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The guqin ([kùtɕʰǐn] ⓘ; Chinese: 古琴) is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument.It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favoured by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety and refinement, as highlighted by the quote "a gentleman does not part with his qin or se without good reason," [1] as well as being associated with the ...
The guqin is a seven-stringed zither that owes its invention to ancient Chinese society some 3,000 years ago. During the Imperial Chinese period, a scholar was expected to play the guqin . Guqin was explored as an art-form as well as a science, and scholars strove to both play it well and to create texts on its manipulation.
Zha Fuxi (Chinese: 查阜西; 1895–1976), also known as Zha Yiping (查夷平) was a leading player and scholar of the guqin. Born in Jiangxi , he started learning guqin in his childhood. In 1936, he co-founded the Jinyu Qin Society ( 今虞琴社 ) which later became one of the major national musical organizations for the guqin.
The Chinese musicologist Yang Yinliu divided the history of guqin into three periods: the first is the pre-Qin period, the second from the Qin dynasty to Tang dynasty, the third from the end of Tang to the 20th century. It is believed that during the first period the qin became popular as part of the court orchestra and as an instrument of the ...
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 styles because such a model simplifies things—and because it is still somewhat applicable, though less so now than 100 years ago.
In simplistic terms, the guqin is an acoustic instrument consisting of a sound chamber formed by two long planks of wood glued together. One or both planks are carved inside to form a hollow chamber. On the underside of the instrument are sound holes. Strings are supported by a nut and bridge. Scale length is typically 43" to 44.5".
Guqin player, scholar in Japanese and Chinese traditional music. Style lineage from Mme. Tsar Teh-Yun. Director of Kamakura Qin Society then the 疇祉琴社 Chûshi Qin Society. Michele Cesaratto (act.) Udine, Italy Guqin player, performer of Jiang Kui ci, founder of Chinese traditional music ensemble "Pelagia Noctiluca". Currently based in ...
Cheng Gongliang 成公亮 (August 1940 －8 July 2015) sometimes also given as Cheng Gong Liang or Cheng Gong-liang, was a renowned guqin player in the Guangling style. . Hailing from Yixing he was noted also for his writings on guqin playing and his compositions for the instrument, some of them drawing on other traditions of