An Introduction to the GuZheng

[@Loslost]

I’m roughly 3 years late but omg this sounds sooo freaking beautiful

[@ZariaVillalobos]

5 years late 😂

[@michelle-id8rw]

it is beautiful, i so bad want to learn it but instruments r expensive and i'm already learning an instrument

[@michelle-id8rw]

@@ZariaVillalobos sameee

[@tanushriamruthalal5212]

I'm six years late

[@Ruhikaworld]

7 yr late

[@nehasharma-sl2qw]

I m in love with the sound.

[@ashleyeille3108]

Me too

[@moonrisehowler1842]

I loved the Ju Hua Tai part. It's such a lovely song! The young lady is very talented and expressive! I hope she keeps playing for a long time! 😊

[@Rontemon]

I finally started learning Guzheng recently and that piece "Fighting Against Typhoon" is almost like the equivalent of Moonlight Sonata Mvt.3 to the Piano. I look forward to eventually learn this piece.

[@share_accidental]

my sister and i learnt the guzheng and our father's teochew. we were shocked to learn that the guzheng in singapore was introduced from shantou of all regions of china.

[@Rekmeyata]

What a beautiful sounding instrument, and it was played wonderfully by an obvious GuZheng Master; thank you for sharing your talent on that beautiful instrument.

[@kenshinvang643]

I want to get a guzheng badly now.

[@johannsebastianbach7248]

The real qoustion is can you play it

[@johannsebastianbach7248]

Your name is 2 dimension but the movie our shining days group name is 2.5 dimension

[@kenshinvang643]

chubby bunny I want to learn it tho

[@gagaxueguzheng]

Then do it. It's not the hardest instrument to learn. I've started in 2019 and can play intermediate pieces. Good thing is that it doesn't sound bad as a violin if you can't play it.

[@alexi5273]

@@gagaxueguzheng where did you learn?

[@Oct313]

You are simply amazing! Your fingers as if have its mind of its own and move so effortlessly Thanks for this wonderful sharing of yours!

[@lucanardi_space]

Good video, I learnt how to pronounce well the chinese words related to guzheng :)

[@lauragarnham77]

I really like how this instrument sounds, I would love to be able to get one and learn how to play it - might be a bit challenging as I am in Sweden, but I will defs look into it.

[@limtseng9205]

great player

[@rossy3lo]

Bending the note! Wow! I've never knew there's an instrument where u can bend a note like human voice. How versatile!

[@yuyiya]

Most Chinese string instruments have high bridges, which makes expressive note-bending much easier than on the guitar, say.

[@Montessori6587]

Wow! Amazing! Am so impressed with the depth, breadth, and beyond words expressive nature of this incredible instrument. Thank you.

[@KrishnenduHari]

I want to learn Guzheng ☺️

[@nami6259]

@BIGFOOOOOT hallo ich bin auch deutsch und will unbedingt guzheng spielen können ich weiß schon wo ich eine gute guzheng kaufen kann mein Problem ist das ich nicht weiß ob man sich das selbst beibringen soll oder mir einen Lehrer besorgen soll. Hast du schon Erfahrung? Kannst du mir ein Tipp geben?

[@DannyHauger]

Thanks for making this to show to my 7th grade class!!

[@nell00]

Absolutely beautiful!!

[@alejandronieto576]

Thank you so much for this presentation of the GuZheng.

[@zbt_jacob]

This is so cool! I admire other cultures' instruments so much!!

[@larryurbon9550]

Beautiful! EXCELLENT presenter Lady, too.

[@Ajjikmada]

Such a Nice video!! And she is sooo talented!!! Just whooooaaaa

[@nataniasheaven4007]

I remember at such a young age I wanted to learn this but the right way. I’ll be going to college as a nurse and I’ll have a trip to china to learn the culture and it’s propers ways instead of getting it some place here in the u.s so thank you for this

[@esteban9102]

Thanks for sharing this, very informative. Also, amazing player!

[@varungoyal2827]

lovely

[@flareinc7413]

Guzheng is an amazing Instrument

[@mooshei8165]

It’s like an whole orchestra in one

[@jtb9751]

i need to get one this is great

[@igorpanov1245]

Bravo, instrument and player are so attractive, yay!

[@Leo-xs7yg]

Amazing sounds and playing

[@soundtracks6656]

Very good video, amazing player 👍

[@dunki-dunki-dawg]

If you could connect this up to an amplifier with reverbs and delay, one could create some very spontaneous and mind-boggling sounds. There has never been a better time to mix digital and analogue sound effects. You could create any signal chain you would wish and without breaking the bank.

[@午時风]

i have played 6years,happy to help anyone who wants to learn

[@chaoticgoodgoblin8476]

I've always loved the way this sounds but I was today years old when I found out what this instrument is called.

[@D4JC]

So Beautiful ❤❤❤🎼🎼🎼❤❤❤

[@andrewjaye2981]

A wonderful instrument. My favorite type of music for meditation. Thank you for sharing.

[@andromedagodit2492]

Wow, that was really amazing. Me and my kid is really impressed. How did you manage to remember so many songs? :)

[@madfortrad07]

Lovely!

[@coolinva]

I just wonder how to play 4 and 7, since the strings are for 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6? Push somewhere in left of the bridge to make such sound? Anyway thanks lot for the explanation and demo.

[@yuyiya]

Yes, since the instrument is tuned to a 5-note (pentatonic) scale, you have to make any other notes by bending the strings on the left side of the bridge. Such notes include: 1) those notes missing from the usual 7-note (heptatonic) "diatonic" scale; 2) accidentals, such as sharps and flats; and 3) microtones, such as neutral thirds and sixths.

[@jessietan9312]

I WANT TO LEARN THIS! :D

[@gagaxueguzheng]

Did you start learning?

[@jessietan9312]

@@gagaxueguzheng no i haven't because i don't have a teacher or the instrument

[@gagaxueguzheng]

@@jessietan9312 I didn't have as well. The instrument can be bought online or in a shop depending on where you live. A teacher is a bit more difficult but most countries have a lot of Chinese students living there of whom there are also some amount of people who can play Guzheng. There are also online teachers but I'd advise to have at least the basic lessons in person. Now I play since 2019, learned in person for the first two months, then learned on my own and every few months with an online teacher. Now I found another teacher 40km away from my home and I'll have a face to face class maybe every month or so. If you want to learn, there will be ways. Where do you live?

[@gagaxueguzheng]

@BangkokBall #StopWW3 #SaveUkraine Tuning is easy, you should be able to play within a few hours after unpacking.

[@kimberlyjonathanjermyn4659]

Hey! I can probably play the end of that first song! Feeling encouraged @3:20

[@stclair2012]

Thank you!

[@shongill6580]

Wow so beautifully played... 🌷

[@victorwilson6826]

Utterly astonishing . . .

[@JiLUSZtudio]

So inspired, awesome skills!!

[@Mohanadeva]

Thank you so! Have a nice day Namaskar

[@TheBestMoonEver]

There’s a game called Genshin impact that I play. And there’s a region called “Liyue” it’s based off of China, all the regions in the game have there own music. And the music in liyue actually is played with a guzheng and I really want one.

[@munkhtuvshinmt]

Oh my fucking god. Thats why I really love Chinese culture, art and everything. That instrument is melodic af!

[@Deas-Mhumhna]

Thats what makes the music!!!!🤯

[@boanergesyikusoares2040]

i feel the amazing power of song.

[@cuttingmotion7832]

I think I’m in love

[@connieLo87365]

Thank You, Beautiful.

[@datdeerdude5139]

how much should an intermediate or professional guzheng cost?

[@MrFerbi93]

from 200 usd up to 2000 . Im in china now and here coast around 350 usd very good one so i think for 400 usd u can buy good shit

[@datdeerdude5139]

Patryk Friebe Thanks! That sounds pretty reasonable to me

[@tankyuwu1596]

Yanigiri it depends on the wood its made from. The price range in singapore is from 300 sgd to 2000sgd

[@扩育]

Patryk Friebe wow only 400? My trombone is 12500

[@selenaxie3680]

My guzheng was around 820 usd.

[@pranarisingmusic]

Such a great job with the video! What is the name of the person giving the lesson and playing? She is an incredible musician!

[@yuyiya]

You can read her name in the KZbin transcript: it's Pei Qi. (Sounds a little like English "pay chee" - if "chee" were English!)

[@mayelinesantana]

It sounds like a piano and a harp had a baby 🥹 beautiful

[@tati7998]

does anyone know what model the guzheng she is playing is?

[@yuyun8631]

amazing!

[@albertsciarronsky2251]

Name of the second song? Thanks, very beautiful sound!

[@夏伟-s2h]

菊花台

[@夏伟-s2h]

Ju Hua Tai

[@odetteminassian3274]

God bless you❤

[@qabzibliaj4983]

Where can I learn this guzheng in California USA

[@Guarlon]

Look around on the internet, surely you'll find something. Good luck.

[@kirkchan7726]

respect.

[@singingrabbit7563]

Is there a book to learn this instrument?

[@gagaxueguzheng]

I would not learn from a book. Of course, you'll need notes for learning but get a teacher, preferably face to face classes and learn the basics. Learning from a book would be hard I guess.

[@gagaxueguzheng]

@BangkokBall #StopWW3 #SaveUkraine Better than nothing I guess. I had online lessons in the past and they are ok for stuff that can be heard by the teacher. But there are limits to online classes because the teacher can hardly notice subtle hand posture or technique errors, can't use your hand to show you how it's done and can't play together with you because of the lag of online audio. It should be possible to learn from online tutorials and online teaching but if one has the chance, one should definitely have face to face classes once in a while (if the teacher is far away, once a month or so is also better than just self study or online teaching).

[@ParsuramPoudelTabla]

I loved this instrument !

[@michaelsmusicinstruments9980]

verny nice, you rocks

[@gardennovice7896]

Awesome

[@kondobeauty4615]

How do you make that cool sound

[@niyu6799]

where can i buy the guzheng?

[@tamnhutran3091]

ni yu a lot of online retailers sell a good guzheng for about 400 dollars!

[@ori4042]

You can go Eason Music store themselves online

[@gabrielcernat1523]

Respect

[@nanahuatzin_music7210]

Thank you that's beautiful! Xie Xie :)

[@Mo_B-xv2hv]

What is the lowest or highest note on the guzheng?

[@gagaxueguzheng]

In D-tuning, the lowest string is a D (about 73Hz). The highest string is again a D, but 4 octaves higher.

[@An-dg1lw]

Do you have any guzheng for sale?

[@xueueux]

I really want to learn guzheng now..😢

[@jasonsummit1885]

This would be so much easier to play than the koto that I have, more versatile too.👍

[@spartan4free]

Can you play any peace with the GuZheng? Can you (even if it is hard) play every (half-)step from C-C ? Like C, C#, D, D#...

[@zoeyip9068]

Spartan4free XCore yes, i play the guzheng so yea you can do it and it’s not hard

[@spartan4free]

@@zoeyip9068 what a relief, i really thought about buying one, but wasn`t sure, because i haven`t stumbled upon a clear explanation about how to play semitones etc. Do you live in the western hemisphere, maybe europe by any chance? Can you buy those instruments in local stores or just online? Because i really dont know where to buy them. If it gets damaged while being transported that would be really sad, so...

[@zoeyip9068]

Spartan4free XCore no, i live in the United States, sorry :( i bought my guzheng from my chinese teacher so im not really sure where to buy it

[@zoeyip9068]

Spartan4free XCore i also play the piano too and the guzheng is similar to the piano except vertical, and the strings of the guzheng are numbered, so for example, number 1 string sounds like D note on the piano, but usually when I am transferring guzheng to piano or piano to guzheng, i just do number 1 string equals to C note. I’m not sure if you play the piano, but if you do, it will be easier to understand. On the guzheng, it skips the notes 4 and 7, or G and C. It’s kind of difficult to understand because when u think about it the 4th note on the piano is F but yeah... You have to bend the 3 string and 6 string of you want to play 4 and 7.

[@spartan4free]

@@zoeyip9068 Yes i do play the piano. Would be a nightmare to learn this one if not. Thx for your reply - to bad i do not have a chinese teacher... So, could I tune a guzheng to be in C-major?

[@jkhaski5195]

Talented 👍

[@An-dg1lw]

How much do they cost?

[@gagaxueguzheng]

350 Euros minimum where I live. But don't expect something great. In China, you can buy one for as cheap as 1700RMB. I'd say a reasonable one is around 500 Euro.

[@KiyoSonoda]

挺有趣！

[@Majeed.]

it is similar to an Arabic instrument named Alqanun

[@yuyiya]

The playing styles are very different, though! The instrument construction is necessarily somewhat similar, because both are based on the physical laws of acoustics. 😀

[@mickang]

Me: Playing GuZheng [ I accshaly have one ] GuZheng: lalalalllallalalalalalaboooboobooboboobbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbboboobobobdvcsdgvdhsvkhawvwahjdkvahdvlhdavhawduvahwudvahwdvhweFOY3RVF3RFBUWAEWEYUBRYKRYEFGRYGFYGytferyierghrgeyuergyuheugherugiwogtuthhty84goui45ug5tgu8orgryrg3gy8gyrirgo8yr8gegberutgerbygfyiewfgroyrbgfygefgeryfgqefyergv2rgbfaddaddaddadaddadaddadaddaddaddasddadddadadaadabkhusfguerough

[@erickvilca3220]

Nice Instruments of china

[@chinmaychandraunshuh]

खड़ा कर दिया |

[@Phoenix-lk9pl]

Guzheng (Goo-Chung)

[@lihandihandi1881]

Mantap

[@oliviayechunchen3239]

Am I the only one who came here because of Lan Zhan from Mo Dao Zu Shi?

[@khanhvu1435]

Olivia Chen he plays the guqin

[@Doyourwork282]

Me too... 😊 l am also searching after the untamed an l got that music instrument called guquin

[@oliviayechunchen3239]

@@khanhvu1435 yes, but I found this while searching for it.

[@Maggie12791]

It started with Lan Zhan and his guqin and now I've fallen down the rabbit hole of all these different types of chinese instruments and they all sound soooo beautiful

[@KarlSheen]

The apple world pack for logic has a amazingly realistic version of this......if hwever you suck at it at least you have a device for slicing large eggs hehe!!

[@lafemmepositive8696]

I need a teacher

[@gagaxueguzheng]

There are online teachers. Person to person is better but not so easy to find outside China and without speaking Chinese.

[@lafemmepositive8696]

@@gagaxueguzheng thank you but I already tried and didn't find one

[@gagaxueguzheng]

@@lafemmepositive8696 Where do you live? Here in Germany, there are not many teachers but they exist. I assume this will be the same for most European countries. USA and Australia also has teachers. It of course depends on whether or not you live next to a bigger city where there is normally a bigger Chinese community. Do you have a Guzheng? If yes, you could just try online classes and see if it fits your needs. At the time I had classes online, I just booked a class and transferred the money per class directly after the class using PayPal.

[@lafemmepositive8696]

@@gagaxueguzheng I live in America Indianapolis state India

[@gagaxueguzheng]

You could try one of the teachers from here: www.chinesezither.net/pages/guzheng-teachers-in-the-united-states-midwest-south-east-coast There seems to be one from Indianapolis. Otherwise, find one online.

[@lmsara]

Ty for me I

[@jiaxi1785]

Lol the guzheng looks like my school's one...

[@Vitopa13]

How did she hold her pinki finger down while all the other weren't bent???? I just tried that and it's IMPOSSIBLE

[@gagaxueguzheng]

Isn't that a skill which most musicians need to learn? Even if I type on my computer keyboard, I have to individually move my pinky...

[@yuyiya]

Practice!

[@johannsebastianbach7248]

Some people say gutzheng but its gu not gut if you dont know how to say gu say it like cu and if you dont know how to say zheng is zhang

[@simonyang4438]

And also gu zhen almost same sound as yang qing.

[@zaurbekglubizkiy1279]

So pretty girl.

[@lmsara]

Etxt said he was not allowed in the last round of the race race and was a member of a team that in a race for a second race in a race against é to the top and the best of the top of it for a long period of time and the time e the last time he was a boy and I saw it tyyyy

[@KarlSheen]

um....at 03:26 those bass strings are flatter than her chest...if yer gonna showcase a instrument make sure its in tune!...but...her technique is pretty amazing though!!

[@zoeyip9068]

she was playing the left part of the guzheng, and that part is supposed to be flat, because its just used for note-bending and vibrato. normally, people play on the right hand side of the guzheng, which, in the video, is tuned.

[@humanityshate3850]

Nice ad hominem, also funny how you critizice someone, when you are actually the one who is in the wrong.

[@KarlSheen]

Well...to equal temper it's flat... And very flat for unequal temperaments too..I used to tune pianos also love Indian music so used to weird pitches

[@allanli4593]

@@KarlSheen Ita for note bending lil bruh

[@yuyiya]

@@KarlSheen but not flat for Just Intonation! In 5-limit JI, the major thirds are 5/4 and the minor thirds are 6/5 (frequency ratios above the tonic). 12-EDO equal temperament has the major thirds quite sharp (400 cents compared with 386).

[@ВоваНикитин-ю7ы]

Nice nice baby

[@Harana_Morningstar]

These instruments are just too expensive for me . 😐

[@Emperatriz_Valentina]

Any reason why your so beautiful? :) (Sorry if i seam creepy)

[@rekostarr7149]

You are not creepy. lol

[@mickang]

thats fake

[@amieyang809]

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