2 qin (guqin) improvisation https://youtu.be/FP_210DyWxs CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO because I can or can't... I haven't played these instruments for a while, particularly the newer one; on one of the recordings I played dual qin because I can't, now just returned after spending a fair amount of tuning and setting them up. I don't remember all the positions! I search for the positions! I work through my ignorance! I reach beyond myself and fall, falter, fail, furious! at myself, within myself, beneath myself, _this isn't a circus!_ in any case, this came out better than I thought it would, my hands searching for the right notes, within the range of the lower bridge or the position markers in the middle of things. harmonics always guide me. of course this isn't traditional qin playing, although traditional is what I listen to. I owe so much to Stephen Dydo by the way; we recorded an album together (for ESP) that I quite like. but it's clear to everyone: I am not a qin player, not in any sense of the term, and it may not be clear, but I revere the instrument. so this recording - the sound is direct from a Zoom H4n; there's no modification at all, no added reverberation or manipulation. the visuals have video echo added. the sound spreads between the two qin, which are identically tuned. the nearer instrument (to me) is a poor one, modern; in fact it sounds quite good. the farther is my old qin, 200-400 years old, heavily "messed up" when I found it at an antique store for eighteen dollars. Stephen Dydo worked on it, adding traditional legs, steel strings (not traditional, but functional), and pegs. At this point I don't have the strength to restring it myself; he did that as well. Enjoy the music, the intensity I need to bring to the qin (finding the proper positions, working the two instruments, moving my hands between them, etc.) is necessary to make any sense of parallel instruments. Finally, I hadn't played these for several months, due to slipping pegs and my lack of attention (covid, exhaustion, death of my brother and many other real excuses), so this is also an exploration, for me, of origins in a sense, histories, music, and hopefully something worth listening to. http://www.alansondheim.org/sc.jpg , click on link above for VIDEO __ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] 2 qin (guqin) improvisation
Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour Mon, 18 Sep 2023 22:57:09 -0700