Wednesday, May 21, 2008

華裔音樂家刘芳的琵琶和古筝演奏 (續) / Chinese Traditional Musical Instruments - Pipa and Guzheng by Liu Fang (C

Reference: YouTube 霸王卸甲 King Chu dropped off his armor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZmAgFyVo48

It's very emotional and powerful playing - a pipa solo style par excellence, by the internationally acclaimed pipa virtuoso Liu Fang - http://www.liufangmusic.net

The title of this classical master piece
is "King Chu doffs his armour" (Ba Wang Xie Jia), from traditional repertoire for pipa solo. It describes a tragic event around 202 BC (see http://www.philmultic.com/liufang/video/ for more information and a video of higher resolution.

The pipa has only four strings, and is referred to as Chinese lute or guitar, though the playing techniques are quite different.

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