My 2 years guqin progress / learning how to play guqin (古琴)

#guqin #selftaught
My self-teaching path with chinese traditional instrument guqin.
Pieces and songs I play throughout the video:
00:46 1 month: 小白菜;
01:12 2,3 months: 初见, Goodbye My Princess (东宫);
01:52 4 months: To Love's End, InuYasha;
02:12 5 months: 不染, Ashes of Love;
02:42 8 months: 凉凉;
03:06 10 months: SDAIAY;
03:20 11 months: 酒狂 and 忘忧;
04:21 1 year: 沧海一声笑 from Swordsman;
04:47 1 year 1 month: Last Dance, 伍佰;
05:20 1 year 2 months: 凉凉;
05:55 1 year 3 months: 一拜天地;
06:30 1 year 4 months: 凉凉;
07:08 1 year 5 months: with bow - Frostpunk Theme;
07:16 1 year 8 months: 平沙落雁;
08:01 1 year 10 months: 采茶调;
08:28 1 year 11 months: Oh, my darling Clementine;
08:48 2 years: 梅花三弄;

[@ああ-y3g9s]

You inspire me so much!! And I hope to play guqin as well as you someday!! 💞

[@harjeet-music]

That's amazing! Congratulations on being weird and stubborn enough to learn to play such an obscure instrument all by yourself. I have to say I've been thinking of getting myself a guqin for a while, but never seriously - it is difficult to learn without a teacher, and I don't see many tutorials online. But perhaps, if you'd be willing to fill that void and make some guqin tutorials - both technique and repertoire, I might give it a try ;)

[@daning9764]

Not bad, seems to acquire an understanding of the Chinese culture, comes from deep inside. Keep it up!

[@MrArthoz]

Great inspiration for me...I'm ordering one for myself today. Thing is I'm getting old and my finger joints suffer pain so I could no longer able to play tunes on guitar, I also used to play the clarinet but various allergies and after getting covid I seem to have weak lungs to have any care for wind instruments. Fortunately I discovered than guqin is not so physically demanding and gentle for the soul. I'll be spending the next several decades of my lifetime enjoying this instrument.

[@mzy115]

Great effort. Yet i do recommend to get some consultation with a professional for some fundamental techniques including how to pluck, slurs, and interpretation.

[@quochuync]

It’s not an easy instrument to play. You did amazingly well.

[@isabelle7046]

Thank you for sharing your journey with this fascinating and beautiful instrument. Should I decide myself to buy it I envisioned a similar path for myself.

[@amdywastaken]

i'm not from china but i like the historical instrument 'guqin', i also once desired to get to play it the way it's supposed to. the video you shared is an inspiration and an hard adventure. i've heard from a chinese person online there were originally 5 strings in guqin to heal five main organs, heart, liver, kidney, lungs and spleen and that there's a saying later 2 strings are added by a king in the remembrance in his passed son and one is added by a son in the memories of his probably passed father. and one last thing that the person said they often mention the 4 skills : 1. 琴- qin - guqin, 2 - qi - go game, 3 书- shu - calligraphy and 4 画- hua - drawing.

[@ZengHuaXiansheng]

You learned to play like this in two years without a teacher? That’s incredible! I hope that I can learn to play the Gǔqín and maybe the Xiāo someday and make recordings with both of them but I’m not sure if I’ll have enough time to do that.

[@davidl9831]

This has rekindled my desire to teach myself to play my Guqin. I commend your efforts & determination! Thank you! Keep it up!!

[@tylerletanhoa1260]

Much respect from me!

[@yellowlightnight]

Your progress is amazing.Keep it up! And you probably know 3 languages as well which is awesome!

[@Explanarize]

oh my good, you are the only one who inspire us about this instrument, thanks so much and i appreciate what you have done! i would try hard to be like you, finnally after many day long i have find someone who gave me motivation to learn guqin

[@wong7213]

Only 2 years! Definitely you are talented! I have been learning guqin without a teacher about 11 years. But you play better than me!

[@mumuguzhengcover]

Self - taught ! Wow you are so talented ! I am amazed by how well you can Guqin ! This is so inspiring. Can’t wait to see new video.

[@shirleyho1533]

You are adorable! Admire your passion and dedication to guqin, keep it up and look forward to seeing your advancement. I feel a little shameful of myself being Chinese but haven’t made up my mind to learn guqin 😅

[@miss7sandella]

i absolutely amazed by your commitment and perseverance! how inspiring

[@leonchang9613]

It's amazing for ur learning ability, great job!

[@mi-rn7vu]

Nice, one day I'll be here too!!!

[@AnnaProntenko]

Amazing. Where to find good lessons and songs tutorials?

[@kt.g.3055]

Swordsman ❤❤❤❤

[@HypnoticLights]

You are amazing and inspiring 🥹 I admire your perseverance. It's too easy to just procrastinate and quit, but clearly you didn't. ♥️

[@evan4e]

Great work! Learning Guqin is very hard for most of us, learning Guqin by oneself alone is extremely hard.. Still suggest you to find a good teacher or community. Guqin, tea, poem, life, all internally connected. We have some very good Guqin communities in Vancouver, Canada.

[@likkk123]

Hello! By chance I came across your comment here. My dream has always been to learn how to play guqin but I couldn't find any guqin teachers here in Vancouver, Canada. You wrote that there is a big guqin community in Vancouver. Could you please tell me more about it and if it possible to find a guqin teacher here in Vancouver? Thank you so much.

[@Zephyriia]

I hope you inspire some professional to want to take you under their wing! Splendid effort!

[@persivalka]

I hope it too 🤭 But I keep improving as much as I can

[@bveracka]

You made some really impressive progress in such a short time. I've come back to watch this several times now. Ever since I saw the movie _"Hero"_ with Jet Li - which has this cool scene with a beautiful guqin piece in it - I've had an interest in getting one. Since I play fretless bass, I think I'd be able to learn easier. I'd like to know how you'd rate the difficulty of learning qin compared to any other instruments you play.

[@xuande99cn]

so good ❤

[@persivalka]

@@xuande99cn thx ☺️

[@liyyaa1yt]

Nice proggress. I'm also learning by my self too.

[@ximenagonzalez961]

natural talent and hard work at its best! hope you make tutorials or classes for beginners one day you're so inspiring

[@lucygw2793]

You are really amazing ! 😊 I always wanted play some instrument. But I work 10 hours daily, so I don't have time and I'm also much much older than you're. But I was really inspired by your story ❤❤

[@akmal1317]

👍👍👍👍👍👍very inspiring 😉😊keep it up and try to make some cover☺️

[@salmonchan8417]

I’m start learning Guqin 3 days ago 😂

[@persivalka]

Go ahead! I believe in you

[@Fan_Chen]

You are an inspiration, Persivalka❤. On average, how long do you practice daily?

[@halogendefender]

Your progress is so amazing! Do you have tips for someone just starting out? 😊

[@RickNBacker]

I've been wanting a guqin for a long time. What is the book you're playing from?

[@wonkatonkaflonka]

Good job

[@e.w.0921]

妳太厲害了

[@L.i.s.h.e]

Super

[@danielberkman]

Very inspiring!

[@mayaolympie8544]

Hi ! I will soon have my very first guqin and I am trying to find good tips to learn hos to play. I will try to self learn as well, so I was wondering if you could tell me where did you learn the mouvements and notations of the music sheet to help me 👉👈 How you evolved on your own is really amazing, I wish I will be able to do the same ^-^

[@persivalka]

Hi! I started with green manual of Li Xiangting (chinese), but later found better resources for non-chinese speakers, for example, "Guqin. Easy steps to chinese music" and "Standards of the guqin" from Juni Yeung, both are in English. In the internet I used peiyouqin web page to watch techniques.

[@persivalka]

Now I do notation by my own for all I hear in KZbin and Bilibili (chinese youtube), so I have scores for various doramas for guqin. I didn't share it, I don't know how

[@mayaolympie8544]

@@persivalka Thank you so much !!!

[@alpenjon]

Very nice, wonderful you've found your instrument!

[@Qwuiet]

Keep it up!

[@mootal2812]

You are AMAZING!!! ❤ Which music books u bought?

[@krevaa1236]

Admirably! Hopefully I'll learn how to play something someday! Chinese instruments sound amazing! I apologize for the mistakes, I use a translator. Hee-hee

[@persivalka]

Thanks. I can share some materials about guqin, all what I have, guqin isn't so hard. I don't speak English good, but I try))

[@valentinaembers5713]

@@persivalkaYour English is amazing! What’s your first language?

[@Thedennati]

​@@valentinaembers5713 From the nickname and her general appearance, I would guess Persivalka is a Czech girl 😊 No confirmation on this, but I have a hunch. Her use of English gives me the notion as well, small details, but quite telling to another Czech. And all Czechs are musicians in their hearts, or so we say.

[@letshuman8985]

Beautiful sound!

[@ervinpoljak8332]

❤❤❤

[@sandrang7968]

恕我算基本功很重要，最好找老師指點，手指按得不美呀！ 食指豎向不好呀！

[@Lunurarie]

Hello! I am in love with the sound of guqin but i don’t know any good brands to get a guqin and some music sheets, i would like to know which brands are best for a beginner.

[@Teegeisti]

Hi, i wanted to ask if you got some music sheet notation for the Eastern Palace. I couldnt find any but really want to paly it😊

[@persivalka]

Hi! Sure I have a notation for this piece and others, but I don't know how to share it You can easily find me in Telegram the link is t.me/persivalka

[@mariellouise1]

Congratulations! What notions are you using? How did you get introduced to the instrument?

[@Eduarc-ui1zq]

❤👏🏻

[@user-uz1ff3je6u]

Your progress is so amazing! Would you plaease share some materials about guqin ? And I'm also interested in your new guqin Luo Xia, Did you also buy it online? Can I have the link? Thanks for your sharing❤

[@user-uz1ff3je6u]

materials : video? books? thank you🙏

[@PracticaProphetica]

2:41 New discovery: the instrument sounds better when you wear traditional clothing!

[@persivalka]

Exactly!)

[@specificsoup]

Do you use your nails to pluck? I’m wondering if I need long nails to play guqin

[@carlos.rberto]

I'm very interested in learning Guqin. It's amazing your progress. Could you share the resources you used to learn?

[@carlos.rberto]

I just found in another comment. Thanks!

[@ogeffert391]

Where do you get the musicval scores from ? I would like to get some - as I have recently bought a guqin.

[@persivalka]

Classical pieces I learn from books, and covers I just repeat by ear and write it

[@Leona-o_o]

Hey u play rly nice :D ! Also i have a question i saw at the month 2 clip a book where u learn the instrument and im curious where to get that since i would like to learn it my self and i try to eat up as much information as possible atm

[@triger1]

for 2 years you have been playing on a shaky table?

[@svvachi8125]

Do you have any advice for being self taught, i am struggling 😅 i am also unsure on where to even start.

[@persivalka]

I used a manual book that was with the guqin I bought. And I used a photo translator, like Yandex translator. But I know two books in english: "Standards of the guqin", but it's complicated, and "Easy steps to chinese music: guqin"

[@letshuman8985]

@@persivalkaI had no clue the second book was in English as well! I regret not buying it. Oh well. Thank you for sharing the information though. 😊

[@BL_DANI454]

Like 300❤

[@bryantly4830]

How did you play Xiaobaicai on your first day without being able to read music/Chinese?

[@persivalka]

It's was the first melody-like exercise in Li Xiangting green book, exercise number 11, not too far from start. And I spent 12 hours to learn in the first day

[@AshwaqCinema]

May I ask you , Where did you order it from ?! I'm thinking of learning it too..

[@persivalka]

"Sound of mountain" the first, AliExpress "SevenAngel" brand the second

[@AshwaqCinema]

@@persivalka Thank you dear 😊

[@MatthewMiller-b5e]

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[@mjmm0115]

So good, 🎉May I ask the website to buy guqin? What is the price of the Second “luo xia”?

[@persivalka]

Luo Xia is from Aliexpress, the brand is Seven Angels, the price was about 400$ some years ago

[@swedensy]

She must know basic Chinese language to learn play gu qin

[@RoseMueller-h7c]

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[@hilbertpjanic7986]

Good. Will be better to find a teacher. Playing hundreds or thousands of songs and catchy melody could be nothing at some point. Everyone can do that by reading and following the sheet music. How to interpret the song is more important. Otherwise, just copying from others in yourube and playing "their" songs

[@alberttsang1584]

find a teacher for discussion ... you will perform even better ... still plenty of room for improvement. e.g. fingering forms