I'm probably the only European-American in Arizona who plays Sanxian

Pretty sure I'm the only person in the world who plays Bass, Sanxian and Guqin (and sorta Native American Flute)

Pretty sure I'm the only one who plays the Sanxian upside down

#Sanxian #三弦

I'm realizing one weak spot in my Sanxian technique is my tremolo. I've always been very conservative of my right-hand energy, and my melodic style does not involve repeating quick notes so I entail quick pulls offs and hammer ons but bit my much vibrato and very little tremolo. My melodic style is more...I don't know how to say it, but I'm moving around much more than that. but watching sanxian masters, those techniques are much more how they play....#Sanxian #Tremolo #vibrato #三弦 #musician

Excited

I used some violin rosin to stiffen the tuning mechanism of my Guqin and it's now playable

I got some metal finger picks and i can now play my sanxian every bit as expressive and fast as I play bass guitar, and with volume #sanxian #guqin #三弦 #古琴 #guqin #Musician

Yesterday was "bass" day

Today is "sanxian day"

#Musician #Bassist #Sanxian #BassGuitar #BassPlayer #三弦

冯少先/黑龙江省歌舞剧院民族乐团-"黑土歌" (Song Of the Black Earth"

I'm not sure if anyone else will appreciate this but I found it a fascinating example of traditional Sanxian technique and style

#Sanxian #ChineseMusic #Music #音乐 #中国音乐 #三弦

https://youtu.be/rRYdsxRI0Hw?si=cKAKeDMZKoaa51kx

Can’t sleep at 2:30 am so enjoying some Miso Soup and playing my Sanxian

#Insomnia #MisoSoup #UpLate #Music #musicians #Sanxian #三弦

Ergh, been reading bass clef all week learning metal tunes for an audition so took a break with my sanxian and was reading treble clef as bass clef from habit and wondering why everything sounded off

#Bassist #BassPlayer #Musician #Sanxian #Music #三弦

Finished my backing tracks and guide melody tracks of my latest project. It's a cover of a Jia Peng Fang piece in a very traditional Chinese style. He's an Erhu Master and I'm just a Sanxian beginner so...should be fun

I'm resting a bit on my last original piece. The arrangement is done and it's fairly involved so I'm mulling over some compositional treatments

#Music #Musician #China #ChineseMusic #三弦 #中国音乐

Thursday's rehearsal with "Purple Bamboo" was my first with the Sanxian. It was quite a challenge in ways I never expected. Playing with an ensemble on a instrument with variable tuning was part of it but I had also learned the songs differently from everybody else. Between those two, I was constantly struggling to find my place

Was still a lot of fun and I learned a lot

#ChineseMusic #中国音乐 #三弦 #Sanxian

My stable, my weapons, my joy

#Music #Bass #BassGuitar #Sanxian #三弦