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Post by SCWGuqin on Oct 30, 2006 3:14:46 GMT
I have the eerie feeling I've written about this before. No matter--
Let's talk about pieces we like that have been composed since 1949 (other than by us of course!).
I have a general complaint about what I'll call "conservatory pieces" like Mei Yuan Yin, Loulan San, and Sanxia Chuan Ge. They basically read like Chinese folklore (or fake Uighur folklore, which I find patronizing) beefed up on Western steroids. By Chinese folklore I mean simple, regular melodies; by Western steroids I refer to the harmonies, dissonances, clear sectional and dynamic differences, and virtuosity that pervade this genre. Essentially to my ear this is not "qin music" but "conservatory music played on qin". Which isn't to say I don't like it...
One piece has struck me as being quite different: Shan Shui Qing. This piece is very elusive, and uses what seem to me to be lots of genuine classical qin elements. In particular I love that it's basically straightforward shang mode, with lots of lingering on the peculiarities of that mode.
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Post by Si on Oct 30, 2006 3:27:20 GMT
what are some of the cd names that these tunes are featured in?
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Post by Charlie Huang on Oct 30, 2006 9:03:27 GMT
I've heard that Shanshui Qing is a good composition, but never actually heard it. I wanted to learn to play it but GY's book has it with the all important qinpu missing, which is frustrating to say the least!
If anyone has the score to it, please direct me to it!
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Post by Charlie Huang on Nov 10, 2006 16:37:49 GMT
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Post by Si on Nov 11, 2006 9:15:31 GMT
That a realy beautiful link - love this style of animation.
Is this a modern tune then?
Cant you write to GY and ask him to send you the qinpu after all guqin is a small community and he has tought you before!
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Post by Charlie Huang on Nov 11, 2006 10:31:50 GMT
It is a modern tune, adapted from that animé you just saw.
Could write to GY, but I'd rather try working out the fingering myself! You get the hang of it. Plus, helps you link staff with guqin positions, etc.
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Post by Si on Nov 11, 2006 16:56:48 GMT
Ohh GY made the tune based on that animation - i have seen a few chinese cartoons and they have all had a very unique character compared to western animation - - this one is very special.................
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Post by calden on Nov 11, 2006 23:47:17 GMT
Thanks for the Youtube reference. What a deilghtful animation. And the music.... Extremely reminiscent of Traditional American Appalachian music.
Carlos
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Post by SCWGuqin on Nov 12, 2006 3:21:24 GMT
The music featured in the film contains snippets of the finished "SSQ" composition.
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Post by Si on Nov 12, 2006 4:54:51 GMT
utmostvacuity2 - where have u heard the complete version - i would like to get a copy
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Post by Charlie Huang on Nov 15, 2006 15:57:02 GMT
Finished transcribing SSQ into qin notation. There is one phrase that was wrong: GY's book, pg 256, last line, bar two; where it had a harmonic section that was impossible to play because qin harmonics don't get any lower than C one octave below middle C. Changing the clef from bass to treble doesn't work because they don't go any higher than D above middle C on the 7th hui. Had to resort to playing it in open strings for it to make any sense at all. If anyone has the second edition of GY's book, please check to see if this is the case or that it has been corrected (then scan the bit and stick it on here so I can correct my score).
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Post by Si on Nov 15, 2006 16:44:43 GMT
My copy on page 265 looks the same as your scan minus the qinpu.
Is that bad news?
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Post by Charlie Huang on Nov 15, 2006 16:55:21 GMT
I transcribed the qinpu down; it originally had none, that's why I'm trying to work the tablature out!
Well, looks like it's an unsolved mystery as to what the correct notes are then. I'll leave my own punctuated version in the score.
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