Guqin Ten Famous Pieces Afterthought

The Ten Famous Songs of Guqin Afterthought is one of the Ten Famous Songs of Guqin.

The sheet music was first seen in the Ming Dynasty, "Magical Mysteries" 425, the founder of the Guqin Zhejiang School of the Southern Song Dynasty, Guo Chuwang, the author of the Southern Song Dynasty, is a famous Guqin player, composer and educator. When the Jin soldiers invaded, he moved to live in Hunan Ningyuan Jiuyi mountain Xiaoshui water flowing from Jiuyi mountain, deep sense of national affairs drifting, borrowing the water and cloud shadow, in order to express the feelings of depression, longing.

Through the unique techniques of guqin, such as chanting and kneading, the piece is sometimes full-blooded and thick, using the clouds and water to cover the vastness of the scene to express the feelings of the mountains and rivers, the situation of drifting and the patriotic fervor of the heart. This ancient piece of music with a deep meaning has been honored by zither players through the ages and has been passed down.

The sheet music was first seen in the "magical secret score", *** divided into ten sections: 1, dongting smoky rain 2, river and Han Shuqing 3, the light of the sky and cloud shadow 4, the water connected to the corner of the sky 5, the waves rolled the clouds fly 6, the wind rises in the clouds 7, the water and the sky, 8, the cold river and the moon is cold 9, 10,000 miles of waves 10, the shadow of the image of all things.

This piece has been handed down to later generations, with various scores and some changes in structure. It is now popularized as an eighteen-part piece with an epilogue. At the beginning of the piece, the floating overtones bring people into the mood of rippling blue waves and smoky air.

The melodic tone of the first phrase unfolds from the middle register of the second section and runs through the whole piece. The characteristic chanting and vibrato techniques of the guqin repeatedly develop around the backbone tone, profoundly revealing the author's inner world of depression and anxiety.

The guqin

Also known as the yaoqin, yuqin, siltong, and seven-stringed zither, the guqin is a traditional Chinese musical instrument with a history of at least 3,500 years.