Comments on: TWO INSTRUMENTAL SOLOS http://hajimaji.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/two-instrumental-solos/ SCRATCHY OLD CHINESE MUSIC Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:50:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Grace http://hajimaji.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/two-instrumental-solos/#comment-45 Grace Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:10:39 +0000 http://hajimaji.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/two-instrumental-solos/#comment-45 Hi David, I'm so excited to know your website come true!!Awesome!Fabulous! Your introductions and collections are invaluable! To be honest, I like this part of instument the best, esp. those about Guqin. The music is a good example to explain traditional Chinese personality: keep and enjoy the status of being lonely, which is the way to find out the meaning of life from within. Hi David, I’m so excited to know your website come true!!Awesome!Fabulous! Your introductions and collections are invaluable!

To be honest, I like this part of instument the best, esp. those about Guqin. The music is a good example to explain traditional Chinese personality: keep and enjoy the status of being lonely, which is the way to find out the meaning of life from within.

]]> By: hajimaji http://hajimaji.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/two-instrumental-solos/#comment-33 hajimaji Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:53:43 +0000 http://hajimaji.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/two-instrumental-solos/#comment-33 Thanks for checkin in Scott! A good question about Sanxian picking...from my understanding most now play with a pick but at one time it was played with the fingers. Anyone who's seen a Chinese pipa player knows what can be done with four fingers! Thanks for checkin in Scott!
A good question about Sanxian picking…from my understanding most now play with a pick but at one time it was played with the fingers. Anyone who’s seen a Chinese pipa player knows what can be done with four fingers!

]]> By: Scott P. http://hajimaji.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/two-instrumental-solos/#comment-32 Scott P. Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:51:54 +0000 http://hajimaji.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/two-instrumental-solos/#comment-32 Squirrelly Dave, Nice stuff! The Sanxian looks and sounds a bit like an instrument in the Vietnamese group I saw this summer at the Smithsonian Fest (reflecting the wide distribution you mention). I'm fairly certain that guy was playing with some kind of pick - in the photo above it looks like the sanxian player has his fingers on the strings, no pick. So, question -- was this just due to a non-playing portrait pose, or did they play these things with the fingers as well? Squirrelly Dave,
Nice stuff! The Sanxian looks and sounds a bit like an instrument in the Vietnamese group I saw this summer at the Smithsonian Fest (reflecting the wide distribution you mention). I’m fairly certain that guy was playing with some kind of pick - in the photo above it looks like the sanxian player has his fingers on the strings, no pick. So, question — was this just due to a non-playing portrait pose, or did they play these things with the fingers as well?

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