The construction of the guqin Chinese zither is a complex process like any other musical instrument. However, there is much symbolism in the choice of...

The guqin ([kùtɕʰǐn] ; Chinese: 古琴) is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally...

This publication features guqin history, guqin construction, guqin playing technique, guqin notation, and guqin pieces, which is considered a major introductory...

with the guqin in China. However, the Koreans never adopted the guqin as a folk instrument but instead inherited the Confucian and literati guqin lore wholesale...

one of the most important stringed instruments in China, along with the guqin. The se gradually faded out of use, having evolved into the similar zheng...

scale: the palindromic 'Egyptian' mode (red dots, Chinese rui bin diao guqin tuning) and the stately 'blues minor' mode (blue dots, Chinese man gong...

nanagen-kin, and so on. When read as kin, it indicates the Chinese instrument guqin. The term is used today in the same way. The term koto appears in the Kojiki...

Shuishan (Chinese: 于水山; pinyin: Yú Shuǐshān) is one of the master contemporary guqin players and contributors.[circular reference] He is a Professor of Architecture...

touch to something See Zhang Sengyou 對牛彈琴(duì niú tán qín) playing the guqin to a cow to communicate well, you need to understand your audience See Mouzi...

also contains two UNESCO Intangible World Heritage Arts; Pingtan (评弹) and Guqin music. Lingering Garden is located outside the Changmen gate (阊门) of Suzhou...

Gangneung Danoje Festival Gimjang Gióng Festival Gong culture Grand Song Guqin Guqin music Haenyeo Hansan Mosi Hayachine Kagura Hitachi Furyumono Hua'er Hudhud...

all shot in Nanjing. Jinling Qin School is an important genre of Chinese Guqin art that originated in Nanjing. It has a great influence on many later generations...

四藝; pinyin: sìyì; Cantonese Jyutping: sei3ngai6; Vietnamese: Tứ Nghệ): Guqin (Chinese: 琴; pinyin: qín) Go (Chinese: 棋; pinyin: qí) Calligraphy (Chinese:...

turned by hand Ornate jade tuning pins on a guqin Gilded bronze tuning key for turning the pins of a guqin, China, Han dynasty, 201 BC to 221 AD. A medieval...

solo parts were generally interchangeable with other instruments. The construction of the trombone did not change very much between the Baroque and Classical...

in the key of F with eight smaller finger holes, used to accompany the guqin. The narrowness of the qin xiao makes the tone softer, making it more suitable...

hometown and the image of mother began to appear. For example, works such as "Guqin Performance" (1949), "White Day" (1956, now in the collection of the National...

Shui (Flowing Streams) Traditional; associated with Bo Ya Guan Pinghu (guqin) Recording of the UNESCO Collection Folk music 7:37 India Bhairavi: Jaat...

Gangneung Danoje Festival Gimjang Gióng Festival Gong culture Grand Song Guqin Guqin music Haenyeo Hansan Mosi Hayachine Kagura Hitachi Furyumono Hua'er Hudhud...

Orchestra at the Beijing Concert Hall, where she performed a solo of the Guqin piece "Guangling San". She had to wear glasses because her eyes were in...

integral in Native American cultures), Guzheng (zither with movable bridges), guqin (bridgeless zither), sheng and xiao (vertical flute), the erhu (alto fiddle...

made in India out of wood. 3000 BCE - The first string instrument, the guqin, was invented in China. 619 - The orchestra was invented in the Chinese...

Nong Yu plays the guqin in the Purple Orchid House and is highly valued by Zinü. Her music is favourably compared to the famous guqin composer from the...

friends and townsfolk to join him. After some drinks, Liu Bang played the guqin and sang the Song of the Great Wind (大風歌). Empress Gao, of the Lü clan (241–180...

to use percussion drilling to drill holes to a depth of 3,000 ft. The construction of percussion drilling machines took more than two to three generations...

major scale, using scale tones 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 of the major scale. One construction takes five consecutive pitches from the circle of fifths; starting on...

heritage - Culture Sector - UNESCO". unesco.org. Retrieved 2015-12-18. "Guqin and its music - intangible heritage - Culture Sector - UNESCO". unesco.org...

The first musical scales were derived from the harmonic series. On the Guqin (a traditional instrument) all of the dotted positions are equal string...

traditional and newly written works for the instrument. Konghou (left) and guqin, Tang dynasty (618–907), unearthed in Jiuquan. Museum of Gansu Province...

sometimes said to have been partially responsible for the invention of the guqin zither, although others credit the Yan Emperor with inventing instruments...