oud_laud_luth_lute_liuto - 6-28-2005 at 06:11 AM
"The PIPA is a four stringed lute with a pear-shaped body. Its short, bent neck has 30 frets which extend onto the soundboard, offering a wide range
(3.5 octavos). This instrument appears in texts dating up to the second century B.C. There are a lot of written texts of the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220
AD) about pipa music played and the stories that inspired the composition for those pipa pieces. Since the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the pipa is one of
the most popular Chinese instruments, and has maintained its appeal in solo as well as chamber genres. The pipa technique is characterised by
spectacular finger dexterity and virtuosi programmatic effects. Rolls, slaps, pizzicato, harmonics and noises are often combined into extensive tone
poems vividly describing famous battles or other exciting scenes. The instrument is also capable of more lyrical effects in pieces inspired by poetry,
landscapes and historical themes. Pipa music has been loved by Chinese people through centuries and there used to be a large repertoire of pipa music,
a lot of them were lost, and some of them were handed down from generation to generation through individual artists and scholars."
Video 1:
http://www.philmultic.com/liufang/video/bawang03.wmv
Video 2:
http://216.19.71.27/liufang/video/liufang_yidance_1.WMV
Jonathan - 6-28-2005 at 07:22 AM
There was another thread on this, also with a very cool video:
http://mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=2063#pid12905
oud_laud_luth_lute_liuto - 6-28-2005 at 08:39 AM
Thanks Jonathan 
MPipa3:
http://www.chinakongzi.com/2550/eng/music/music/pipa/yangchbx.mp3
http://www.chinakongzi.com/2550/eng/music/music/pipa/yizuwq.mp3
http://www.chinakongzi.com/2550/eng/music/music/pipa/hangongqy.mp3
http://www.chinakongzi.com/2550/eng/music/music/pipa/zizhd.mp3
http://www.chinakongzi.com/2550/eng/music/music/pipa/yuexhwu.mp3
http://www.chinakongzi.com/2550/eng/music/music/pipa/jinskwu.mp3
http://www.chinakongzi.com/2550/eng/music/music/pipa/ganhuahui.mp3
Stefan Andalus - 6-28-2005 at 09:22 AM
I had the priveledge and delight, while serving as Director of Education for the Seattle Symphony, of spending a week escorting the greatest pipa
player in the world, Wu Man, to various concert and recital venues. We became friends. When played by a genius(she's the equivalent of Ravi Shankar,
Ustad Ali Akhbar Khan, Mounir Bachir, etc.) the instrument is capable of a gigantic range of dynamics, texture, and emotion - from battle scenes of
clashing swords against armor and the screaming of dying horses and men, to gentle moonlit reveries. AWESOME!!!!!!
eliot - 6-28-2005 at 09:36 AM
If you get a chance, check out qin music - though the qin is a board zither, it's more similar in tone to an oud. The bends and ornaments in classical
qin music are simply stunning!
Qin
oud_laud_luth_lute_liuto - 6-28-2005 at 10:29 AM
Hi Eliot,
I know the Qin very well
listen here:
http://www.chinakongzi.com/2550/eng/music/music/guqin/gaoshan.mp3
http://www.chinakongzi.com/2550/eng/music/music/guqin/guguanyshen.m...
http://www.chinakongzi.com/2550/eng/music/music/guqin/kongziduy.mp3
http://www.chinakongzi.com/2550/eng/music/music/guqin/peilan.mp3
http://www.chinakongzi.com/2550/eng/music/music/guqin/qiushui.mp3
http://www.chinakongzi.com/2550/eng/music/music/guqin/taoyuan.mp3
http://www.chinakongzi.com/2550/eng/music/music/guqin/zuiyucw.mp3
ciao
Claudio
Qin
oud_laud_luth_lute_liuto - 6-28-2005 at 10:36 AM
hey Stefan...you're a Lucky man!
Pipa Oud Duett
Feynfou - 6-29-2005 at 02:15 AM
Hello Friends,
I find the Idea of the Pipa really great, I my self listen very much to Chinese and Indie Music (besides OUD of course!)
Here are 2 tracks from the CD of (my teacher!) Farhan Sabbagh with Liu Fang; when Oud meets Pipa it gives this:
http://rapidshare.de/files/2674667/Ferhan_Sabbagh_-_Track_1.mp3.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/2675439/Ferhan_Sabbagh_-_Track_5.mp3.html
Please let me know if you have any Problems with downloading the Files (!! they are ~ 10 Mb)
Enjoy
pipa oud duet
mustafa - 6-29-2005 at 07:20 PM
hi everyone i tried to download the two pipa files but it just sent me to a file sharing page. Help?
oud_laud_luth_lute_liuto - 6-29-2005 at 10:21 PM
Hi Feynfou,
many thanks for the two tracks, can you upload the FULL CD with rapidshare? 
ciao
Claudio
David Parfitt - 6-30-2005 at 02:32 AM
Does anyone have any other solo pipa CDs they would like to share?
David
oud_laud_luth_lute_liuto - 6-30-2005 at 05:23 AM
Dear David I've many solo pipa Cds...I'd like trade with your Ghassan Bashir's CD 
Ciao
Claudio
David Parfitt - 6-30-2005 at 05:26 AM
Hi Claudio
Maybe you could send me a list of pipa CDs you have (and oud CDs you would like!) via email: david@oud.eclipse.co.uk
Best wishes
David
oud_laud_luth_lute_liuto - 6-30-2005 at 05:30 AM
OK David
good idea!!!
JIANG TING
oud_laud_luth_lute_liuto - 7-5-2005 at 08:24 AM
young pipa player
http://rapidshare.de/files/2798745/Track_No01.mp3.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/2798953/Track_No02.mp3.html
select "free" and wait 70 seconds