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Post by davidmdahl on Dec 1, 2005 18:43:22 GMT
Thank you, Vi An! I am quite pleased at the design of the tranh. Most that I have come across had the more typical shell inlay. This can be susceptible to damage when the instrument is moved around and when the wood changes. The carving is particularly fun since my primary dan bau is also decorated in a similar fashion.
The musical aspects of my new tranh are not quite worked out yet. I have to make some adjustments before it is ready to play.
Best wishes,
David
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Post by Dick on Dec 1, 2005 22:53:06 GMT
Pretty great flicks, David. Seems you took a lot of care settup up light etc for those shots. --Dick
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Post by davidmdahl on Dec 2, 2005 6:23:30 GMT
Pretty great flicks, David. Seems you took a lot of care settup up light etc for those shots. --Dick Thank you, Dick. It is quite a challenge to photograph dark carved wood and show the detail adequately, at least with my equipment and skill level. I am hoping to take some more photos outside, but need to wait until the weather is not so hostile to good instruments. Making recordings that I can feel good about posting on my website is even more difficult. <g> Best wishes, David
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Post by paulv on Dec 5, 2005 18:32:52 GMT
David, Nice pix of your instruments -- waiting to see your erhu & zhonghu1
Regards, Paul Valente
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Post by sunny on Dec 6, 2005 8:56:44 GMT
While I am enjoying the pictures and stories of Guzheng. With respect I am not sure that someone should create the new topics for qin, dan tranh, koto etc....separately instead of mixing them together in the same topic.
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Post by Charlie Huang on Dec 6, 2005 19:51:22 GMT
I know, it's getting a bit messy... but everyone seems to have moved into the guzheng forum nowadays.
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Post by paulv on Dec 6, 2005 20:49:26 GMT
Charlie, Since there hasn't been much activity in the erhu forum, I was feeling left out in the cold.
Regards, Paul Valente
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Post by Dick on Dec 6, 2005 20:56:19 GMT
Yes, I've observed more than once (here on starvoid and also elsewhere) that forums' formal structure doesn't do much to help people communicate about things they want to talk about in the ways they actually think about them. In a "real" conversation one comment evokes another that leads to another. It may not be possible to tell what a given interaction is "about" until after it's over.
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Post by Dick on Dec 6, 2005 21:01:26 GMT
... hasn't been much activity in the erhu forum Hey paulv, I feel your pain, ha ha. It may seem quiet over in erhus, but have a look under wind instruments (*crickets quietly chirping*). On the upside, we can be grateful those instruments and their practitioners don't generate a bunch of forum-threatening controversy
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Post by Vi An on Dec 7, 2005 7:39:42 GMT
*Giggles* guzheng section of this great forum seems to have the most controversy, drama and mix of opinions from wide spectrums of muscians and interests. Hurray and cheers!
Happy plucking,
v:.
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Post by Charlie Huang on Dec 7, 2005 19:39:53 GMT
Interesting thought I had the other day about creating a special forum called "The Cage"...
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Post by dsouthwood on Dec 12, 2005 18:04:55 GMT
Sorry. I posted the transposition message in the wrong place. Please look for the transposition thread in the main guzheng forum.
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Post by Charlie Huang on Dec 12, 2005 20:01:37 GMT
Removed. As for your thread, I'd say it was more appropriate to stick it in the 'Traditional Chinese Music' forum rather than this guzheng specific one...
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Post by carol on May 23, 2006 16:30:20 GMT
Here are my new family members: pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/carolchang/album?.dir=/bf5dscd&.src=ph 1. 27-stringed in diatonic scale 2. Youmu guzheng using shanmu backboard. That was the experiment I've been talking about, and it's finally here! Any body know what's the material for the backboard of guqin? Maybe I should try it nex time.
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Post by Charlie Huang on May 24, 2006 9:55:53 GMT
Catalpa (Zimu)
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Post by carol on May 24, 2006 17:00:31 GMT
I found another name for the zimu "Chinese Sassatras". It seems like it's a hard wood, rather close related to my teak "youmu" frame. I should definetely try that on guzheng. I've always looking for a hard wood backboard. A teak frame with zimu backboard sounds good.
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Post by howard on Aug 21, 2006 20:14:49 GMT
I have been taking lessons for about a year and a half now (......) it with her to San Diego, set it up, and tuned it. My teacher brought it to my next lesson, and when I opened the case I cried because it was so beautiful. When I got it home and played it I cried again at the richness of the sound. Hi, I know I'm replying to an old post, but if you are still here, can I ask who is your guzheng teacher in San Diego? Thanks
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Post by dsouthwood on Aug 24, 2006 15:15:35 GMT
I just signed up with flickr because the web space my ISP provided was too buggy. Here are my guzheng pictures; I'll be adding more stuff as I get it (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dsouthwood/).
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Post by dsouthwood on Aug 24, 2006 15:25:16 GMT
Howard,
My guzheng teacher is Qing Li. She gives lessons at the Taiwanese American Community Center in San Diego (http://www.taiwancenter.com/en-home.html). She's listed under "classes" as Cathy Lee. She is an excellent teacher. I'm on lesson book three now, and I'm still loving it.
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Post by gjlearner on Jul 18, 2011 13:17:07 GMT
I bought a gu zheng the weekend before last with the help of my teacher. Here's some snaps taken from cramped angles. I looked in pretty much every shop along Jing Ling Dong Lu here in Shanghai, and wasn't particularly taken with any of the designs (or prices!). Same with any online shop I could find. Then I headed back with my teacher in tow, and found this one which I find appealingly Chinese in a way that appeals to my western taste for objects of the type. The sticker says "Yangzhou Yayun Musical Instrument Co." It sounds much better than the previous gu zheng I was using and cost me 1800 RMB, for which I got a carry bag, two separate wooden stands for it to sit on and a music stand. In retrospect I should have bargained for more, like spare strings, but was pretty tired so didn't think of it. The store was actually a teaching shop and had a flamboyant lady in a qipao. My teacher when trying out the instrument got compliments on her technique and offered a job - for 60 RMB per hour!
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Post by xindi on Jul 18, 2011 15:09:15 GMT
Lol. That's funny. I was paying about US$55/hour for lessons
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Post by carol on Jul 18, 2011 16:34:30 GMT
That's a nice Yayun. The price is not bad. When I go to Shanghai, I take lessons with Liu Le. He charges 300RMB for 45 minutes. I think a lot of students fly in from other places in China to take lessons with him every month.
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Post by dunghit on Jan 11, 2012 12:50:20 GMT
Hey Vi An, i'm Leety on Youtube. Do u remember me? Nice to meet u here!!!
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Post by xindi on Jan 11, 2012 16:13:19 GMT
I came across this mainland China version last week. It plays like a dream for a list price of 8k Yuan. Way better than Shanghai Dunhuangs of 1 1/2 the list price. So tempted to sell my shirt to buy it and lug it all the way home lol
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Post by xindi on Jan 11, 2012 16:16:55 GMT
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