In addition to playing the guqin, there are a lot of related knowledge to learn. This book not only has piano skills, but also Chinese music theory and piano history, and I hope it will be helpful to your Guqin study.
1. The Essentials of Qin Learning (Manuscript) Gu Meigeng
Introduction: "Preparation for Qin Learning" is divided into six chapters: general rules, fingering, gestures...
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Guqin is not a musical instrument with great technical difficulty. People with ordinary qualifications can completely reach the level of entertaining others and themselves after several years of practice. However, today there are many piano friends who have been learning the piano for several years. Although they work hard, their piano skills are always hovering at a low level and a low level.
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In the ancient "qin, chess, calligraphy and painting", the qin ranks first. This "qin" refers to our guqin. Guqin has a long history. As a traditional Chinese plucked string instrument, it belongs to the eight-tone silk, with a "broad" sound range and a timbre'' deep and distant".
When it comes to the guqin, what most people think of is the tranquility of mountains and river...
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Guqin has high requirements on indoor temperature and humidity. In winter, the temperature and humidity plummet, and the guqin will be deformed or cracked if it is not properly maintained.
Don't get too close to the heater, it should not be exposed to direct sunlight for a long time, it should not be suddenly cold and hot, and it should not be kept outside and blowing cold air.
When...
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I often hear people say "a guqin", and some people who have studied the qin for many years also call it that, and there are even some senior qin players who are famous in the guqin circle. Others are called "a guqin" or "a guqin", which is purely to regard the guqin as a piano.
I have also heard of something called "a guqin". It is a bit frivolous to use these titles on the ancient musica...
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To make a guqin, in addition to the tools, the first thing to do is to select the materials for the top and bottom plate. After reading the historical records, it is found that the ancient qin was mostly made of tung and bottom zi (the so-called yin and yang wood) at the beginning, and later developed the surface of fir bottom. Azusa, then, what kind of wood is the best for the qin now?
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Guqin, also known as Yaoqin, Yuqin and Qixian, is a traditional Chinese plucked stringed instrument with a history of more than 3,000 years. Guqin has a wide range, deep timbre and long aftertone.
Agitated: Cai Yong was a master in the qin world at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and a famous figure in history. Among the forty-seven qin pieces in his book "Qin Cao", there is a poem "Cu...
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The sounding vibration of the guqin is actually a whole vibration. This concept is discussed here, that is to say, the sound of the guqin is not simply the air vibration of the dragon, pond, and phoenix in the cavity driven by the vibration of the panel. Its sound is not produced in this way.
It is actually driven by the vibration of the panel to drive the air vibration, and...
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As a famous Chinese instrument with a history of more than 3,000 years, the guqin is different from other musical instruments. It has a certain cultural background with the qin music. It requires some familiarity and understanding to play it. It is known as "Qin Study" and "Qin Dao".
This means that learning Guqin requires a cultural foundation on the one hand, and a certain understanding...
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Guqin notation was first recorded in words, that is, notation. Word notation is a notation that describes the fingering, string sequence and phoneme of Guqin in words. However, using a large piece of text to describe a few simple sounds will inevitably appear complicated and inconvenient to use. So in the Tang Dynasty, the qin master Cao Rou reduced it and developed it into today's "reduced cha...
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