Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.00.1409221853160.3881@panix2.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Qins and Azure
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:55:19 -0400 (EDT)
Qins and Azure http://www.alansondheim.org/qins5.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/qins.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/azqin1.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/azqin2.mp3 The two qins played together, stereo-separated. With open strings, I play them simultaneously; with harmonics or stopped strings I play one after another, one lending itself to another, one giving itself over to another. Resonance between the instruments is everywhere, everywhere. The harmony of the world begins here. (No added effects.) Qin with Azure Carter, voice and songs. The difficulty with qin is playing without accompaniment, but playing coherently, inhabiting the same space. We're performing two pieces with qin live this Saturday; in the meantime, there's this. And my playing - and the qin itself - might go horribly wrong!