箜篌 Konghou - an ancient Chinese harp 湘妃竹 Xiang Fei Bamboo

[diegrossebooben]

This is truly amazing. Not like that stupid "Aquaharp" bullshit.

[lFriday13l]

I would like that player in my room with harp and play this music for me until im smoking a splif.

[hm0ngpo0ny0u]

What's the other one called? The one in kung fu hustle that the two blind dudes were playing. I'm really interested in finding out and if I know more about it, I'm thinking of getting one myself.

[TheGuqinLover]

@hm0ngpo0ny0u probably a guqin?



[TheGuqinLover]

@hm0ngpo0ny0u sorry my mistake. found the kungfu hustle video on youtube, the instrument looks like a guqin, but its a guzheng

[SeungHyun171]

@TheGuqinLover no, it's a guqin, guzheng is shorter n smaller than that

[eIectrostatic]

The modern Konghou is very different from its ancient namesake which was basically a type of lyre introduced to China through the Silk Road and that fell out of use centuries ago. The modern Konghou is a combination of Western harp with elements from existing Chinese string instruments, primarily the Guzheng.

[Polluxgeminae]

¡Maravilloso!

[MrSkyloved]

i love CHINA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[warnerbf]

beautiful Chinese art...

[thienly]

:')

[Temanilove]

i think it works kinda like a piano, one side play for main melody and the other background music. (:

[E1M9I4L6IO]

Excellent interpretation of this difficult instrument the harp, a beautiful melody, congratulations Emilio

[MengoMango]

What score did she end up getting?

[groeneijsthee10]

when I put my computersound on a echo, it sounds like heaven !!

[lamdawave]

This bears close resemblance to the Greek harp. Are they related in some way?

[wangdillon]

@lamdawave nope. they r entirely different. Harp has only one single set of strings, while konghou has strings on both sides; therefore, the range of Konghou is higher while the sound of it is more dynamic. most importantly, it is more difficult to play, coz there r so many strings that r so close with each other

[pinpinyun]

I am desperately trying to find information on Konghou craftsman. I can find nothing on the net. Can anyone out there please help? either with names or websites, really anything info would be great :)

[wangdillon]

@pinpinyun well, if you could read Chinese, you could simply input "箜篌" as keyword on google.

[rbra42]

who is she?

[FireFang1331]

Absolutely beautiful

[Zhangerliang]

What a Beautiful and Marvelous Upload.

[wortlover]

Wonderful music, and a big surprise, Just beautiful music, extraordinary to my european ear. But still very hearttouching. Thanks.

[milena6110]

I agree with you.The chinese music is very beautiful and harmonic.

[BRAMSHILOH]

fantastic!! Thank you for sharing this. Bless

[RadiantOption]

Quite exquisite, rich and serene melody.