after so long, approaching the qin https://youtu.be/z-39ZJcSWqU video http://www.alansondheim.org/approachingtheqin2.jpg i haven't played the guqin (qin) in a long time, almost a year, due to the usual circumstances we have all gone through. i was surprised to find it perfectly in tune; it's remained on the table throughout. i want to demonstrate the first tentative steps towards playing it again. this isn't music per se, but an approach to such. Azure did the video and the sound is from the camera, not my usual way of recording (which is to place a Zoom H4n beneath the instrument near one of the sound holes). please bear with me; i think this is of interest, not in terms of music, but in carefully listening one again to the qin's complexity and beginning to work with it. Stephen Dydo and i recorded a cd for ESP-Disk (when they still cared) with the qin among other instruments; he's a brilliant player. i've used this one elsewhere as well, even in new media situations. and now it's coming back to me, an old friend. please note: please don't think of this as music; it's not; it's the beginning of approaching the qin after so long. there are other videos i've put up that are far better musically. __ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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