I hope it's allowed to post youtube links here. if not, I'm sorry.
My friend sent me a link of a blind man in my city playing a folk song, "The Mulberry Fields (of Qin)" on a traditional instrument. In my opinion, he plays pretty well.
This instrument is not easy to play, even for those who are sighted. Each finger has four basic plucking techniques (push, strike, hook, or rub), and the left hand can be used to "bend" the pitches a half step up or down. A complete list of techniques is here, and even after modern notation was established, there was a sort of oral tradition that came along with many songs about how they should be properly played.
What instruments or songs are typical of your country/culture/nation/tradition?
My friend sent me a link of a blind man in my city playing a folk song, "The Mulberry Fields (of Qin)" on a traditional instrument. In my opinion, he plays pretty well.
This instrument is not easy to play, even for those who are sighted. Each finger has four basic plucking techniques (push, strike, hook, or rub), and the left hand can be used to "bend" the pitches a half step up or down. A complete list of techniques is here, and even after modern notation was established, there was a sort of oral tradition that came along with many songs about how they should be properly played.
What instruments or songs are typical of your country/culture/nation/tradition?