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Post by Charlie Huang on Feb 5, 2007 11:16:51 GMT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGBqdXs44Ho&mode=related&search=What do you guys make of this? S'abit too 'full of it' to me. The passion and beauty is lost in the 'Westernisation' of the melody. And the person playing seems to not know how to play qin by looking at his 'playing' in that video; which I feel is a requirement if you are to transcribe onto a different instrument.
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Post by SCWGuqin on Feb 5, 2007 14:24:33 GMT
Gives "Disaster" a new meaning.
HEY 1.3 BILLION CHINESE PEOPLE: STOP THINKING YOU HAVE TO BE INTELLECTUAL AND ARTISTIC SLAVES TO THE WEST.
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Post by Charlie Huang on Feb 5, 2007 22:20:04 GMT
TBH, he did probably thought it was a good idea to begin with, but the result sounds like a bunch of plates being smashed on the ground...
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Post by guzhenglover on Feb 6, 2007 3:04:15 GMT
I hate it. It's like playing transcriptions of "Chun Jiang Hua Yue Ye" or "Yu Zhou Chang Wan" on the piano which to me sound, well, irrelevant (to put it in the nicest possible way). can't believe I still have audience requests for things like these (well, I can believe it, I just don't want to believe it, I guess). BTW, is this version of GLS a transcription or an arrangement?
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Post by davidmdahl on Feb 6, 2007 6:26:02 GMT
I do not know GLS, but I like this performance. It seems more inspired by a Chinese tune than an arrangement of it. I hear a lot of creativity and prefer this stuff to the sappy orchestral stuff I often hear. I do find it interesting and a bit jarring that the rather loud, fast, dramatic music is accompanied by images of the guqin. I associate the qin with contemplative music.
I am more fond of lyrical music, but I do have my moods for drama. I would rather listen to this piano performance again than Sai Ma performed in the usual 8 seconds flat.
Best wishes,
David
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