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Samvad meet live electronics of Phanendra (electronic traffic), creating live and spontaneous Psy Chill Out - Indian Classical fusion.  
 recorded live in Goa, january 2014.
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Rag Gunkali - Indian classical meet Psy Chill Out

Rag Gunkali -  Indian Classical meet Psy Chill Out - live

Chiu Chau, or Chaozhou in Mandarin, is a major genre of Chinese guzheng music.  There are several music scales within Chiu Chau music.  This piece is one of "Heavy Six" type.  In a nutshell, the Heavy Six means that the 4th note is a little higher than normal, and the 7th note is a little lower than normal.  Since this piece is played in the G key, it means that the 4th note would be a little higher than C, and the 7th note would be a little lower than F#.

The piece consists of 4 sections.  The 2nd to last sections are variations of the 1st section's melody.  This style of variation is quite common in Chiu Chau music.

This is a difficult piece for me, even though I learned it many years ago.   There are some glitches in the last section, which will serve as a reminder for me to improve.

Scores from: Choi Nga Si Guzheng Institute
Date of This Recording: 2014-07-15

樂譜來源：蔡雅絲古箏學院中二課程
樂曲類型：潮洲民間樂曲
編曲：郭鷹
錄音日期：2014-07-15


Thoughts In Autumn 秋思曲

This recording is another lesson for me to keep calm and play at a slower tempo, as shown by several wrong notes in the recording.

Shandandan (山丹丹) is a common name of a plant in the Lily family.  It grows wild in Loess Plateau, which covers the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River.  It’s flowers are mostly red or orange red.  

This music piece originated from a song of identical name.  The song was created with “collective wisdom” in Shanxi province, with material coming from folk songs of the Shanxi and Gansu areas.  The final version of the song, sung by a lead singer and accompanied by chorus and orchestra, was completed in 1971, the middle of the Cultural Revolution period.    The lyrics was a tribute to Chairman Mao and the Red Army.

In 1972, guzheng virtuoso professor Jiao Jinhai rearranged the music for guzheng solo.  The music describes the people's admiration of beauty of the blossoming of the flowers across the hills, and wishes for a bright future.

Scores from: The Central Conservatory of Music Examination Pieces for Guzheng, Grades 1-6
Original composition: “collective wisdom” 
Rearranged By: Jiao Jinhai for guzheng solo
Date of This Recording: 2014-08-13

樂譜來源：《中央音樂學院古箏考級曲目 1-6 級》
樂曲類型：現代中國歌曲
原作：李若冰、关鹤岩、徐锁、冯福宽作词， 刘烽作曲
原唱： 杨巧领唱
錄音日期：2014-08-13

歌曲《山丹丹花開紅豔豔》是一首民族風味較濃的陝北信天遊，是勞動人民集體創作。全曲曲調明亮，旋律優美。描述紅軍長征勝利抵達陝北時，正逢滿山的山丹丹花開的美麗情景。《山丹丹開花紅豔豔》1971年中央廣播電台首次播出，當時擔任領唱的是陝西省歌劇舞劇院楊巧老師。

古筝曲《山丹丹開花紅豔豔》由焦金海于1971年開始創作、1972年春天完成創作。當時，焦金海正在河南省周口地區淮陽市“五七幹校”學習，接到古筝獨奏的演出任務後創作了這首樂曲。


　　第一部分，音樂從遼闊、悠揚的散板引子開始，逐漸轉入富有高原牧歌式的優美旋律，猶如婉轉、悠揚的牧笛，描繪出一幅迷人的風光。 

　　第二段，音樂變爲歡快的、熱烈的，表達了人們對漫山紅透的山丹丹開花的美景的贊美，同時也是對鄉土風物的一種戀情。 

　　最後一部分，音樂又回到第一部分主體旋律的原型。樂曲在尾句中表達了人們對未來充滿希望和對美好生活的追求。

Shandandan Lilies Blossom In Glowing Red Beauty 山丹丹開花紅艷艷

This is one of my most favourite guzheng music pieces.  It utilizes a important characteristic of the instrument - sweeping of the finger over the strings to make a flow of notes similar to playing a long arpeggio except with much ease.  

My usual problem of being hasty is avoided in this playing.  In the second half of the piece about flowing water, however, I should have produced a more continuous and smooth water flow pattern.  Well, another homework for the future.

The story of Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi (adopted from the Wiki article:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Ya )

Boya was a government official and musician during the Spring and Autumn Periods. One evening he was travelling along the Changjiang river in a boat for government business. The moon was bright and wind fresh so he decided to play his guqin as his boat was moored beside some hills. As he played a string on the qin suddenly broke. As superstition goes that a broken qin string means someone is hiding nearby listening, Boya called for the listener to come forward. A woodcutter named Zhong Ziqi stepped out.

Though a peasant, Zhong Ziqi also study diligently. But he could not leave his aged parents for even a day, because they were very poor and relied on Zhong Ziqi to take care of them, so he couldn't attend the government recruitment exams to become a government official.

At first Boya was skeptical, but soon become amazed by Ziqi's ability to understand his music.  When Boya's will was towards high mountains in his playing, Zhong Ziqi would say, "How towering like Mount Tai!" When Boya's will was towards flowing water in his playing, Zhong Ziqi would say, "How vast are the rivers and oceans!"  Whatever Boya thought of Ziqi would never fail to understand.  He wished they can spend more time together, but he had to leave for government business, so they made an agreement to meet again around Mid-autumn Day the next year. When the time came there was a flood upstream and Boya's boat was delayed for over 10 days. He arrived at the same spot but Ziqi wasn't there. He waited, but his friend never came. Boya went onshore to look for Ziqi. There were only two tiny villages in that area, so he found Ziqi's home easily, only to learn that Ziqi had spent night after night waiting by the river for him, after chopping wood all day, and as a result caught a cold and eventually passed away.  Boya was stricken with grief, he went to Ziqi's tomb to mourn, and broke his guqin there, vowing to never play again, and saying that no one would ever understand his music again.

Scores from: The Central Conservatory of Music Examination Pieces for Guzheng, Grades 1-6
Date of This Recording: 2014-08-16

樂譜來源：《中央音樂學院古箏考級曲目 1-6 級》
樂曲類型：傳統浙江箏曲
錄音日期：2014-8-16


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