Tune for a Peaceful Night - Guqin - Chinese Slide Guitar

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Ancient Chinese Fei Folkmusic Gu Guitar Guqin Qin Slide Tao Wang Zither
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For my 50th vid I wanted to do something special! So here's a litte "Zen" like piece on the Chinese guqin.
I started to play this instrument, on and off, a few years ago when I had time on my hands as I was clustered to a wheelchair due to a broken kneecap.
The history of this instrument goes back 3000 years.
If you want to know more about it then do a youtube search on "guqin wang fei"
She's a great guqin player and an authority on its history. She teaches in San Francisco and runs an internet shop that sells instruments, books, cd's and dvd's.
I kinda wonder what Blind Lemon would think of this ;-)

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Tune for a Peaceful Night - Guqin - Chinese Slide Guitar

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  • Blind Lemon ...

    Blind Lemon Jefferson stairs at me. Great Video

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  • very nice

    very nice

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  • You played very ...

    You played very well!

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  • i didnot watch this ...

    i didnot watch this video carefully yesterday, i thought you were a chinese, till i saw the comment on my space. what a big surprise! you played great. this guqin is very good ,too . could you tell me who made this quqin or the brand . i learn guqin from a professional guqin player. hope more exchange !

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  • 琴不是错

    琴不是错

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  • Guqin is a ...

    Guqin is a traditional chinese musical instrument,but just a little bit professional musician can play it.the music book of Guqin is quite difficult to understand unless u have accepted special trainning

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  • pretty inspiring. ...

    pretty inspiring. now play Match Box Blues!

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  • hahah wonderful and ...

    hahah wonderful and very well played ...i also manage to get it for less then 1K US dollar from china....

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  • It is so good, I ...

    It is so good, I can't believe you learn fgom DVD. Please post more!

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  • you keep surprising ...

    you keep surprising me :-)

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  • Well played and a ...

    Well played and a good interpretation. One small tip I would give you is to not lift your hand on the 'cuo' and let your fingers naturally stop/grip on the strings in between. It should be like 'a praying mantis catching a cicada', i.e. it does not let go of it after it has caught it. That and practice your 'lun' and you should progress very fast like I did.

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  • The model I play is ...

    The model I play is a "NAGA Supervised" ("NAGA" stands for North American Guqin Association) and costs $1688 + shipping).

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  • Only from books and ...

    Only from books and DVDs?Unbeliveble! You are so good! I'd love to see more.

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  • very cool.... I ...

    very cool.... I want one!
    Blind Lemon looks a bit suspicious, if you ask me, haha! :-)
    great vid, congrats to No 50 & cheers to many more to come.

    thanks,ww

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  • How Much did it ...

    How Much did it cost?

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