Monday, March 30, 2020

The quarantine online yaji - 2nd of 2020

photo collage from different moment

Date and Time
Sunday 3/29/2020
3pm USA eastern time

Participants
Ralph from New Jersey
Andy from London
Peiyou from New York
Sebastian from Austria
Alan from San Francisco
Esmi from Ireland
Zsuzsanna from Budapest
Joe from Seattle

Music
Andy -- Moon Over Guan Mountain 關山月 Esmi -- Three Variations on the Plum Blossom 梅花三弄 Joe -- Drunken Madness 酒狂 Ralph -- Wild Geese Landing On A Sandy Shore 平沙落雁 Sebastian - Ode to Autumn Wind 秋風辭 Alan - Spring Thought 春思 Peiyou - The Esoteric Teachings of No Form 色空訣

Music clips




Some clips of Alan's talk including Meian school's of Autumn Wind and musical dialect and folk music.



Peiyou's talk about The Esoteric Teachings of No Form 色空訣


To listen to the other two versions of Heart Sutra which Peiyou has studied:
http://peiyouqin.blogspot.com/2020/02/guqin-heart-sutra-two-versions.html

After watching this video, I feel that I can add something more to my answer to Esmi's question regarding dapu... I found that just by doing it more and more, you can find your own judgement on how you want to play the piece  that you are reconstructing. You can first study pieces that have recordings from other qin masters, then start to do your own reconstruction that does not have a recording you can listen to. And just play it, experiment with it, and find a good rhythm you like, until you can play it from your heart.

Ralph's talk about his story of encountering Chinese music

There are some musical links in his talk can be watch and listen from the following:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Y4ncLy9LA
https://youtu.be/NzzfdYBF1D0
https://youtu.be/XqQryQ7cmoM

Free chat about guqin conservatory school vs private school, and learning on-line vs in person.



Thanks to everyone's participation. Great conversation and learning. Hope to see you all again in two months.