Gu Qin
Music: Appreciation and Practice
古琴音樂欣賞與習作
Instructor：Hai-Yan Wang
Number of Credits：2
Semesters taught：Fall 2007, Spring
2007, Spring
2006, Fall 2005, Spring 2004, Fall 2002
Course Content
1.
Appreciation of Qin Music Based
on Historical Documents:
the origin of qin Music; qin musicians during different historical
times;
notations; development of qin music and playing techniques.
This course will guide students to experience the aesthetics of qin and
ancient
qin players’ life wisdom.
2.
Rituals and Techniques of
Playing Qin
Qin was used as an instrument for cultivating one’s
disposition, and it has
long been a favorite and source of pleasure for Chinese literati. This course will instruct
students on the
rituals, techniques, and repertoire of qin music, and taste the
harmonious
states that historical qin players experience.
3.
The Art of Qin
The artistic sound of qin is floating, lingering, and conveys simple
elegance. Understanding
this helps the
player to experience the quiet and peaceful states that are related to
qin’s effect
in cultivation of disposition.
Requirement
Students
need to be able to experience the rhythm and musicality in the lyrics,
and to
perceive and play in proper melody and meter.
They should be capable of experiencing the aesthetics of
qin music in association
with the literary lyrics. It
is hoped
that students establish their own artistic basis of qin.
Textbooks
and Teaching Material
1.
Material prepared by the
instructor
2.
Mei
–An Qin Pu (梅庵琴譜)
3.
Musicality
in Lyric Poetry and
the Art of Composing Qin Songs
(詩詞音樂性與歷代古琴歌曲創
作的藝術)
Syllabus
1.
Introduction: History of Qin,
Traditional Teaching Process, Performance,
and the Musical Features
2.
Understanding the Lure of Qin:
rituals and techniques
3.
Construction of Qin Instrument;
the Notation; and Etudes 1 and 2
4.
Guanju (1) (關睢一)
5.
Guanju (2) (關睢二); Etudes 3 and 4
6.
Xian-Ong
Tsao
(仙翁操) (1)
7.
Xian-Ong
Tsao
(仙翁操) (2)
8.
Quiz
9.
Qiufeng
Tsu
(秋風詞) (1)
10.
Qiufeng
Tsu
(秋風詞) (2)
11.
Guanshan
Yue
(關山月) (1)
12.
Guanshan
Yue
(關山月) (2)
13.
Aesthetics of Null and Truth In
and Beyond Qin Music
14.
Appreciation of Qin Music
15.
Review
16.
TBA
Assignment
1.
Hand Coping of Qin Notation and
Trancription
Practicing and Performing a piece of
one’s
choice