings, played with an astonishing technique made of glissandos, open strings and harmonics. Here played by master Pui-Yuen Lui. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8F0G4QEQYg #rareandstrangeinstruments | Rare And Strange Instruments

🎼Master of Crafts | Guqin maker in east China's Jiangxi 💡The Guqin, a plucked seven-string traditional Chinese instrument, boasts a history of over 3,000 years. Feng Yihua, a uqin maker, hails from Yihuang County in east China's Jiangxi Province. Influenced by his family, Feng began studying the Guqin at age 18. He later moved to Shanghai to be an apprentice under a master in the craft of Guqin-making. "Creating a Guqin by hand requires raw lacquer, which initially caused skin allergies. I eve

Chinese music on Guqin 7 striings instrument that has 5,000 years of history More Guqin music here chosic.com/genre-chart/explore-genre/?genre=guqin | Chosen Music

Plum Blossom in Three Variations was rediscovered in a 1425 guqin book. The guqin is a Chinese string instrument with a history dating back some 3,000 years. The piece uses the plum blossom as a metaphor to praise people with moral integrity. Here's my transcription of the piece for solo guitar. In my concert at 国家大剧院National Centre for the Performing Arts on 27th July I will be performing this piece as a duo with guqin. I've also recorded this on Sketches of China : https://open.spotify.com/tra