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Let's Play Guqin! app for iPhone and iPad


4.1 ( 6851 ratings )
Music Education
Developer: 梅 吴
2.99 USD
Current version: 1.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 10 Feb 2013
App size: 5.08 Mb

This app is a simulation of the real 7-strings Guqin[古琴]. Get to know this Chinese ancient stringed musical instrument in the most intuitive way on iPad/iPhone. Recommend on iPad!

- Use fingers various changes on the strings to play Open String, Harmonics, Sliding Tones and String Stopped - the same as playing a real Guqin!
** 5 demos of basic playing techniques, from step-by-step watch the demos to play it by your own.
** Choose between two Guqins with different timbres.

Guqin is a quiet and special musical instrument with a very long history. Since it was invented, hundreds of fingerings and various playing techniques have been developed. Basically there are three kinds of sounds by different playing techniques:
- Open string: pluck the string with one hand. The sound is scattered and open.
- Harmonics: touch the string with the left hand but lift quickly, also pluck with the right hand. The sound becomes clear and crisp.
- Pressing the string with the left hand, pluck with the right hand. in the moment can do more with the left hand to create special sound effect, such as Stopped-string, Sliding-tones... etc.

http://www.modebiz.com/videos/#playguqin