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Post by xindi on Jan 11, 2012 16:18:26 GMT
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Post by edcat7 on Jan 11, 2012 22:27:55 GMT
I heard the below tune 'Night of the torch festival' on Eason's website, under zhongruan and I think it sounds equally great on the guzheng, www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtnrE7wvemY
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Post by xindi on Jan 12, 2012 14:03:59 GMT
got a haunting melody in that practice session. just think how much better it will be in the real thing!
My teachers guzheng is around US$200 ... Its a Shanghai Dunhuang ...sounds just fine for a small practice room!
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Post by edcat7 on Jan 12, 2012 14:18:58 GMT
You're not trying to persuade me to learn the guzheng are you? I've hardly touched your low G dizi
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Post by xindi on Jan 12, 2012 16:55:09 GMT
You.re going to get skewered by your wife lol.
No more instruments! The low G is very mellow and gentle. It complements the night very well. Inflation in the Far East has also soared since last year, so much so that the flute shops I've frequented have stopped stocking high end flutes and carry the more mass market midrangers. For a low G by the Bao maker....I.m clueless as to where to source these now. The suppliers tell me the same....unless I want to jump on board a 6 month waiting list...
Guzhengs are easier to come by...seem harder to shift ... literally! Saw and tried a few baby ones, including one with 12 strings. They sounded so bad like...I think I would prefer the loudness of a pipa.
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Post by edcat7 on Jan 12, 2012 18:46:04 GMT
I have yet to figure out how you not once but TWICE managed to lug a guzheng back from China, and then take public transport from the airport. How you haven't yet been hammered by customs or searched with rubber gloves amazes me.
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Post by xindi on Jan 12, 2012 19:39:31 GMT
Simple....I just plead insanity at the check in desk and customs.
I don't think customs are interested in bona fide guzheng players...they might have bigger fry to chase, like snakeskin erhu players lol.
Since I bought mine as a student for myself, I suppose there is a degree of clemency.
Public transport isn't so difficult - its the commuters. They really make no concessions for pregnant women; older folk, or guzheng carrying jet lagged pasengers. At one point I was so tempted to turn it sideways long and charge down the stairs and mow down those mean self centred little white collar workers lol.
The only real problem with hard guzheng carriers is their resemblance to a portable coffin....besides, it was almost my third guzheng, this time from Guangzhou (I do, like 'small' momentoes of my travels) however I've promised myself no more guzhengs until I master 'Auld macdonald had a farm'.
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Post by edcat7 on Jan 12, 2012 22:50:47 GMT
My aunt stopped learning the guzheng also citing that it looked like a coffin. The guzheng is a wonderful instrument with a glorious sound. But it's far too big for my home.
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Post by xindi on Jan 13, 2012 19:28:01 GMT
How about the guqin then!
It doesn't annoy others due to its low volume but it annoys me cos its so hard to get to grips with and its light and compact.
I do love the racket that a guzheng makes...
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