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Best Choice Products presents to you this brand new acoustic Chinese Guqin Chinese seven-stringed zither. You’ll be playing your favorite tunes in no time with practice and dedication. We purchase all of our guitars directly from the manufacturer, providing you with the best prices FEATURES:Full Size 47 in. Concert Quality 121cm (3尺6寸5分)
Hand-Made by LiYiFan
zhnongni Style 仲尼式
Aged Chinese Fir Body 老杉木PLEASE NOTE: Our digital images are as accurate as possible. However, different monitors may cause colors to vary slightly. Some of our items are handcrafted and/or hand finished. Color can vary and slight imperfections are normal for metal as the hand finishing process as we feel, adds character and authenticity to those items.  The wooden stand in below item pictures is NOT included. 李一凡 （青年古琴演奏家、斫琴家） 李一凡所制古琴，音色音色纯净、幽雅，低音浑厚，高音清亮圆润，散音如钟鼓之声古朴、稳重、深远，泛音像珍珠一样明亮，业内认可度很高。他本人却极看淡这些——“做一张好琴，不是一件容易的事，如果掺杂进去太多欲念，一丝杂音都是立马能被识别出来的。”作为郑州市非物质文化遗产“古琴制作技艺”的传承人，李一凡因为长期斫琴而留下的老茧向我们显示了这位斫琴人的执着，从此这最古老的乐器在中原“此音不绝有传人”。中国青年古琴演奏家，斫琴家。自幼学习音乐，对中国传统音乐艺术情有独钟。师从于中国著名古琴演奏家、教育家、国家级非物质文化遗产项目(古琴艺术)代表性传承人、中国音乐学院博士生导师吴文光先生。现任郑州市古琴艺术协会会长，中国古琴学会河南艺术中心主任，郑州市非物质文化遗产古琴制作技艺传承人。李一凡所制古琴，音色纯净、幽雅，底音浑厚，高音清亮圆润，散音如钟鼓之声古朴、稳重、深远，泛音像珍珠一样明亮，深受广大琴人的喜爱，得到了多位琴家和很多琴友的赞赏

　 The GuQin is the modern name for a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favored by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety and refinement, as highlighted by the quote "a gentleman does not part with his qin or se without good reason," as well as being associated with the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius. It is sometimes referred to by the Chinese as "the father of Chinese music" or "the instrument of the sages".Traditionally, the instrument was simply referred to as qin (Wade-Giles ch'in) but by the twentieth century the term had come to be applied to many other musical instruments as well: the yangqin hammered dulcimer, the huqin family of bowed string instruments, and the Western piano are examples of this usage. The prefix "gu-" (meaning "ancient") was later added for clarification. It can also be called qixianqin (lit. "seven-stringed instrument"). The guqin is not to be confused with the guzheng, another Chinese long zither also without frets, but with moveable bridges under each string. Because Robert Hans van Gulik's famous book about the qin is called The Lore of the Chinese Lute, the guqin is sometimes inaccurately called a lute. Other incorrect classifications, mainly from music compact discs, include "harp" or "table-harp".The guqin is a very quiet instrument, with a range of about four octaves, and its open strings are tuned in the bass register. Its lowest pitch is about two octaves below middle C, or the lowest note on the cello. Sounds are produced by plucking open strings, stopped strings, and harmonics. The use of glissando—sliding tones—gives it a sound reminiscent of a pizzicato cello, fretless double bass or a slide guitar. The qin is also capable of a lot of harmonics, of which 91 are most commonly used and indicated by the dotted positions. By tradition the qin originally had five strings, but ancient qin-like instruments with 10 or more strings have been found. The modern form has been standardized for about two millennia.
HistoryA famous Tang Dynasty (618–907) qin, the "Jiu Xiao Huan Pei"Legend has it that the qin, the most revered of all Chinese musical instruments, has a history of about 5,000 years. This legend states that the legendary figures of China's pre-history — Fuxi, Shennong and Huang Di, the "Yellow Emperor" — were involved in its creation. Nearly almost all qin books and tablature collections published prior to the twentieth century state this as the factual origins of the qin, although this is now presently viewed as mythology. It is mentioned in Chinese writings dating back nearly 3,000 years, and related instruments have been found in Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng from about 2,500 years ago. The exact origins of the qin is still a very much continuing subject of debate over the past few decades.In 1977, a recording of "Flowing Water" (Liu Shui, as performed by Guan Pinghu, one of the best qin players of the 20th century) was chosen to be included in the Voyager Golden Record, a gold-plated LP recording containing music from around the world, which was sent into outer space by NASA on the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecrafts. It is the longest excerpt included on the disc. The reason to select a work played on this specific instrument is because the tonal structure of the instrument, its musical scale, is derived from fundamental physical laws related to vibration and overtones, representing the intellectual capacity of human beings on this subject. In 2003, guqin music was proclaimed as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

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