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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 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 ...
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 number of ancient sources that discuss qin folklore, qin theory and general qin literature.
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Guan Pinghu (4 March 1897 – 28 March 1967), was a leading player of the guqin (古琴), a Chinese 7-string bridgeless zither. Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, Guan came from an artistic family, and started to learn the guqin from his father, Guan Nianci. After the death of his father when he was thirteen, Guan continued with his father's friend Ye ...
Guqin player and researcher from Singapore, musician in sound properties of the guqin instrument, has developed a bright style of guqin playing. Participated in the "Digital Guqin" project entitled: "Pale Ink". Teacher of guqin, and scholar researcher of guqin music. Zhang Lu 张璐 1992 Beijing Started learning at 11 years of age.
According to the book Cunjian Guqin Zhifa Puzi Jilan, there are around 1,070 different finger techniques used for the qin, with or without names. It therefore uses the most finger techniques of any instrument in Chinese, or even Western, music. Most are obsolete, but around 50 or so are sufficient to know in modern practice.
Mural of Bo Ya playing a guqin in the Long Corridor of the Old Summer Palace, Beijing. Bo Ya (Chinese: 伯牙; pinyin: Bó Yá) was a Chinese qin player from the state of Chu (楚), [1] which is roughly equivalent to modern-day Jingzhou, Hubei. He lived during the Spring and Autumn period or Warring States period.