Spring on River Qing - YangQin

WangSe plays Spring on River Qing on YangQin, Chinese Hammered Dulcimer. I ripped this video from some VCD.

[@WilliamFriedson]

a wise musician once told me that our heart and mind hear the notes, but our soul hears the spaces between the notes. In your wonderful playing, the notes and silence are both music. Thank you for this wonderful music. i play celtic hammered dulcimer, and your playing inspires me beyond words. thank you.

[@zemsku1928]

no it is sth mental

[@patriciafriedson8860]

my gosh, what incredible playing. what purity of tone, what mastery of volume, what excellent rhythm, all with elegant simplicity. And so much respect for the music. He sets it free, and lets it be. Thatis love for the music. Today i have heard true yang qin playing. Thank You.

[@caitling1708]

i have listened to this once a week for the past three years. it just Does Something to me. so evocative. so bright, almost bouncy, but it makes me want to sob for some reason.

[@TheMadisonHang]

i love how he's wearing a BLUES shirt love it

[@raymeow5234]

My favourite piece that i had ever played b4.

[@NativeImagesPG]

Wonderful Music...Brought Beauty to my day...thank you.

[@DarkVoidDan]

Best instrument ever, Period.

[@Drbolla345]

The Chinese and this instrument fits hand in hand. I can't see any other instrument that compliments the culture completely. Whenever I hear the Yangqin play, all I see is the Chinese landscape, its history and people. feels like it was meant to be.

[@basti4ever]

thats just awesome... what a speed an precision, just wow! And the instrument itself sounds beautiful too

[@stanhong007]

Love the rendition. Wonderful performance.

[@zack_120]

Wang Se 的清江之春一曲，扬琴演奏中最好的一位，主要因为他的演奏技巧有创新、独特，左右手其实是同时也走两个声部－难能可贵！

[@Pontius888]

7 dislikes??? Must be some butterfingers who can't play this amazing instrument!!!!

[@sladananikolic8913]

Amazing, just pure love and peace. Thank you for playing

[@xinruanfly]

The player's name is Yuan Ke actually..

[@MikeTrainormusic]

Beautiful music. Really well played, wow!

[@mr_square]

Our Shining days

[@ckej1035]

What a beautiful piece! I would like to know what techniques he is using? Can someone elaborate?

[@nosephpiffe]

Beautiful music!

[@5stringofFernandoSor]

Masterful. This is virtuosic and extraordinary. Chinese music is so soothing and peaceful to me.

[@apeirogon9289]

Holy shit, guy killed it!!

[@samybonita]

Wonderful music!

[@elfie1015]

@celethon The yanqin's notes get higher as it moves upward, and right-->left. The bridges are not the octaves, they just keep the note the same. Most scales use 2 bridges.

[@onlysinner8824]

wow,thats just beautiful.

[@kevyhot]

So beautiful

[@TheOneToxic]

oh yeah, not one dislike, lets please keep it this way people for this truly amazing music !!!!

[@BudLarsenjr]

An excellent performance!

[@ms0325604]

這首曲子好像都是自己在伴奏自己~ 就已經如此優美動聽~ 不知是否有人曾使用別種樂器來伴奏這首揚琴曲??? 真是好奇ㄚ!

[@QuentinLars]

I posted this on my facebook page!!!! great work, man! tai hao le!!! hen hao tin!!!!

[@ujmi]

beautiful :)

[@electronixtar]

It's called 颤竹。Literally means tremolo bamboo sticks.

[@VampireBatLord]

that and it also makes any culture sound extremely ancient or extinct too.

[@sue4341]

Talented! Awesome!

[@aaronyeager83]

That is so amazing.

[@ledzeppelin27]

that guy just blew me away give THAT man a ci-gar

[@azimuth457]

Amazing! so well played!

[@dustinvanhoose6186]

Love it!

[@msoulja]

Love this

[@grparkourgr]

amazing performance thank you. :)

[@magerpker173]

so that's where perfect world got it from :P

[@cf18]

Amazing.

[@biffyplayspiano9325]

awesome

[@Chrispy77]

Such skill!!

[@elfie1015]

@marco21falcon A piano is the same as a yanqin. The tuning at least. When you play a scale on the yangqin, it's just different notes, like the piano. Does that answer your question? Sorry if it doesn't.

[@Kasumi8779]

I have a possible theory about the Yangqin's origins. My opinion is that it originally came from Persia, but might've got to Indochina as the Dan Tam Thap Luc, then the Dan Tam Thap Luc was brought to China. There are many Vietnamese instruments that Chinese Instruments came from. Ever heard of a Duxianqin? It originally was a Vietnamese instrument called the Dan Bau. Also the Pipa, like the Yanqin no one knows it's origins, but modern scholarship suggests a non-Chinese origin, it may have also come from Vietnam as the Dan Ty Ba. How good is my theory about the Yangqin?

[@Em-su9lm]

Interesting theory, it's definitely possible that it spread from Persia over India and Sukothai to the rest of Indochina. Though the dulcimer having its origin in Western Asia is still controversially discussed theory.

[@SuperNguyenChannel]

Well many Vietnamese instruments of "Chinese" origin may have came the other way. The Dan Ty Ba has less frets than the Pipa for example, so the Pipa must be an improvement on it. Others like the Dan Tam and Sanxian suggest a Chinese origin. The Dan Bau though is completely Vietnamese as the only people who play the Duxianqin, the Chinese version, being the Jing people, are Vietnamese

[@wenyizhao5580]

+Kasumi97 In fact, the pipa's origin is in China. Yangqin was brought to VN by the Chinese at Chợ Lớn. The Yangqin is originated from Persia, then it was introduced to China through the Silk Road and after that the instrument is localized and changed so it is different from the original. Many Vietnamese traditional instruments have origins of China except Đàn bầu due to the time of Chinese domination in Vietnam.

[@aethernity8270]

That right

[@HaganeSteel]

Brilliant.

[@KrisDuhaime]

....ahhhhh.....🎵🎶

[@CommentCandy1]

ok, now, can anyone tell me if the music for the part on Karate Kid with the Cobra trick is coming from a Yang Qin? I love the way it sounds. It's one of my favorite Chinese instruments. It's even making me feel enthusiastic as i type!

[@2012revolution]

VIRTUOSO

[@5stringofFernandoSor]

Does he just hammer the strings or can he pluck too? Some notes look like he is pulling up on the string to get a forceful note.

[@kazumayanoitsumo]

Yep! In case you haven't done your own research by this point... Normally you hit the strings with the rubber-tipped top end of the hammer, but sometimes the piece calls for using the bottom end to pluck the string. Some pieces call for using the top part of the hammer, but the side that's not capped by rubber. Some pieces even call for hitting the wooden cases (which hide the tuning mechanisms) on the side for percussive effect

[@gringusbumbersnutch]

3:02

[@Amityel76]

its really nice;thank you for this video:)))

[@celethon]

how is the yangqin set up, like, do the notes get higher right->left? Are they separated by octaves like, one octave between each of the "bridges"?

[@marco21falcon]

wierd question....would it be possible to tune a piano in the same scale as a yangqin?

[@tonberry97m]

i would like one

[@domjermano674]

Holy .

[@limsj6]

what is the technique to do a tremolo on one hand?

[@BRM598]

This instrument is forma Iran. I know that because I´m persian and I play this instrument. In persian it´s name is Santur

[@SuperNguyenChannel]

Yeah, but it may have came to China indirectly. There are Hammered Dulcimers all around Asia and as you get closer to China, the less it sounds like a Santur. Indian dulcimers sound just like the Santur, Thai Dulcimers are in between Persian Dulcimers and Vietnamese Dulcimers, and the Vietnamese Dulcimer and the Chinese Dulcimer sounds nothing like the Santur

[@sumasian3911]

if you do some research, the yangqin was around first i think. it probably spread to persia by trade a while ago and became popular

[@sumasian3911]

interesting! thanks!

[@user-xl8lf8ed8c]

You're right! Santur was spread to China around The Ming Dynasty(1368-1644) and became Yangqin. They sound alike but tuning differently though.

[@TheMadisonHang]

its so easy to play chords on that thing!

[@jackxiang2021]

厉害

[@aidanhoward-chen1769]

i play spring on qing river on yang qin but your still better then me

[@tanaugustine6330]

if any body knows whether he offer classes , pls let let know his contact , e mail or whatapp or wechat .....

[@aly6082]

CAMILA TE AMO UWU

[@Rolando_Cueva]

😘

[@tessberthelot6027]

zen

[@behnambehnam]

and this one is from iran b9cZzCdT2M4

[@RizwanKhan-os1pt]

Xièxiè

[@Rolando_Cueva]

Bukeqi

[@CaptainDiscount]

A wise musician once told me that my farts were messages from Elvis

[@4blossoms]

Please don't use the words "wise", "sage" or "ancestral". Tired of hearing Chinese culture constantly stereotyped. Believe you me, most Chinese like myself are not much wiser than anyone else!

[@Geoh1990]

wise words

[@davidpattenden7336]

Almost ancestral

[@christiannugraha1011]

Sagelike comment

[@behnambehnam]

iranien santoor cwrRpXWKUWg

[@vicakuechle604]

I didn't like that