Welcome to my Guqin channel. If you want more analysis of this etude, you can consider purchasing myfor self-study. cchnancy.blogspot.com/2018/04/music-theory.html My Guqin website, There are many free teaching videos that I play. If you have a favorite song on my website and would like to purchase my teaching videos, please contact me. cchnancy.blogspot.com/2021/07/guqin-for-beginners.html
I am one of Master Chan’s students. She is awesome and she has a lot of patience for me. I speak Master Chan’s native language, which is Cantonese. I find this video helpful in addition to the live lessons that I have with her over the Internet.
This is so helpful Nancy. I want to buy a Guqin but have been afraid that it might be too hard to learn. This gives me hope. Be well, many blessings to you.
Thanks for your application. It is best to find a teacher if you are beginner, I provide online lessons when you can’t find teacher after receive your Guqin, contact me.
Thank you very much for the lessons!!! Have been looking for a tutorial for guqin for a long time!!!! Appreciate your lessons so much!!! Keep up the wonderful work you do!!!! Thank you again!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@cchnancy can I ask a question? I have one with aged fir, they say it's concert grade but has no builder name. Could you recommend woods and manufacturers? I would really appreciate it!☺🙋
@@kimberlygoodwin8500 Thank you for your appreciation of my tutorial videos. If you want more analysis of this etude, you can consider purchasing myfor self-study. cchnancy.blogspot.com/2018/04/music-theory.html My Guqin website, There are many free teaching videos that I play. If you have a favorite song on my website and would like to purchase my teaching videos, please contact me. cchnancy.blogspot.com/2021/07/guqin-for-beginners.html
Hope you enjoy it! I have my own book for beginners, you can buy if you want to learn it yourself. There are so many tutorials videos (free of charge)in my website .
The key is to read the simplified notation (jianzi notation), where you break down each chinese character and practice the meaning of each character. Learn the right hand empty strings, then combine with left hand techniques.
- I have knowledge of classical piano up to grade 3 theory and practical from when I was a teenager. - A friend gifted me a guitar a long time ago. I tried to self-learn, but I failed due to my index fingers. No matter how short I trim my nails, even if I trim until they bleed, the nails are still further than the tips of my fingers, so my nails always hit the fretboard. - I am considering learning either Guqin or Guzheng but leaning more towards Guqin as the Guzheng seems troublesome to set up and play. Aesthetically, it looks more suited for ladies with the fake nails for plucking too. - Although I like the sounds from the Guzheng more, it seems like there is a larger variety of techniques you can do with it, whereas the Guqin seems more limited and harder to play (basically the guitar fretboard all over again). Whereas Guzheng has movable bridges to assist in setting up the scale, so whatever you pluck will at least sound in harmony (I think? Not sure if that is how Guzheng functions). 1) Will I have the same issue with my nails as I did with the guitar? 2) Which instrument is easier to maintain? Is it as easy as a guitar with a tuner app on mobile compared to a piano, where you need special equipment to tune and a heater to maintain? 3) Should I learn Guqin or Guzheng?
@Ronteque Hi , welcome to watch my tutorial video of guqin, the left hand finger’s nails must be cut if you play guqin. At the beginning guqin is more difficult to learn and memory than Guzheng. Difficult to learn and easy forgotten. But Guzheng is easy to learn at the beginning and more difficult at high level. (1) yes (2) downloading a universal tuner can handle it. Usually Guzheng and guqin use A=440, sometimes guqin will be tuned lower when use silk strings. (3) please according to your own mind.
@@Ronteque Easy to satisfy, create, don't rely too much on the score, it is Guzheng. But after a long time of practice and playing. You will find that the guzheng is pleasant to the ear and the guqin is pleasant to the heart. Guzheng is played for others to listen to, but Guqin is played for your mind.
Master Chan played attention to the details in the video. For example, she emphasized that when you plug the 7th string, be sure not to rest your finger on the instrument. Devils is in the details.
Due to left hand positioned on the instrument (not sure if the hand is pressing any string) it’s hard for me to tell which string is being plucked while tuning (watched about 5-6 times over and still not clear) just open string tuning video with string location diagram will be really helpful for another video.
Welcome to my Guqin channel. If you want more analysis of this etude, you can consider purchasing myfor self-study.
cchnancy.blogspot.com/2018/04/music-theory.html
My Guqin website, There are many free teaching videos that I play. If you have a favorite song on my website and would like to purchase my teaching videos, please contact me.
cchnancy.blogspot.com/2021/07/guqin-for-beginners.html
I am one of Master Chan’s students. She is awesome and she has a lot of patience for me. I speak Master Chan’s native language, which is Cantonese.
I find this video helpful in addition to the live lessons that I have with her over the Internet.
Thank you Nancy. I bought my first guqin after so many years.
Learning Guqin is a joyful thing, I wish you a happy learning.
This is so helpful Nancy. I want to buy a Guqin but have been afraid that it might be too hard to learn. This gives me hope. Be well, many blessings to you.
Thanks for your application. It is best to find a teacher if you are beginner, I provide online lessons when you can’t find teacher after receive your Guqin, contact me.
Thank you very much for the lessons!!! Have been looking for a tutorial for guqin for a long time!!!! Appreciate your lessons so much!!! Keep up the wonderful work you do!!!! Thank you again!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Just got a guqin, your lesson was great! I play violin, cello, guitar and bass. This lesson helps greatly!
Subscribed!❤❤❤🙋♀️
thanks for appreciation of my video
@@cchnancy can I ask a question? I have one with aged fir, they say it's concert grade but has no builder name. Could you recommend woods and manufacturers? I would really appreciate it!☺🙋
@@GaiaMiranda sorry, the quality and grade of Guqin I have no information, you may go through to Facebook ( Guqin group to find about information)
@@cchnancy great idea, thank you! I'll share your channel with others 😊❤🙋
@@GaiaMiranda may be you can take a video of your Guqin let me hear the sound.
Thank you for taking the time create these videos! I have wanted to learn for a long time.
@@kimberlygoodwin8500 Thank you for your appreciation of my tutorial videos. If you want more analysis of this etude, you can consider purchasing myfor self-study.
cchnancy.blogspot.com/2018/04/music-theory.html
My Guqin website, There are many free teaching videos that I play. If you have a favorite song on my website and would like to purchase my teaching videos, please contact me.
cchnancy.blogspot.com/2021/07/guqin-for-beginners.html
Love all your lessons!!!! Thanks so much ! Bought the Guqin couple years ago but couldn’t find any lessons like your!
Hey thanks! I’ve been enjoying learning to play within a Daoist monastery this year
Excellent instruction! I'm buying one soon.
Hope you enjoy it! I have my own book for beginners, you can buy if you want to learn it yourself. There are so many tutorials videos (free of charge)in my website .
I know nothing about this instrument but it does sound great. Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for your appreciation 😊
The key is to read the simplified notation (jianzi notation), where you break down each chinese character and practice the meaning of each character. Learn the right hand empty strings, then combine with left hand techniques.
Hello!
This is so amazing that I saw your video,I didn’t know there’s a tut video😢💖. Thanks for teaching us! (Love from Thailand)
Thank you for your support! 🙏
Thank you, waiting more lesson from you
- I have knowledge of classical piano up to grade 3 theory and practical from when I was a teenager.
- A friend gifted me a guitar a long time ago. I tried to self-learn, but I failed due to my index fingers. No matter how short I trim my nails, even if I trim until they bleed, the nails are still further than the tips of my fingers, so my nails always hit the fretboard.
- I am considering learning either Guqin or Guzheng but leaning more towards Guqin as the Guzheng seems troublesome to set up and play. Aesthetically, it looks more suited for ladies with the fake nails for plucking too.
- Although I like the sounds from the Guzheng more, it seems like there is a larger variety of techniques you can do with it, whereas the Guqin seems more limited and harder to play (basically the guitar fretboard all over again). Whereas Guzheng has movable bridges to assist in setting up the scale, so whatever you pluck will at least sound in harmony (I think? Not sure if that is how Guzheng functions).
1) Will I have the same issue with my nails as I did with the guitar?
2) Which instrument is easier to maintain? Is it as easy as a guitar with a tuner app on mobile compared to a piano, where you need special equipment to tune and a heater to maintain?
3) Should I learn Guqin or Guzheng?
@Ronteque Hi , welcome to watch my tutorial video of guqin, the left hand finger’s nails must be cut if you play guqin. At the beginning guqin is more difficult to learn and memory than Guzheng.
Difficult to learn and easy forgotten. But Guzheng is easy to learn at the beginning and more difficult at high level.
(1) yes
(2) downloading a universal tuner can handle it. Usually Guzheng and guqin use A=440, sometimes guqin will be tuned lower when use silk strings.
(3) please according to your own mind.
@@cchnancy Between Guqin and Guzheng, which is more satisfying and better for self-expression and improvisation without having to rely on sheet music?
@@Ronteque Easy to satisfy, create, don't rely too much on the score, it is Guzheng.
But after a long time of practice and playing. You will find that the guzheng is pleasant to the ear and the guqin is pleasant to the heart. Guzheng is played for others to listen to, but Guqin is played for your mind.
Yes, OM@@cchnancy
Thank you!
Master Chan played attention to the details in the video. For example, she emphasized that when you plug the 7th string, be sure not to rest your finger on the instrument.
Devils is in the details.
I Love guqin Music tradicional chinese
Me too, Thanks 😊
Due to left hand positioned on the instrument (not sure if the hand is pressing any string) it’s hard for me to tell which string is being plucked while tuning (watched about 5-6 times over and still not clear) just open string tuning video with string location diagram will be really helpful for another video.
This etude all are open strings, no need left hand.
Thanks so much!
I'm surprised the Guqin uses the 12 tone western scale
Yes. There are 7 open string notes, 91 harmonic notes, and press the string to get the notes 147 .
is there a lesson to tune the strings?
Yes, I have videos but all are for my students. If you have problems in tune your guqin, pm me use Skype or messenger.