古筝独奏/Guzheng Solo：梁祝 The Butterfly Lovers

[henriettadiehl]

great clip .. keep it up thanks

[MasterPainBetty]

Student leveled performance but "A" for effort. Seemed a bit nervous.

[chipslin]

So many tuberculosis patients there?!

[heylover]

people are so rude. go learn some manner

[reygood1]

This is live, you now?

[0816nicole]

good

[0816nicole]

好听~

[athloen64]

whats the name of this instument?

[CommunPro]

@athloen64 Guzheng or 古筝 in chinese. :D



[pakchan10]

@athloen64

chinese zither

[perfumewench]

This is beautiful! I agree the constant chattering is very distracting. I'd like to go smack each of those jabbering idiots right upside the head.

[birdandthe]

RUINED BY THE CATTLE.

[BentleyLeung]

甚麼曲高和寡!以技藝言其實真是普通過普通啦!聽聽劉芳、袁莎彈­奏樂曲的音韻吧!

[gixxr6FLY]

why are you their watching it if all your going to do is talk, whats the point

[Nitirmierz]

Excellent performance, terrible audience.

[JochenSteig]

@Nitirmierz sic!

[ac3761G]

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[yumakutsuu]

Indecent loud people.

[Tim1Mill]

I think you will find judging by the reverb in the sound (not to mention that loud cough), the problem was the audio is being recorded from the camera - in the audience, meaning a higher crowd to artist ratio than had it been taken from the stage mics feed.

[bsod4u2]

Disrespect and arrogance from the crowd! These loud animals should not even be allowed to attend.Some people deserve to be hammered in the face and knocked out cold.

Other than that...

This is a GREAT performance.

[Kyokuchiki]

Its sad thoughs people,are being very rude...and this is beautiful music,very spirit like,puts my body & mind to ease hearing such wonderful music,<3,^^

[kakul83]

This was one of the best piece of guzheng music I have so far heard on youtube. Hats off to the artist playing it. Thanks for uploading this masterpiece.

Thanks from Afghanistan.

[bbahong]

這可能是曲高和寡, 畢竟知音難求嘛!

不過國人也應該易地而處。

[nicodagger]

I blame, to a large extent, television. People are so used to watching everything on television, or on their computers, where they can talk and not give their full attention to what is being presented, that they can't seem to get it through their thick stupid fucking heads that a real live person playing music is REALLY HERE IN THE ROOM AND NEEDS SILENT ATTENTIION! It's the same shit when you go out to a see a movie, people don't shut the hell up. Pearls before swine indeed.

[DeMachman]

@nicodagger I totally agree.I am the guy who stands up and ask people to shut up so I can hear the music. Then I get removed from the scene for disturbing the "peace".

[Kyokuchiki]

Agreed

[RunningTopMale]

Nothing wrong with television. It is the lack of respect, consideration as well parental disciplines from the so called audience. They cough without covering their fucking mouths, they chit chat loud, they stand up and walk around whenever they like and am sure in some places they breast feed their babies in broad daylight just like that the way it was back in the 50s. Frankly and personally I hate that a lot.

[SapphireButterfly]

@RunningTopMale

I couldn't agree more. I was actually trying to look for the full version of this to save into my favorites, but there is so much background noise. It's disgusting. There's another video I've found on here, but it's so much shorter then what I was looking for. Still very lovely though.

[omarshinken]

@nicodagger i totally agree with you well said

[bsod4u2]

Who are these clowns talking, this man is clearly a master playing a masterpiece. And these clowns are talking !!! Where did they learn these manners?

[bishophime]

I JUST WANT TO SHOUT " SHUT THE FUCK UP" to the audience !!!

Hell this was amazingly beautiful and they are chatting !

[Lupy501]

Talking during performances is becoming a world wide epidemic, which is kind of sad, people don't appreciate music or musicianship any more. They are there with the soul idea to only be entertained, and can no longer understand the respect live music of this caliber deserves

[chipslin]

Bravo, this day is birthday of  one of my grangchilds.

[AphoticMist]

fuck those fuckers talking in the audience.

[nicodagger]

This concert was held in Tucson, ARIZONA, which, the last time I checked, is in THE UNITED STATES, not China, so this shitty audience should be judged by American standards, and, by that standard, they are rude ignorant barbarians who don't deserve to hear such beautiful music!! This is why the Chinese Empire closed itself off from the rest of the world so long ago, thinking those other people were barbarians...and they were right!! They still are!! SHUT UP, PEOPLE AND RESPECT BEAUTIFUL MUSIC!!

[Acidfart69]

lol.. fok off

[AphoticMist]

na na, by American standards, this is probably like a B rank audience. A rank audience would probably be practicing their aims with a 27 pellet shotgun lolz.

[bsod4u2]

No wonder,a low class audience formed of what sounds like poeple with little respect for greater music.

One does not throw pearls at pigs(talking audience).

[darkprincess1012]

i'd like to correct you zh1xiong: "A guzheng piece adapted from a well-known Chinese violin piece" The butterfly-lovers, better known in china as Liang Zhu, STARTED as a guzheng peice. This is just another version of the original guzheng piece. I play guzheng, and I've always rather enjoyed the story (the movie was also pretty good, i think it was the one in either the nineties or eighties)

[ninjalikesweapons]

there must be swin flu there because theres a whole lot of coughing.

[AphoticMist]

you are so funny, join a circus

[BiReal]

Beutifull played i believe who ever created this instrument did it under the guidence of heaven.

[NYhippie543]

Jesus. Can't we all just sit back and enjoy the music for what it is and just stop bickering on YouTube.

[nicodagger]

What the fuck is the matter with the morons in the audience???? This is great music, brilliantly played, SO SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! or better yet, go home and watch "Deal Or No Deal" you assholes.

[nagexingqisi]

lol

[MikePikeTike]

lmao awesome

[qqshark]

好想要這版本的古箏譜喔~~

[LadyPwnerer]

I hate the sound of people talking while he's playing....

[BearBoi69]

Gah, I know! I kept wishing he'd stop playing and go all Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon on their ass.

[qilin2qilin]

yea, those talking ppl r so annoying

[BlackXamarylliS]

@LadyPwnerer I guess there are lots of people here for something else... I'm used to play in those conditions, it's frustrating... Sometimes, the musician can't even hear what's they're playing!

[CX888HKVan]

@BlackXamarylliS Haha that's part of being a musician, learning to immerse yourself in the music and accept the sound of squeaky chairs and crying babies.

[TofuDynasty]

Tsk tsk. Yet another desperate attempt to suffice your ego that had been knocked to the negative digits. =]

[TofuDynasty]

A few things you western minded individuals don't seem to understand and it is evidence within the video.

First, this performance was held in a public place in China for ordinary people. This isn't a western concert hall or an emperor's palace.

Second, the recording (video and audio) is done from audience level far from the stage, so you will hear sounds coming from the individuals within the surrounding as well as some audio drops and hiss.

[TofuDynasty]

You seem to be an inferior individual with an imperialistic defiance instilled to suffice for the lesser.

1. "Emperor palace" was use as a metaphor. You obviously missed the associated. Your failure not mine.

2. Most people in China won't bother with editing programs to perfect a video. You don't live there, you don't know.

3. If it doesn't I would not have to explain to an ego such as yours.

Your poetic glorification doesn't justify your lack of knowing. Nice try. =]

[TofuDynasty]

association* =]

[TofuDynasty]

You obviously failed to understand the concept of words to used in an expressed context rather by definition. I'm sorry that you are only a linear thinker. =]

I am only the refuting your erroneous assumptions prior because you are lacking and ill prepared regarding the topic matter.

I am more then aware of the Tao phrase you used in an unoriginal attempt to deem yourself as some sort of intellectual and in hopes to overrides your ignorance. =]

[TofuDynasty]

-the* =]

[TofuDynasty]

Given the premise you provide initially with a straw man and followed by endless and irrelevant ad hominems, I refuted all your obtuse claims which renders you furthermore mentally dysfunctional. In short, you took it up the anal when someone pointed you flaws. Thanks you for the validation of your ignorance and insecurities which is a reflection of the inferior character that you are.

Do remember, your stupidity is your own. Actions do indeed speaks for themselves. =]

[ourgreylove]

well don't you feel good about yourself?

[2redstick]

此誠曲高藝精也！

余少時嘗聞我國為禮義之邦，然五十多年來無論於中國、香港、澳門­、紐約、英倫等國所見之國人，失禮於人則有、信義則無，甚至公德­盪然，文明何物？向來如是，諸君子無須動氣傷肝為要。蓋我國人多­己修達無人無我之境，非我等凡夫俗子老土人仕所能測也！各自保重­為盼！！

[RunningTopMale]

@2redstick VERY well said and I admire that really. Thanks!

[faultyplans]

Chinese custom is to scream "hao" at the points of interest. The performers are accustomed to it. Watch some beijing opera, "jing ju" and stop being a noob.

[helenajunjieluo]

Having said that, a cooperative group of audience is better for the musician's performance. They may not be able to perform their best if the environment is too loud. Noise is also not fair to other audience. However, sometimes, there are seniors, children, and people who have special needs among audience we need to give special consideration, especially at a Chinese Spring Festival, a family event. Let's focus on the good part of life, and not get anger easily, for everyone's health. Cheers

[helenajunjieluo]

Both TofuDynasty and Coligar have your own points. I think it's really depend on who you are. If the musician can enjoy playing and sharing with audience at all level, and not affected by the behavior of audience, that' s the best for him--fully devoted to music, and or devoted to the needs of audiences.

[lunpeterko]

非常讚同 閣下之見願國人共勉之

[lunpeterko]

觀衆太不文明

[redrose20x]

是啊

中國的觀眾很多出了國的也ㄧ樣 都已經讀到博士了也這樣

遲到的遲到 手機不關 說話的從頭說到尾

要怎樣教才會？ 說了還理直氣壯 素質差 對旁人最基本的尊重都沒有

教育失敗

[RunningTopMale]

I agree 100%! The artists studied for decades to become what they are and perform for US the audience. If we cannot turn off the bloody cell phone or stop chatting during the performance it is considered impolite. Granted there may be senior or children whom may have special health problems or medical conditon then by all means SIT AT THE BACK so you can excuse yourself anytime. No way this is allowed in any Western societies!!!

[lordevarts]

mind your language here. i rated yours.

[redrose20x]

Crowd needs to "close" their mouth.

[pvflautista]

LiangZhu is one of my favourite chinese songs.

[waiyonglee]

can b much better - probably affected by the noise from below - but a really good player should not be distracted - a good player does not play to the crowd.

[coligar]

"a good player does not play to the crowd"

i disagree. a good player feels the audience and play what he wants to convey to the crowd. sometimes if u find it hard to capture the crowd u're playing to u may choose to change the dynamics of your play. if one just choose to be just regurgitate his practices... the music would be as good as dead.

if you don't play to the crowd/audience then who are you playing to?

[waiyonglee]

Everytime we play, we play to xpress music hence the art, in practices/performance. Audience can be birds, trees, lakes, wind. Infact we, our instruments & environment all becomes one single entity. Music's never dead, it 's us who kills it. Musicians convey what composers wants to convey, not what "audience" wants him to convey. Otherwise we will have to "jazz" the "Butterfly Lovers" for the Americans & "samba" for the Brazilians. How abt the Spaniards, Indians, Nigerians, Dutch then?

[coligar]

unlike the examples mentioned, no one is advocating extreminism here... but i'm just saying i can not agree to a statement that says "a good player does not play to the crowd"

being a amateur instrumentalist, more than often i choose to play my own deviation/self-arrangement. which i do perform slightly alter my style/presentation depending on mood/audience together with a lot of other factors. but i do try to put in an effort make sure my alterations still tell a similar story as the original.

[coligar]

and i don't think anyone doing the same is not a "good player" i'm sorry but i still cannot agree with a statement which sounds so definite without any valid arguments to justify.

in fact, on a personal note,i find it rather disturbing to see self-assured individual posting such a "cold blanket" statement at a budding musician's video.

[waiyonglee]

I m sorry if u r offended. I m merely givg a constructive comment. I tot u w take it positively. I dun know u & I have no reason neither w I gain anythg playg you dwn. I myself is amateur far fr perfect oso but I tot I can share somethg that my master taught me many yrs ago. Think abt what I hv said in good spirit & u w find that I m actually tryg to help u instead. Dun take it 2 hard, it is nothg personal. May b I shud not hv commentd.

Anyway, my apologies if I hv displeasd u

[coligar]

lol.... i'm not the player in the video. u didn't displease me. i'm just sharing with you the fact that you should not be so definative in your views/comments. no one is right all the time and people are allowed to have their own views.

and personally i think there certain dynamics of the performer that is very positive which i can see from his videos cos its posted here.

you on the other hand, is just a registered name on youtube who give authoritative comments which i personally disagree.

[TofuDynasty]

The statement , "a good player does not play to the crowd" in concept, is correct.

Music, art, martial, philosophy and the like are merely knowledge obtained first and foremost from the self and for the self.

The expression of it or performance, i.e. application process, in the latter, are only as a tool to communicate.

After all, if one plays from the heart, one is then in touch with the self (within) so that such expression can be in touch with others (without).

[coligar]

personally, i think a good player should able to be dynamic enough to

1)be able to play from the heart and get in touch with oneself and..

2)reach out to the audience/environment

if you are really talking about tian di ren... all 3 have to unite. if u r talking about convergence... perhaps u need to converge into 1 with your environment as well...

[TofuDynasty]

I can agree with these statements for the most part. Application is necessary, but not solely a physical state point of view, unless, one desires it to be.

However, universally speaking, all thing are rooted from the mind, so progressively, the duality of both physical and mental state will eventually come into one.

Tian Di Ren, or of Heaven, Earth and Men Taoist concept are merely the lesser of Tao itself or the eventual Nibbana (Nirvana; no craving) in Buddhist concept.

[coligar]

the ideas mentioned are basic fundamentals. and can be read/reproduced from any book with basic buddhism/taoism introduction. but if one realise the real essence of it (which i wouldn't dare say i do) then perhaps the discussion would not need to take place anymore. (that i dare to pressume)

honestly speaking... i don't see the point of discussing performing art/music at a such a high philosophy level. do you?

[TofuDynasty]

Simple concepts are the least understood and most easily forgotten, especially for those that are bound with a fixed or an absolute concept.

In speech, it may seem "high level" with terms and labels. In experience, like music, it is no different then daily life.

If you don't see the point, it is then obvious that you have not made the connection between the self and social and the path that binds the two. Thus, consider these words, and prior, for contemplation, rather then a discussion.

[coligar]

well... i'm sorry i couldn't understand it your way.

if you can understand it my way. my music is for myself and my audience. i don't think i'm the best player around but i definitely play for my audience.

thus i cannot fully agree with the concept of "a good player does not play to the crowd".

[coligar]

at a higher level, one's heart should be able to take the whole universe. aka 包容万物 if you can't even take the audience, then why are you even talking about philosophy?

a true good player should be dynamic. being true to his heart and yet be able to express/communicate to his audience.

u may say that the concept is right. but its application, in this case, is too definitive and cursory.

[TofuDynasty]

Philosophy ideologically speaking, is the root of human knowledge from self. The art, music and the like, thereafter are only manifestation of such. As art and music, as an example, are of social effort (or of cultural and/or traditions).

The action of expression, in this case, music being played is merely just that, an optional extension, but not rely upon as a source. For the source or its root shall and will forever be, the self.

[yinchuanming]

弹的不完美，有些地方调不对

[KHG08]

i wish to learn how to play this instrument soooooo bad!

[dulcimoo]

Then why don't you? They are not as expensive as one might think. If you don't start 5 years from now you will still be saying "I wish to learn"; however if you play you will be saying "I am playing, and now only wish to play better ... that my sound be a light as the wings of a butterfly"

[andrewkpchin]

A guzheng piece adapted from a well-known Chinese violin piece performed by Larry Leung (梁正锵) at the 2008 Tucson Chinese Spring Festival Concert, Feb. 9, 2008

Category: Music

Tags: Guzheng 古筝 梁祝 The Butterfly Lovers Tucson Chinese Music Sino Choir

[raeyLX3]

I love the part where it starts getting faster, he just captures the emotions really well.

I need to practice harder! XD

[artisanrox]

The solo was beautiful, the audience was horrible. Put gags on all of 'em.

[Yatoalan]

好吵（台下）

[SidneyTurner]

I think the Guzheng is one of the most emotional instruments there is.I used to think the violin or cello was but watching a few vids of this instrument, i have changed my mind.

[iabanana]

i can bet he knows a lot of karate

excuse my english

[jiumentidu]

GOOD JOB, LARRY

[sachiasaphira]

The arrangement is relatively simple, but he has solid technique for sure~

[VidyaSangeet]

i want a Gu zheng!!! ty for sharing this piece!!

[babyduck321]

I love Liang Zhu on the guzheng. I love the violin concerto that has this story famous too. But I believe that this was originally on guzheng, and then adapted to the violin concerto, not the other way around like the poster says in the description. Does anyone know?

[tat668]

This guy is good even through all the background noise. Every emotion of the piece comes through.

[RonSubaru]

We need think in our brain with this music....so we can feel the peace of the music .... Peaceful is the best thing.... Peace with this kind of music.... Is the best.... This song make me want to drink tea and listen....

[danehobson]

DRAGON BALL: A GOKU STORY.. this guy is doing the music score for the dragon ball movie of child goku 2011. spread the news

[danehobson]

The earlier in age the better like any instrument. i think this guy is doing the score music for Dragon Ball the movie, He is a true Legend !!

[EdwinLocke]

Actually, many European instruments only improve with age. By double bass teacher has a 100 year old bass that is one of the sweetest sounding instruments I've ever heard. Though with instruments like this and the Koto it does hold true.

[RoastLambShanks]

Some people are so silly they think you are talking about the age of the instrument. Its obvious youre talking about the age of the player, as with all things its best to start young. lol

[arxidcru]

so noisy..i can't hear clearly...

[iIovemilk]

only people who do not know how to appreciate music will say negative comments about the song.

[whiteshadow299]

why is there always people talking i gay its hard to hear the guy play the people in the video talking are gay super GAY!!!!! if u think im right copy and paste!!!

[sherrylovecn]

脑残．

[isomanatees]

This sounds very, very similar to the score I have! A decent play, but it could've flowed better. Maybe it was the sound quality and the background noises that made it less enjoyable.

[rinwhr]

what is the best age suitable to play guqin? Is there a too old or young age?

[isomanatees]

Nah. I think you can play it at any age, although the guqin does have a more "mature" sort of image.

[iIovemilk]

do you refer to guzheng?? you can learn it at any ages if you are interested. my sister started at 19.

[Ichinisan]

go figure.. tucson are a bunch of rednecks wanting to be city people.. extremely rude and disrespectful

[kasumoto80]

boring 4 me, he can play better!

[XxcorodaxX]

He too slow

[RunningTopMale]

@kasumoto80 BORING? Why not YOU get up and play on stage and impress us for a change?! Very funny.

[chickchick111]

The audiences are way too noisy

Can't they just be a little bit more respectful?

[taopaipai18]

i agree

[Sacc2252]

I really really agree.... assholes

[Ichinisan]

that makes 4 of us..

[tilyhchao]

Excellent playing. Sounds wonderful! Thank you!

[totoykaguran]

Very wonderful... thanks 4 posting

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