A guide to Chinese instruments: Guzheng 古筝

NOTE FROM JONAH: This is Part V in “A Guide to Chinese Musical Instruments” a video series for Danwei.


From Wikipedia: The guzheng, also spelled gu zheng or gu-zheng (Chinese: 古箏; pinyin: gǔzhēng, pronounced [kǔt͡ʂə́ŋ], with gu 古 meaning “ancient”); and also called zheng (箏) is a Chinese plucked zither. It has 13-21 strings and movable bridges. The guzheng is a similar instrument to many Asian instruments such as the Japanese koto, the Mongolian yatga, the Korean gayageum and the Vietnamese đàn tranh. The guzheng should not to be confused with the guqin (another ancient Chinese zither but a fewer number of strings and without bridges).



GUZHENG 古筝
Wu Fei 吴非
Yuzhou Changwan – Fishermans’ Evening Song 渔舟唱晚

PHOTOGRAPHY
Jonah M. Kessel | jonahkessel.com
Kit Gillet | kitgillet.com

PRODUCTION
Jeremy Goldkorn | Danwei.com
Jonah M. Kessel | jonahkessel.com
Kit Gillet | kitgillet.com

Thanks to all the featured musicians & teachers from China Conservatory of Music and China Conservatory High School.

Special thanks to Dong Nan for organizing musicians and venues.

谢片中所有的演奏家的精彩表演,感谢中国音乐学院附中以及中国音乐学院的支持。特别感谢琵琶演奏家董楠对此片的演奏家联系和拍摄场地的组织工作!

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