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The zheng (pinyin: zhēng; Wade–Giles: cheng) or guzheng (Chinese: 古筝; pinyin: gǔzhēng; lit. 'ancient zheng'), is a Chinese plucked zither. The modern guzheng commonly has 21, 25, or 26 strings, is 64 inches (1.6 m; 5 ft 4 in) long, and is tuned in a major pentatonic scale. It has a large, resonant soundboard made from Paulownia wood ...
The second is fan yin 〔泛音〕, or "floating sounds." These are harmonics, in which the player lightly touches the string with one or more fingers of the left hand at a position indicated by the hui dots, pluck and lift, creating a crisp and clear sound Listen ⓘ. The third is an yin 〔按音 / 案音 / 實音 / 走音〕, or "stopped ...
The sound produced is affected by the instrument's size, type of wood, and how hollow it is. Most wood instruments are of the ancient variety: Zhu (Chinese: 柷; pinyin: zhù) – a wooden box that tapers from the top to the bottom, played by hitting a stick on the inside, used to mark the beginning of music in ancient ritual music
[1] [page needed] Jiangnan string music was once known as "South Jiangsu silk bamboo" and "Wuyue silk bamboo" due to its regional and customary style. [1] [page needed] String music developed greatly in northern China. The northern region was where Erhu and Pipa were invented. Since string music in the past was more frequently performed in the ...
Private chef Mila Furman shared her top Trader Joe's picks for holiday entertaining.. Furman, a Chicago-based chef, has shopped at Trader Joe's for over 20 years. Her recommendations include ...
Clearing Customs is a studio album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. [1] It is based on a week of recordings and performances in November and December 2007 at a New Jazz Meeting at SWR, a radio station in southwest Germany. Two hour-long national broadcasts were made. [2] The album was released by Intakt Records in ...
Maybe we all watched a little too much This Is Us and are still mourning the loss of Jack Pearson, or maybe a kitchen mishap as a child has left us wary of slow cookers. Whatever the case may be ...
Source: Associated Press. By Christopher Awai, Bill Dorn, Raphael Eidus, Sam Ellner, Jesse Kipp, Kevin Mangubat, Matt Midboe, Andy Read, Sara Rubin, Han Su and Qing Wu