YES YES I tried an acoustic one in Hongkong ,<br>not super easy to play but i supposed that I was playing with one not really tuned ...<br>This instrument with some humberker could be fun I guess :)<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 11:56 PM, The Dong <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dong@f2s.com">dong@f2s.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I don't know when, but costs should be about £60 or so and some weeks of<br>
careful work:<br>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywu1DeqXTg4&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywu1DeqXTg4&feature=related</a><br>
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Ooops, sorry that's the wrong link ;)<br>
This is probably the most famous clip of the instrument, about 1:35 in:<br>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTsKEgUJyUQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTsKEgUJyUQ</a><br>
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Generally called a Guqin, not a very common instrument, nor so easy to<br>
get exact info on, but hey, it's based on harmonics/pentatonic and is a<br>
fretless instrument. Difficult to find well recorded stuff, here's some<br>
not so good sound, but:<br>
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<a href="http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTA5ODY1Mg==.html" target="_blank">http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTA5ODY1Mg==.html</a><br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKNeParT2eQ&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKNeParT2eQ&feature=related</a><br>
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Worth building? :)<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Romain<br>