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  2. Guqin - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. History of the guqin - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known piece of notated guqin music, Jieshi Diao Youlan, dates from this period. In the third period, guqin compositions proliferated and the playing techniques were refined. The Song dynasty is considered the golden period of guqin music, with numerous poems and essays on guqin written by the literati, and many well-known pieces ...

  4. List of guqin societies - Wikipedia

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    The main purpose of qin societies is to promote and play qin music. It is often a good opportunity to network and learn to play the instrument, to ask questions and to receive answers. Most qin schools and societies are based in China, but during the twentieth century many overseas societies began to form.

  5. Contemporary guqin players - Wikipedia

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    Contemporary guqin player Wu Ziying. This is a list of contemporary players of the guqin of the 20th and 21st centuries. It attempts to list most notable players (i.e. if they are publicly known and/or have made a significant contribution to qin music).

  6. Stringed music in China - Wikipedia

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    Guqin. Guqin is commonly made of paulownia wood, which makes the guqin lighter and its tone sweeter than other woods. In the past, rich families and royalties preferred to use rare woods to make the guqin, such as nanmu, Pterocarpus santalinus, or mahogany. Most rare-wood guqin are protected in museums. [1]

  7. Four arts - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Guqin playing technique - Wikipedia

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    The music of the qin can be categorised as three distinctively different "sounds." The first is san yin 〔 散 音〕, which means "scattered sounds." This is produced by plucking the required string to sound an open note Listen ⓘ .

  9. North American Guqin Association - Wikipedia

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    Of the three major qin societies of the West (the other two being the London Youlan Qin Society and the New York Qin Society), this society was the world's largest English speaking online community for the guqin (before the advent of other social media platforms) and has the most connections and scope of activities.