The rock Gods of the 20th Century are those who can play like Malcom Young, lead giutarist/singer for ACDC. Yes im sure you've heard of them, probably own some of their albums from back in the day or bought a couple of their CD's of itunes yes? Well this blog has something to do with that, exept this sheet is about the Guqin, the giutar of ancient China, for those of you not interested you should probably stop reading. For those of you who are like me and appriciate all kinds of music please continue on... I am from an Indian family you see, born and raised by Bollywood music. Moved to where i live now, and got a taste of English music, met some Korean friends along the way and now enjoy K-POP aswell. Anyways back to the main topic, the Guqin (old stringed instrument) was originally created in China over 2,000 years ago. The ingredients needed to make your very own Guqin replica like the ancient Chinese did are: thick wood, sound holes on the bottom, and nanyin (grooves that look like onion flakes) which seem to perform the function of the bass-bar on a violin but which somewhat block the sound holes, and silk strings. The earliest story of qin playing is famous tale of Master Cheng Lian teaching his student Boya how to play by destering him on an island for several days until he gets inspired by nature. To date, there are over 650 songs that monks and qin rockers have played. This instrument was not just used by monks during chants, poets while reciting poetry, but also as entertainment during parties. Basically, the idea of bands started back then, groups of people consisting of singers, qin players, and procussionests played gigs, got payed, probably got laid, and word spread about their greatness as a group; basically they were like the anceint Metallica. They were living the good life of rock stars. From the sight below i heard the sounds of the guqin, and i honoestly think its something that is a blend of briliant melody and calm rythems. Defenetly a candidate for music i listen to while doing homework. http://www.silkqin.com/05poet.htm
Toad playing the qin, does it get any cooler?
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