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

Different systems have been used to record music for bells and for the Guqin stringed instrument. More recently a system of numbered notes (Jianpu) has...

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 notation of the guqin is a unique form of tablature for the Chinese musical instrument, with a history of over 1,500 years, still in use today. Chinese...

The guqin is a Chinese musical instrument with a long history of being played since ancient times. When the guqin is played, a number of aesthetic elements...

The history of the guqin, an ancient Chinese musical instrument, is a long one that spans 3,000 years. Although similar, it should not be confused with...

stringed instruments are the guqin, zheng, erhu, and pipa. These instruments were developed over thousands of years. Guqin is commonly made of paulownia...

boxes, or other symbols. This is a list of contemporary players of the guqin of the 20th and 21st centuries. It attempts to list most notable players...

mainland China, such as the North American Guqin Association and the London Youlan Qin Society. Guqin Contemporary guqin players Traditional Chinese musical...

The playing techniques of the guqin, sometimes called fingerings, are more numerous than those of any other Chinese or Western musical instrument. The...

There are many different tunings for the guqin. To string a qin, one traditionally had to tie a butterfly knot (shengtou jie 『蠅頭結/蝇头结』) at one end of...

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...

The Jinling Guqin School is a genre of Guqin playing in Chinese history. The Jinling Guqin school first rose to influence in Nanjing, China towards the...

This is a list of literature for the guqin. Qin literature should be distinguished from qinpu which contains music tablature of some sort. There are a...

The strings of the guqin Chinese zither are either made of silk, nylon or metal-nylon. Until the modern era, the guqin's strings were always made of various...

the Sandbank" (Chinese: 平沙落雁) is an ancient Chinese guqin melody, one of the most notable guqin pieces together with "Guangling San", "Yangguan San Die"...

period for his Guqin skill. According to Qincao (琴操）written by Cai Yong, He learned his Guqin skill from Chenglian, another famous Guqin player. When he...

International Directory of Guqin Teachers (simplified/traditional: 琴師通訊錄; pinyin: Qin Shi Tong Xun Lu) is a free internet-based directory of Guqin teachers all over...

ancient Chinese scholar-gentleman. They were the mastery of the qin (the guqin, a stringed instrument, 琴), qi (the strategy game of Go, 棋), shu (Chinese...

which Zhejiang Province was named Schools Zhe school (guqin), a school of musicians for the guqin Zhe school (painting), painters of Southern School, which...

A qin school (琴派 qin pai in Chinese) is a school of guqin players that play in a style that is different from other styles. People often talk about regional...

The North American Guqin Association (Chinese: 北美琴社; often abbreviated to NAGA) is a guqin society based in the State of California, in the United States...

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existing on a string.[citation needed] This musical scale is present on the guqin, regarded as one of the first string instruments with a musical scale. Most...

seen and played during the fight in the weiqi courtyard scene is a guqin. The guqin music for that scene was performed by Liu Li. Hero was first released...

Confucius (孔子; pinyin: Kǒngzǐ; lit. 'Master Kong'; c. 551 – c. 479 BCE), born Kong Qiu (孔丘), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period...

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...

ISBN 978-0-330-25480-9. Yeung, Juni (2010). Standards for the Guqin February 2010 Draft. Toronto: Toronto Guqin Society. Dehydro-alpha-lapachone Archived 2012-04-02...

Instruments that have the strings mounted on a body, frame or tube, such as a guqin, cimbalom, autoharp, harpsichord, piano, or valiha It is also possible to...

Kazakhstan jetigen.[citation needed] The guzheng should not be confused with the guqin, a Chinese zither with seven strings played without moveable bridges. The...