thanks Alan On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 2:47 AM Alan Sondheim <sondh...@panix.com> wrote:
> > Qin slows you up by its very nature, I think. Even though I don't (and > can't) play traditionally, it's hard to play fast on a 200-400 year old > instrument... It's a different experience - > > On Thu, 15 Oct 2020, Simon Mclennan via NetBehaviour wrote: > > > Really meditative and great Alan. Enjoyed this. > > It?s a great contrast to your recent acoustic guitar improv pieces which > move differently. > > Simon > > > > Sent from my spyphone > > > >> On 13 Oct 2020, at 15:23, Alan Sondheim <sondh...@panix.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> ~~wards, qin improvisation > >> > >> http://www.alansondheim.org/wards.jpg qin > >> http://www.alansondheim.org/wards.mp3 sound > >> > >> I hadn't played the quqin for several months; one has to come to > >> it, I think, at least for me, in the proper state of mind. This > >> is the older of my two instruments, some centuries old, unsigned, > >> originally designed for silk strings. I keep the metal strings > >> tuned low. I try I want (not I desire) to keep to its nature as > >> well. I love this improvisation. There's a slight ringing on one > >> of the harmonics due to the nature of the glass table I use for > >> the qin. The table was originally for packages and down in the > >> lobby of the building we live in. It was being thrown out, and > >> we had another rescue. It's the perfect length. We found an old > >> chair from around 1850 maybe that's the perfect height. Stephen > >> Dydo brought the qin to life. Originally, I asked the luthier > >> Candelario Delgado to make a tuning apparatus which was > >> non-traditional but worked for a long time. Dydo restored the > >> original, including adding two legs which had disappeared a > >> long time ago, before I had it. As I've written before, I found > >> the instrument in New Hampshire at an antique shop for eighteen > >> dollars. When I left the proprietor asked what I wanted that old > >> board for. I improvise only on it; I don't read qin notation. I > >> listen a lot to qin music, I've know qin players, including Fred > >> Lieberman, who was partly responsible, I think, for introducing > >> the instrument to the United States. He told me I'd never learn > >> to play it. Stephen Dydo has been amazingly generous and helpful > >> and I've learned to play it. I have to add, not all the way up > >> the scale, and my right hand fingers don't hold the traditional > >> postures. I have to also add I've had it for half a century and > >> we accommodate each other. The improvisation is called 'wards' > >> because it's inwards, outwards, upwards, downwards, forwards, > >> backwards, but mainly in wards. Any relationship to asylum wards > >> is coincidental, hopefully, enjoy. The Album Stephen and I did > >> together for ESP, Dragon and Phoenix, issued by ESP-Disk, is > >> available online. It's described and can be purchased at > >> http://www.espdisk.com/5019.html . Thank you! > >> > >> ___ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> NetBehaviour mailing list > >> NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > >> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > web http://www.alansondheim.org/index.html cell 347-383-8552 > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/xp.txt > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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