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Chinese Qin Music/mp3s

I have made available a small sample of qin tunes here in mp3 format, including some historic melodies from the qin playing greats of the 20th century (Wu Jing-lue, Guan Ping-hu, Zha Fu-xi, Xu Li-sun).

Wu Jing-lue: Xiao-Xiang-Shui-Yun
Water and Clouds over the Xiao-Xiang Rivers (mp3)
Wu Jing-lue: Yu-Qiao-Wen-Da
Conversation Between The Fisherman and The Woodcutter (mp3)
Wu Jing-lue: Pu-An-Jou
The Monk Pu An's Chant (mp3)
Guan Ping-hu: Guangling san
Guangling san (mp3)
Guan Ping-hu: Liu-shui
Flowing Water (mp3)
Guan Ping-hu: Li-sao
The Lament (mp3)
Guan Ping-hu: Ping-sha-luo-yan
Wild Geese Descending on the Sandbank (mp3)
Zha Fu-xi: Dzui-yu-chang-wan
Drunken Fisherman's Evening Song, from a hand-copied manuscript (mp3)
Yao Bing-yan Chu ge
Song of Chu
Xu Li-sun: Sao-shou-wen-tien
Scratching One's Head And Asking Heaven, from the Mei-an qin-pu (mp3)
Xu Li-sun: Dao-yi
Pounding Cloth, from the Mei-an qin-pu (mp3)
Wang Zhen-hua (my first teacher): Yu-Qiao-Wen-Da
from Qin-xue-ru-men, Taibei (mp3)
Wang Zhen-hua: Qui-qu-lai-ci
Returning Home After Resigning, from Yan-yi-xi-qin-zhai-qin-pu, Taibei (mp3)
Wu Zong-han: Feng-lei-yin
Invocation of Wind and Thunder, from the Mei-an-qin-pu (mp3)
Tao Zhusheng: Mei-hua-san-nong
Plum Blossoms Three Variations (mp3)

Videos - Guqin

Lui Pui-yuen - Liu Shui
Wu Zhaoji - Ouluwangji
Yuan Zhongping - dapu of Chuge
Chen Changlin - Aoai
Li Xiangting - Guanglingsan
Gong Yi - Xiaoxiangshuiyun
Tao Zhusheng - Meian Pingshaluoyan
Li Cun qin/xiao duet - Meihua sannong

My Own Recordings

And a few recordings of myself, one from the late 70s and the rest on youtube from more recent times. See the channel

youtube guqin recordings

for my recordings and a CD. There are also a few recordings of interest on

soundcloud guqin and guitar recordings

including a guqin recording made in China in the 1930s.

Xiao-xiang-shui-yun
Water and Clouds over the Xiao-Xiang Rivers, recorded in the late 70s in Seattle - silk-string qin, (mp3)
Youtube/My composition - Journey to Hawaii
The following is not a Ch'in melody, but a computer composition that borrows motif/themes from the Ch'in melody known as Xiao-xiang-shui-yun. It was composed and recorded approximately 1988 and released on a alternative label under the title "Jade Guitar".
Dragons on the Mountain (mp3)