Time: 7/19/2020, 2:00 - 5:00 pm EST
Total people joined: 30
Yaji Program
1, Jim B- Qin playing of Jim's own composition "Blue Mountain Night Rain" 青山夜雨
Please visit his Youtube channel to listen to this beautiful piece.
2, Alan Y - New Guqin styles; 不染 song arrangement by Zi De Qinshe and what to pay attention to for practicing this song and other popular new music for the qin.
The whole demonstration and conversation can be watched here:
Part 1
Part 2
3, Peiyou C - Qin playing of Long Xiang Cao 龍翔操 (Song of Flying Dragon) and a brief talk about how she teach herself to play this piece.
4, Stephen D - Kongzi Duyi 孔子讀易 (Confucius Study the Book of Changes)
5, Esmi H - Qin playing of Liang Xiao Yin 良宵引 (Song of a pleasant night)
6, Bin L - Performance & discussion of “microtones” related to two 宮調 (Gong Mode) pieces from 事林廣記 (Song Dynasty Guide of Cultural Affairs).
7, Andy L - Kaigu Yin 慨古引 (Lament of Antiquity)
8, Juni Y - Qin playing of Guzhu Jun, (Lord of Guzhu, or Lord of the solitary bamboo )孤竹君.
9, Haocun Yu - O Lu Wang Ji (Innocent Seagull ) 鷗鷺忘機
10, Shuishan Y - Qin playing of Yang Chun 陽春 (Sunny Spring)
Conversation
1, Shuishan talked about Sunny Spring and feedback from others
2, about On-line teaching vs in person
Some comments from the zoom meeting:
Benjamin van der Wel : It is wonderful to see how human these arguments are. Mozart faced these exact criticisms and questions when he changed music in Europe. And so did Debussy centuries later. The dynamics of it all is wonderful to me. Thank you everyone.
Benjamin van der Wel : As a brand-new person to the qin I’m really enjoying everyone’s playing and also the discussions. Thank you all. _(|)_
Jenny : my violin teacher always said, when you are learning, learn to be exact, but when performing, it's a bit like jazz where harmony and feel becomes more important
Esmeralda Herrero : I like the modern music and traditional qin music but it was modern music that first got me interested in the qin but I mostly play traditional scores now, so I agree with Alan in that modern music can make qin more reachable
Joshua Meschke : agreed, likewise it was modern scores that introduced me to the qin, which later led me to finding older/ more traditional scores.
João Oliveira : I agree, I also first got in contact with the qin due to modern music and I belive modern music is a very efficient way to spark the interest of someone who is not familiar with the instrument.
Anya Badaldavood : If you are using Zoom to teach, you can also put the students in breakout rooms for practice during the instances that you are teaching a group of students. As the host, you can visit the rooms or close them to have the students join the main session.
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Marilyn W. : There is also a misnomer about what are “beginner pieces.” All qin pieces are a challenge, some are much longer than others. Even the “simplest” qin piece can be played a challenge to be played beautifully or poorly.
Maya Choi : The beauty in simplicity is most beautiful thing, I believe.
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Jenny : thank you all, this was highly informative and thought-provoking! the music was all beautiful!
Thank you everyone.
