Name: Guanglingsan - guqin - redwood guqin/yuesheng zhonghe n-m strings by laoqinyou
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: 廣陵散 (Guangling san) on the guqin with redwood/wenge guqin and new nylon-metal strings - yuesheng zhong he 樂聖中和 （brand and gauge).

Chinese Flute 傾世皇妃 - 初見 - 笛

Metal-string versions of the guqin piece, "Flowing Water" (流水) played by Zhao Jiazhen (赵家珍)

"Flowing Water" (流水) played by Zhao Jiazhen on guqin with metal strings

This comes from a manuscript called Withered Wood Zen Qin Manuscript 枯木禅琴谱(Ku Mu Chan Qin Pu) by SHI Kongchen  释空尘 published in 1893. The manuscript contains 32 pieces, most of which are pre-existing repertoire edited and annotated by the author. There are several pieces, including Ku Mu Yin, which are original compositions by Kongchen. The music belongs within the Guang Ling 广陵school of qin playing, and this version of Ku Mu Yin is a recent reconstruction, from the original tablature, by Tony Wheeler. SHI Kongchen was a Chinese Zen priest for whom the qin was an integral part of his Zen practice. Ku Mu Chan is a particularly austere school of Chinese Zen.

Ku Mu Yin - Ode to Withered Wood

This simple yet elegant piece is full of traditional flavour, and comes from Qin Scores from the Distant Hall 自远堂琴谱 (Zi Yuan Tang Qin Pu) of 1802, a manuscript passed to us by Wu Hong 吴灴. Wu Hong was a representative figure in the Guang Ling 广陵school of qin.

Chun Xiao Yin - Ode to Spring Dawn

Anthology of Chinese Traditional and Folk Music Played on Guqin Vol.1

GuQin No.14 / 第十四號琴錄音

Variation on a Theme of Chinese Guqin

composer: Lin Huanqi
performer: Fabricio Mattos

This piece was commissioned by Brasilian guitarist Fabricio Mattos and composed by Chinese guitarist/composer Lin Huanqi. It's a variation on a theme of Chinese Guqin. The Guqin is a very traditional Chinese instrument often played by poets and aristocrats. Many of the music of Guqin express the unique serenity of China, it represents the soul of Chinese people.

Variation on a Theme of Chinese Guqin

廣陵散 (Guangling san) on the guqin with redwood/wenge guqin and new nylon-metal strings - yuesheng zhong he 樂聖中和 （brand and gauge).

Guanglingsan - guqin - redwood guqin/yuesheng zhonghe n-m strings

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