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Balalaika
Banjo
By early 17th century, black slaves brought banjo from West Africa to plantations in North America.(L) Hee Haw
(The brunette at the middle back is Barbi Benton.)
(R) Dueling banjos in the "Deliverance" (1972 movie)
Lute
(R) archlute
(L) theorbo (R) castrato
(R) cittern and others
Sitar
George Harrison learnt sitar from maestro Ravi Shankar,
and introduced it on "Norwegian Wood".
Zither
(L) Moscow Nights
(R) Theme from The Third Man (1949 movie)
《倩女幽魂》- 作曲填詞 : 黃霑
Pipa
(R) 《阳春白雪》Bright Spring, White Snow
Please note the finger skills playing this well-known piece on pipa, whilst visualizing early spring’s sunshine on white snow.
(R) 《十面埋伏》Ambush from All Sides
The pipa concerto is from the perspective of the Prince of Han, finishing off his strong rival Prince of Chu once and for all. Han's chief commander, Han Xin, divided 300,000 into ten armies to form ten coupled ambushes.
《霸王卸甲》The Overlord Unarms pipa concerto
2200 yeas ago in China, overlord Prince of Chu (楚王项羽) and rival Prince of Han (汉王刘邦) signed a truce treaty. As the Chu army withdrew, the Han army launched a surprise and fatal raid. This pipa concerto is about the Prince of Chu losing his last battle.
* In section 11 of 16, he sadly bid Concubine Yu farewell, who was both a beauty and a warrior, accompanying him from battles to battles. She killed herself after her sword dance performance.
* In the last section, peace was restored; the Han army was going home (with the head of the Prince of Chu who also killed himself, and with the Chu troops dead all over the battlefield).
敦煌 舞韻各藝術家 從敦煌壁畫揣摩 憑功力和想像力 圖創千多二千年前的舞蹈(包括反彈琵琶)和音樂(新疆维吾尔族的十二木卡姆)。
Shamisen or samisen (三味線)
3-stringed Japanese “guitar”
Early Strings
(L) Forerunner of Three Choirs Festival founded
in Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester, England
(R) Theme from the Game of Thrones
Viola d'Amore (1774) 6- or 7-stringed viola
(L) 18th-Century German Bass Lute
(R) English-made Bass Viol (1713)
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