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Guqin Schools
A qin school (琴派 ''qin pai'' in Chinese) is a school of guqin players that play in a style that is different from other styles. People often talk about regional styles because such a model simplifies things — and because it is still somewhat applicable, though less so now than 100 years ago. Generally guqin is highly individualistic so players' approaches will be very personal. Styles and schools These are the main schools in China: *Guangling school, Guangling (廣陵/广陵) *Yushan school, Yushan (虞山 also known as Qinchuan (琴川) or Shu (熟)) in Changshu 常熟 *Shu school, Shu (蜀 or Chuan (川)) in Sichuan 四川 *Zhucheng school, Zhucheng (諸城/诸城) *Mei'an school, Mei'an (梅庵/楳盦) *Pucheng school, Pucheng (浦城) *Jiuyi school, Jiuyi (九嶷) *Zhe school (guqin), Zhe (浙) *Lingnan school, Lingnan (嶺南/岭南) in Guangdong 廣東/广东 *Min (閩/闽) in Fujian 福建 *Shaoxing (紹興/绍兴) *Wu (吳/吴) *Shan'nan (山南) *Songjiang (松江) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guqin
The ''guqin'' (; ) is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favoured by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety and refinement, as highlighted by the quote "a gentleman does not part with his ''qin'' or '' se'' without good reason," as well as being associated with the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius. It is sometimes referred to by the Chinese as "the father of Chinese music" or "the instrument of the sages". The ''guqin'' is not to be confused with the '' guzheng'', another Chinese long stringed instrument also without frets, but with moveable bridges under each string. Traditionally, the instrument was simply referred to as the "''qin''" (琴) but by the twentieth century the term had come to be applied to many other musical instruments as well: the ''yangqin'' hammered dulcimer, the ''huqin'' family of bowed string instruments, and the Western piano (''gangqin'' (钢琴) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
