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Tuesday 23 October 2012

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          The Guqin (Simplified/Traditional; Pinyin: GÇ”qín; Wades-Giles Ku-Ch'in; Pronounced  ( Listen); Virtually "Ancient Stringed Instrument") May Be A Plucked Seven-String Chinese Instrument Of The Zithern Family. It's Been Vie Since History, And Has Historically Been Favored By Students And Clerisy As An Instrument Of Nice Subtlety And Refinement, As Highlighted By The Quote "A Gentleman Doesn't Give His Qin Or Se While Not Sensible Reason," Yet As Being Related To The Traditional Chinese Thinker Kung Futzu. It's Typically Cited By The Chinese As "The Father Of Chinese Music" Or "The Instrument Of The Sages". The Guqin Isn't To Be Confused With The Guzheng, Another Chinese Long Zithern Conjointly While Not Frets, However With Transferable Bridges Beneath Every String.
             Traditionally, The Instrument Was Merely Cited As Qin (Wade-Giles Ch'in) However By The 20th Century The Term Had Return To Be Applied To Several Different Musical Instruments As Well: The Yangqin Beat Dulcimer, The Huqin Family Of Bowed String Instruments, And Also The Western Piano Square Measure Samples Of This Usage. The Prefix "Gu-" (Meaning "Ancient") Was Later Supplemental For Clarification. 
          Thus, The Instrunment Is Termed "Guqin" Nowadays. It May Be Referred To As Qixianqin (Lit. "Seven-Stringed Instrument"). As A Result Of Henry M. Robert Hans Van Gulik's Known Book Concerning The Qin Is Termed The Content Of The Chinese Lute, The Guqin Is Typically Inaccurately Referred To As A Lute. Different Incorrect Classifications, Chiefly From Music Compact Discs, Embody "Harp" Or "Table-Harp".

           The Guqin May Be A Terribly Quiet Instrument, With A Spread Of Concerning Four Octaves, And Its Open Strings Square Measure Tuned Within The Bass Register. Its Lowest Pitch Is Concerning 2 Octaves Below Tone, Or All-Time Low Note On The Violoncello. Sounds Square Measure Created By Plucking Open Strings, Stopped Strings, And Harmonics. The Employment Of Glissando—Sliding Tones—Gives It A Sound Paying Homage To A Plucked Violoncello, Fretless Bass Fiddle Or A Slide Stringed Instrument. The Qin Is Additionally Capable Of Lots Of Harmonics, Of That Ninety One Square Measure Most Typically Used And Indicated By The Dotted Positions. By Tradition The Qin Originally Had 5 Strings, However Ancient Qin-Like Instruments With Ten Or A Lot Of Strings Are Found. The Trendy Kind Has Been Standardized For Concerning 2 Millennia.


 

 


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