Guqin Music at Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Guqin musician Wang Fei describes China's oldest string instrument. Wang Fei was a feature performer at the July 2008 MATCHA program, Sound of the Sages.

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• guqin
• asian
• art
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• wang
• fei
• chinese
• music
• cultural
• traditional
• slide
• guitar

[Crpetersena]

Excellent history lesson , I very much enjoyed this...

[yingguoqinyou]

@Tralfaz2007 The 3 kinds are harmonics, open strings and stopped notes, which often involve portamento and vibrato..

[alekx58]

this comment is the very very thruth about gu jin

[omallyhood]

Turn that bitch sideways you got a sweet ass guitar!!

[ordisi78]

@Tralfaz2007 stopped? strings representing human beings

[ta986468]

Sounds like Chinese philosophy...complicated, boring then nothing!

[GuqinZheng]

Hey, I play the qin :)... no one cares:P

[loinsheaven]

thanks for posting

[Tralfaz2007]

This is a very nice short introduction.

Very very interesting.

I could not hear what she said about the third type of sound. Could someone fill me in? Thanks in advance.

[MaxRidgway]

Very fine!  I enjoyed it very much!