guqin qin 古琴 古 琴 gu 古gu gu古 琴qin qin琴 古琴guqin qin+琴 gu+古 instruments instrument old ancient zither lute 7-stringed chinese music society societies organization organizations association associations institute institutes
The timbral aspects of guqin technique are unparalleled in stringed instruments of the world.
With over 20 different types of right hand plucking techniques and almost as many left hand
fingering techniques, the potential for timbral contrasts between notes is immense. When
listening to guqin music, the appreciation of timbral contrast is traditionally one of the most
important aspects of the music. Such appreciation of contrast can happen locally from one note
to the next or structurally - appreciating different sections of the music set in different timbral
styles. Such appreciation for timbre on this level in Western music has only been present since
the beginning of the 20th century in classical music.
Wang Fei 王菲 MA; Emily (active) San Francisco Bay Area, CA. A young qin player (taught by Li Xiangting) based in the United States, founding director of North American Guqin Association.
Qin music tends to linger on certain notes, with an emphasis on silence and timbre, giving it a meditative quality. Being an instrument historically associated with literati, its aim is Confucian (in trying to cultivate one's mind) as well as Daoist (in s
Li Xiangting 李祥霆 Professor 1940- Beijing. Elite professional qin player. Current president of the China Guqin Committee. Noted for improvisation. 國家級非物質文化遺產項目(古琴藝術)代表性傳承人.
American qin player/scholar John Thompson advocates for both silk + nylon-wrapped metal strings for different styles of qin music (much like classical (nylon-string) and steel-string guitar music).
Anna Guo (Guo Min-qing), former professor at the renowned Shanghai Conservatory of Music, has been teaching and playing the yang-qin (guqin, qin) for 30+ years. Solo albums: Collection of Yang-qin Solos (1992), Masterpieces Performed by Yang-qin Masters
The guqin is associated with China's scholarly class; was one of the classical "four arts of the scholar," (along with Go or weiqi (a board game), calligraphy, and painting). Qin was also strongly associated with Daoist philosophy; the qin was more than
The seven-stringed guqin "has been part of Chinese culture since the time of Confucius…[the piece] is a meditation on the human sense of affinity with the universe