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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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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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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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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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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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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instruments Split sharp Flageolet tones (harmonics) or natural overtone series Guqin Đàn bầu Physical just-intoned string part relation with additional 3rd bridge...
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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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the Qanún/kanun, autoharp, kantele, gusli, kannel, kankles, kokles, koto, guqin, gu zheng and many others) does not have a neck, and the strings are stretched...
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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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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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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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Spain stringed instruments Gusli chordophones 3 Russia stringed instruments Guqin chordophones 312.22 China stringed instruments Guzheng chordophones 3 China...
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Qin schools (redirect from Guqin schools)
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...
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diverse instruments as the hammered dulcimer, psaltery, Appalachian dulcimer, guqin, guzheng, tromba marina, koto, gusli, kanun, kanklės, kantele, kannel, kokles...
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