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Library of Guqin Music

music mobs is a true social networking sight where you upload your itunes library and then it will give you the names and playlists of other people who you share musical tastes with. so far i am really impressed with some of the new music i have found, and seeing the variety of tastes many people have. i always have thought that i would find people listening to radiohead, bach, michael nyman, richard james all on the same playlist. now i know it really happens.

Focuses only on sound, not songs ~ which sets it apart from other splendid libraries like ccMixter. It's a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds.

Founded by Hugh Tracey at Rhodes University

Begins with the guqin (gu qin), or old qin. It's a fretless zither-like instrument with five strings, corresponding to the five elements

Ethnomusicologist Josef Bomback discusses the styles and instruments of Chinese music, contemporary, classical, folkloric, and traditional.

My imeem profile and music "library" (streaming playlists)