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...
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The guqin ([kùtɕʰǐn] ; Chinese: 古琴) is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally...
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Zhang Ziqian (category Guqin players)
This publication features guqin history, guqin construction, guqin playing technique, guqin notation, and guqin pieces, which is considered a major introductory...
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Geomungo (section Construction)
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...
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Se (instrument) (section Construction)
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...
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Golden rectangle (section Construction)
scale: the palindromic 'Egyptian' mode (red dots, Chinese rui bin diao guqin tuning) and the stately 'blues minor' mode (blue dots, Chinese man gong...
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Koto (instrument) (section Construction)
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...
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Yu Shuishan (category Guqin players)
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...
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Mahjong tiles (section Construction)
四藝; pinyin: sìyì; Cantonese Jyutping: sei3ngai6; Vietnamese: Tứ Nghệ): Guqin (Chinese: 琴; pinyin: qín) Go (Chinese: 棋; pinyin: qí) Calligraphy (Chinese:...
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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...
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Morin khuur (section Construction)
Gangneung Danoje Festival Gimjang Gióng Festival Gong culture Grand Song Guqin Guqin music Haenyeo Hansan Mosi Hayachine Kagura Hitachi Furyumono Hua'er Hudhud...
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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...
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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...
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Trombone (section 19th-century construction)
solo parts were generally interchangeable with other instruments. The construction of the trombone did not change very much between the Baroque and Classical...
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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...
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Tuning mechanisms for stringed instruments (category String instrument construction)
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...
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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...
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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...
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Shui (Flowing Streams) Traditional; associated with Bo Ya Guan Pinghu (guqin) Recording of the UNESCO Collection Folk music 7:37 India Bhairavi: Jaat...
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Bunraku (section Construction)
Gangneung Danoje Festival Gimjang Gióng Festival Gong culture Grand Song Guqin Guqin music Haenyeo Hansan Mosi Hayachine Kagura Hitachi Furyumono Hua'er Hudhud...
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integral in Native American cultures), Guzheng (zither with movable bridges), guqin (bridgeless zither), sheng and xiao (vertical flute), the erhu (alto fiddle...
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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...
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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...
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Yellow Emperor (category Guqin players)
sometimes said to have been partially responsible for the invention of the guqin zither, although others credit the Yan Emperor with inventing instruments...
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The first musical scales were derived from the harmonic series. On the Guqin (a traditional instrument) all of the dotted positions are equal string...
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heritage - Culture Sector - UNESCO". unesco.org. Retrieved 2015-12-18. "Guqin and its music - intangible heritage - Culture Sector - UNESCO". unesco.org...
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ones, according to the eight categories of materials used in their construction. Gǔqín (古琴) – Seven-stringed fretless zither Sè (瑟) – 25 stringed zither...
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traditional and newly written works for the instrument. Konghou (left) and guqin, Tang dynasty (618–907), unearthed in Jiuquan. Museum of Gansu Province...
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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...
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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...
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