[not] GUQIN - "Magnolias In The Wind" ("白玉蘭花在風中")

[@mohit9967]

Lovely piece..love from India as well,not many people listen this here..Thank you so much

[@Volker400]

Many, many thanks for your very fine comment, Mohit! I appreciate it sooo much! Although this is a virtual VST instrument, I put my heart and soul into it to make it sound as real as possible. I didn't always succeed, but I'm reasonably happy with the recording. Again, many thanX(XXL) for your finest comment, Mohit, and all the best to India from Germany & best regards, Volker L. H. 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@shuangtroy2548]

When I first hear it, accidentally, I didn't give it a thought. Then, it started to haunt me, so I listened a 2nd time. I started to realize how unique it is, a magnolia quietly blooming. Suddenly a puff of wind blowing the branches, 3-4 times. The up and down melody is so melancholic recalling me my whole sad life, moved to tears. It may color the rest of my life.

[@Volker400]

Many, many thanks for your very beautiful comment, Shuang Troy!! I'm deeply honored, btw! Admittedly, I actually put a lot of heart and soul into this piece. It was definitely meant to sound quite Chinese, and I think it's resonating with a lot of people by now, too. I remember recording the piece at the beginning of May 2011, and the click numbers weren't particularly high at that point, until they leveled off at about 320 clicks. That went on until about November 2011 and from then on the numbers skyrocketed, which made me very happy. Many thanks again, dear Troy, and the very, very best to you, Volker L. H. :)

[@shuangtroy2548]

@@Volker400 Thanks for your reply. I have been listening to it daily, work and rest. Quistions: 1. How is the original guqin composer/player? 2. So, you used 'Key Board' to rearrange it? Very creative and full of sensitivity. 3. So, you are from Germany? You quoted music from Vietnam. Really? I am originally from China. Best regards, Shuang

[@Volker400]

@@shuangtroy2548 Here I will answer your questions, dear Shuang: 1. I've improvised(!!) the music (see in the title at the beginnig of the video " 'Guqin' " Sound Impro 1" !! It's not a real composition. The piece is completely made by my own. 2. That is not(!) a rearragement, it's the original improvisation played by myself in anno 2011 ! 3. I just compare the guqin sound in some parts of the piece with a monochord called "Dan Bau" from Vietnam, where the sound is pitched up or down, for example, as in this piece. Hope I could have helped you a little bit! The very best regards toyou, Shuang, Volker L. H. :)

[@shuangtroy2548]

@@Volker400 Dear Volker: Thanks for your explanation. I now know it is your own creation, not a real Guqin. How astonishing! I am very new in writing "Comment" to youtube, tried three times to write this letter, being blocked! Did I spend too much time? You are the 2 person I ever clicked "SUBSCRIBE", find many of your creations. I shall listen to them. I better stop here before before being interrupted. Best regard, Shuang

[@Volker400]

@@shuangtroy2548 The problem with blocking comments I also know and seems to be with KZbin! Thanks again for your very nice comments and - as always - the very best regards to you, Volker H. :)

[@chumchumthegreat]

When first listening I didn't even realise that this wasn't a guqin until rereading the title. Good job!

[@Volker400]

It's just because of the playing-noises! That makes this Guqin sound more "realistic". Many thanks for your kind comment, chumchumthegreat!! I appreciate it very much! Best regards, Volker H. :)

[@jmedia1102]

Deep, rich, peaceful & inspiring... Wonderful, Volker!

[@farlandscape]

The stylish Ma Lin's(song dynasty painter) painting & deep guqin piece.🎶

[@Volker400]

Thanks so much, 신스사이저! Happy you enjoyed! Best regards to you, Volker H. :)

[@victorleung5813]

Amazing! Love it. Keep up the good work. I think lengthen the decay further a bit may sound even better. Just a humble suggestion.

[@Volker400]

Thanks so much, Victor! I appreciate it. I will do this the next time. Thanks very much for your suggestion, Victor! Very best regards from Germany to You, Volker H. :)

[@Disconnectmyself]

Oh god, I misread it as "Mongolians in The Wind" :D And frankly I was little bit disappointed when I finally find out they are only Magnolias :D.. but still beautiful song :).

[@Volker400]

Thanks so much, Disconnectmyself! Ha, ha, I got the picture. What a great humour of yours. Hope you're not too disappointed!! XD Thanks again and best regards, Volker H. :)

[@RVM451]

Friend, I often misread things that way. Don't know if its my age or my eyesight. …..RVM45

[@Volker400]

Many, many thanks to you, my dear Haggen!! I'm so happy you enjoyed it "a bit"! ;) It was very hard to play this, and naturally the original guqin (as the "real" instrument) sounds more authenthic, but it has also made a lot of fun to play it. Thanks so much again and best regards from Germany to Brazil, Volker H. ;)

[@lorddragon812]

And the fact that this was made on a computer makes the audio quality just amazing, thank you.

[@Volker400]

Many thanks to you, Caleb, for your very fine comment!! I'm so happy you enjoyed!! Best regards, Volker H. :)

[@Volker400]

Thanks very much, my dear Matt!! So happy you enjoyed! It was a hell to record this. I've made two(!) records. At first the one without overtones (normal playing), and then a record just WITH overtones. And after I've done this, I put these records together to ONE record track. A very very good idea - btw - to adapt the guqin on guitar, Matt!! Would be nice to hear this next time on YT!!! ;) Thanks so much again to you, Matt, and very best regards from Germany, Yours, Volker H.

[@XRandomXShinigamiX]

Red Cliff's soundtrack really got into chinese traditional music, thanks for uploading, making this amazing piece!

[@Volker400]

Thanks so much, XRandomXShinigamiX!! Originally it was improvised. Later I've edited to a "composition" with a sound editor software! Thanks again!!

[@Volker400]

Many thanks to you, dear Greeknick!! I appreciate it so much!! Best regards from Germany, Volker H. ;)

[@HaggenKennedy]

Wow. This is intense. Very unexpected. Congrats, job very well done. Keep up the good work! Greetings from far-off Brazil. :-)

[@Volker400]

Many, many thanks, dejanks! I see you enjoyed it very much. Thanks again! Best regards from Germany, Volker H. ;)

[@haoliangwen7436]

好听，天籁之音。中华古典文化的精粹。

[@Volker400]

谢谢！

[@jovanastnakovic]

Awesome piece of music. Thanks for upload. Greeting from Serbia.

[@GREEKNICK13]

Greetings from Greece! Very special piece of music!

[@Alicia7777777]

Wonderful stuff, as always!

[@longbuihoang340]

It's the first time I've heard a guqin piece played on keyboard, very interesting :)

[@Volker400]

Many thanks, Long, for your fine comment! This software-guqin sounds a little bit "too clean" and so very artificial in contrast to an original guqin, I think. Many thanks to you again, and best regards, Volker L. H. :)

[@longbuihoang340]

@@Volker400 Interesting, I didn't notice that. Keep it up!

[@Volker400]

@@longbuihoang340 Thanks so much! :)

[@eshebang]

Love it. Didn't detect it was a software and the piece is lovely and so well played, IT might recall a bottleneck guitar sound more than a real guqin maybe...

[@Volker400]

Ha, ha, it could be, Yves, it could be! :) Many thanks for your very fine comment and the best regards to you, Volker H. :)

[@eshebang]

Volker, I've been listening to this piece non-stop, and I'd forgotten who was playing it, thinking all along it might have been Gong Yi, but this was too different from his style, the little bit I can detect. Wow again, then and thks for reply. I'll check if you have other pieces online.

[@Volker400]

So happy you enjoyed it so much, dear Eve!! There are more "Guqin"-pieces, but this one is also my favorite. Many many thanks again, Eve, for your very fine comment, and - as ever - the best regards to you, Volker L. H. :)

[@GoToYummy]

ความไพเราะลึกล้ำยิ่งนัก ยากที่จะอธิบาย

[@Volker400]

ขอบคุณสำหรับความคิดเห็น!

[@GoToYummy]

Volker400 Nice Thai language

[@unoriginate]

Perfect !

[@Volker400]

Many many thanks to you! I appreciate it so much!! Best regards, Volker H. ;)

[@祥辉李]

静听松风寒、……好听、天籁之音

[@Volker400]

Thanks very much!! Best regards, Volker H. ;)

[@Volker400]

@RoyalKiD90 That is very simple to explain: this here is a virtuel guqin, and there aren't much recorded scratching noises. ;) Hope I could help you a little bit. And many thanks for watching, btw!!

[@Volker400]

@Alicia7777777 And such a wonderful comment of yours, dearest Alicia!!! Thanks so much --- as ever!!! Yours from sunny Germany at the time, Volker

[@Volker400]

@ijzerkoekie Thanks so much, my dear friend!! But do not overstimate it. I think, the "guqin-sound" here is not perfect, except the overtones, these are authentic. Thanks again, my dear ijzerkoekie! Best regards, Volker

[@Volker400]

@Keijz74 Thanks so much, my dear friend!! Groeten uit Duitsland en tot ziens, ;) Volker H.

[@曲登土紮]

好聽 謝謝分享

[@Volker400]

谢谢你的评论!

[@曲登土紮]

雖然現在 上傳古琴音樂 分享 很多, 但是 一句 誠心的讚賞, 是應該的.

[@Volker400]

@verdantTree Many thanks for your comment, my dear friend! That#S the point - the vibrato and scratching sound. There is no possibility to trigger the vibrato with aftertouch. It sounds too statical. But the best sound, I think, is the overtone-effect. It sounds very similar to the guqin. Thanks again, my friend, and the very best regards to you, Yours, Volker

[@sweetjuicy5520]

nice , very nice

[@Volker400]

And nice, very nice is your fine comment, Fruit Juicy! Thanks so much! I appreciate it! Best regards to You, Volker L. H. :)

[@pielim4160]

WOW ! Acccidentally saw this. translate as“ 风中玉兰”好吗 ？You played this on keyboard ? How ? too fantastic.

[@IrisXGe]

This is good! I like it. :)

[@Volker400]

+Iris Xiaofeng Thanks so much for your very kind comment, dear Iris!! I appreciate it!! Best regards, Volker H. :)

[@Volker400]

@jmedia1 THanX(XXL) so much, my dear JMEDIA, immer zu Ihren Diensten. ;))) From OWl to OWl, Follkaa ;)))))))))))))

[@Volker400]

@trexmarcbolan Many many thanks to you, my dear friend!! Yours, Volker

[@rps7100]

ดอกอวี้หลานในสายลม ช่างไพเราะเสียเหลือประมาณ ข้าน้อยนับถือยิ่งนัก

[@trexmarcbolan]

AWESOME !

[@lenhhoxungchannhan]

Very good

[@thorzcunstellarfighter3724]

reminds me of Hero, from 2002

[@Volker400]

You're right! The sound is very similar!! Thanks so much!! :)

[@thorzcunstellarfighter3724]

@@Volker400 you're welcome

[@thienkimcang846]

love it so so much. may i have MP3 link for this . please thanks

[@Volker400]

Many thanks for your fine comment, THIỀN KIM CANG!! I appreciate it very much! Try this: Go to www.tubeload.tv/watch?v=eViv-QayDm4 Please click there "Convert to mp3"(!) and wait!! Then click "Download mp3" That's it!! Best regards to you, Volker L. H. :)

[@Volker400]

谢谢！

[@Volker400]

@guzhanglong 号音乐被称为“风木兰”。

[@TheBobville]

I fucking love this song

[@Volker400]

Many, many thanks, Guillaume!! I appreciate it very much! Merci beaucoup et salutations d’allemagne, Volker L. H. :)

[@OppoA-xl2rt]

Serf De Lyonesse เพราะจังเลยค่ะ

[@warriorofzu]

好听！

[@kingbrolykingofallsayains3354]

😍

[@wendywu4469]

好聽，這是辛夷花，木蘭科

[@Volker400]

所以它是 . 自制的照片. 谢谢。

[@boluomi99]

Volker400 木兰花，玉兰是纯白色的，

[@qus.9617]

The guqin is very expensive, and it can be quite difficult to find just a teacher, good or bad. What you're doing is original, very helpful and fun! So for anyone interested, how does one play a guqin on a keyboard?

[@qus.9617]

All that's missing is the sound of finger sliding, but for some people, they would welcome that!

[@Volker400]

It's the same question, how does one play a flute, oboe, violin or a complete symphony-orchestra on a keyboard. These are mostly VST-"instruments"(audio-samples) of instruments for computer, so also the guqin-sound isn't an exception. In the case of the Guqin, it's pure intuition to play it, because I know how it would sound, if you want to play legato, "pitch-bending" tones and flageolet. Hope I could help you a bit. Thanks so much for your comment, dear Quinn! Best regards to You, Volker L. H. :)

[@Volker400]

Btw, the "sliding"-effect comes by playing "legato".

[@petermicic3133]

This is beautiful. Do you have an audio of this minus the vid?

[@Volker400]

號它是木蘭。木蘭科植物是花 ！木蘭科植物在風中。

[@Volker400]

@guzhanglong 谢谢！

[@kq6197]

非常好聽.有譜更好!

[@Volker400]

谢谢！非常高兴 ！

[@kq6197]

+Volker400 百聽不厭.求曲譜

[@Volker400]

+kq6197 谢谢！不幸的是，还有没有文本。

[@kq6197]

可惜了!不過有好曲欣賞就足夠了.感謝喔!

[@Volker400]

+kq6197 谢谢你的耐心!

[@kittiyac4012]

It really touch me! Could you tell me about the original version and who is the composer?

[@Volker400]

Thanks so much, dear Kittiya!! I'm deeply honoured. This is not(!) a composition, but an improvisation! Firstly I've improvised it, and then edited the audio with an audio-editor-program to a sort of "composition" (for example: repeating the middle-part, then appended the first "melody-session" to the end, so it sounds like a "composition" with the musical-form "A-B-A"). So, what you hear is an "edited" ORIGINAL! ;) Thanks sooo much again, Kittiya, for your very fine comment, and the very best regards to you, Volker L. H. :)

[@kittiyac4012]

You're amazing! If I didn't read others comment, I think you have to be a Chinese guqin musician. This song can made my mind flow like "Liu tree blows along the winds".

[@Volker400]

Thanks so much again, dear Kittiya! But, no, I'm not chinese, I'm Western-European, especially from Germany! Hope you are not really disappointed now?! (hehe...) ;))) So many thanks again to you, and the very best regards from Germany, Volker (spoken "Follker" in English)

[@kittiyac4012]

No, I haven't felt with any disappointed. Music is border less and not have nationality. You conveyed it really impressive. :) Best regards from Taiwan (Actually, I'm Thai) Kitty

[@Volker400]

So many kind words of yours, dear Kittiya!! I appreciate it very much! Thanks so much again, and the very best regards to You, Volker L. H. :)

[@chengyanslc]

很好听!这是即兴演奏的吗?

[@Volker400]

是的它是即兴创作! 谢谢！！

[@陳美惠-o7b]

獨行山林聞惑此音 頓感孤單亦是如此

[@Volker400]

是的, 你是对的!谢谢！

[@darthkyra3091]

Hallo Volker sag mal ist wirklich ne Software für Pc ?? ich habe nix gefunden nur Apps für i Phone und so ich würd gern mal bisl musizieren üben lernen.. lg Darth

[@Volker400]

Ja, natürlich gibt's eine! Wenn Du mal "googlest", wirst Du sofort fündig! Gleich in der ersten Spalte. Kostet allerdings 'n bisschen. Aber ehrlich gesagt, sollte man dieses VST nicht überschätzen, weil es nach einiger Zeit immer gleich zu klingen scheint und richtig langweilig wird! So "gut" klingt kein echtes Guqin! Übrigens war DIESES Video am Anfang (Mai - Okt. 2011) auch nicht gerade der Hit! Es pendelte sich über Monate immer so bei 320 bis 330 Views ein. Erst ab Nov. '11 ging's plötzlich "aufwärts... LG Volker H. ;)

[@darthkyra3091]

Volker400 Alles klar danke dir :)

[@rps7100]

มนุษย์มิสามารถบรรยายนามธรรมทางใจ สื่อสารออกมาทางกายและวาจา ให้คนอื่นรับรู้ได้มากนักเหตุเพราะมีขีดจำกัด แต่ดนตรีคือสือที่มากกว่านั้น เข้าถึงแก่นแล้วครับ 5555

[@GoToYummy]

senee chinnaphan ข้าน้อยขอคารวะท่านจอมยุทธ 3 จอก!!!!! เชิญ

[@rps7100]

ได้มาพบพานสหายชาวยุทธเยี่ยงท่านมีหรือที่จะปฎิเสธ เชิญดื่ม!!!!

[@memine226]

how many language can you speak? at least 3?

[@Volker400]

+ABC DEF German (my native language), English, a little bit French and Dutch! The rest (for example Chinese!)..................with the BING Online-Translator!! :) Hope I could answer your question! Best regards, Volker H. :)

[@chriskelvin1981]

木蘭風?是啥米風？ 國風就有。秦風。楚風。

[@mariaflimac1806]

[@Volker400]

Thanks so much, Maria!! :)))))

[@mariaflimac1806]

:))

[@lobsangtashi3070]

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[@Jazzzzzzzxxxzz]

Hi - which VST do you use? Is it the one created by Kong Audio? Someone reverse-engineered their VST to create a Kontakt package so are you using the Kontakt version? I am trying to do the same but haven't figured out how to be as advanced as how you sound like in this upload! How do you switch between different playing mode so smoothly? Do you use multiple keyboards as input and each linked to a different playing mode?

[@Volker400]

No, it's the "old" version without KONTAKT, as a "normal" VST. The trick was to record it firstly with the "normal option" (partially with playing noises), than to record a second part with only the "guqin-overtones", and then I edited the audio-file it with an audio-auditor, so it sounds like a "composition".

[@Jazzzzzzzxxxzz]

@@Volker400 ​ I see. The "old" VST you are referring to should be the "qin engine" from Kong Audio right? They touted to me that it's easier to control than the Kontakt version although I haven't tried it yet. My use with Kontakt version is as follows: I set up different playing mode and link them to different midi channels, so on my controller I can switch between channels through pressing the channel increase/decrease buttons on the controller so I can switch between different playing modes live. Have you tried this?

[@Volker400]

@@Jazzzzzzzxxxzz Only two presets were very important to me: - the preset with the possibility to play the VST-instrument so versatile as possible (I don't know how the preset was called - it's been too long!) - and the "overtone"-preset. I've said it: I divided the music piece into two parts "normal" playing with the possibility to do "normal" playing and portamento-effect(!) and with "overtone-effect" - as the second part. I "designed" it from the beginning & and made the record then (so without switching the presets during live recording - only in this way was a safe accommodation possible.) Btw, it seems to be the best VST at the time, but it isn't really for me! It sounds too clean, and the portamento-effect always sounds the same - that's absolutely unnaturally. The original guqin sound sounds always best! Thanks so much for your comment again. Best regards, Volker L. H. :)