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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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...
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Chinese musical notation (section Guqin notations)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Stringed music in China (section Guqin)
stringed instruments are the guqin, zheng, erhu, and pipa. These instruments were developed over thousands of years. Guqin is commonly made of paulownia...
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Bo Ya (category Guqin players)
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...
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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...
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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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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...
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mainland China, such as the North American Guqin Association and the London Youlan Qin Society. Guqin Contemporary guqin players Traditional Chinese musical...
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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...
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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...
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The playing techniques of the guqin, sometimes called fingerings, are more numerous than those of any other Chinese or Western musical instrument. The...
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Four arts (category Guqin)
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...
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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"...
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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...
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Spain stringed instruments Gusli chordophones 3 Russia stringed instruments Guqin chordophones 312.22 China stringed instruments Guzheng chordophones 3 China...
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Kazakhstan jetigen.[citation needed] The guzheng should not be confused with the guqin, a Chinese zither with seven strings played without moveable bridges. The...
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which Zhejiang Province was named Schools Zhe school (guqin), a school of musicians for the guqin Zhe school (painting), painters of Southern School, which...
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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...
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Confucius (category Guqin players)
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...
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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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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...
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For some instruments this is a fundamental technique, such as the Chinese guqin, where it is known as fan yin (泛音, lit. "floating sound"), and the Vietnamese...
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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...
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[page needed][page needed] Most guqin books and tablature written before the twentieth century confirm that this is the origin of the guqin, although now it is viewed...
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Wars), a character on the television series The Mandalorian BYD Qin, a car Guqin (古琴), or qin, Chinese stringed musical instrument QIN, an acronym for the...
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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...
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