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This instrument has 13 finger positions called huī (“hway”), which can be lightly depressed to produce harmonics. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this instrument plucked with the fingertips and nails, mastery of which was one of the four arts of ancient China. This instrument is considered a less accessible variant of the gǔzhēng (“goo-jung”).
ANSWER: gǔqín (“goo-cheen”) [or qīxián qín (“chee-shen cheen”); prompt on qín (“cheen”)]
[10e] The gǔqín (“goo-cheen”) belongs to this family of instruments characterized by a series of plucked strings against a flat body. In Western music, this kind of instrument features in the waltz “Tales from the Vienna Woods.”
ANSWER: zither [reject “cythara” or “kithára”]
[10h] Both this work for gǔqín and its companion piece Gāoshān were legendarily played by Bó Yá for his zhīyīn (“jurr-yeen”), a woodcutter friend. Guǎn Pínghú’s recording of this piece was included on the Voyager Golden Record.
ANSWER: “Liúshuǐ” (“lee-YOH-shway”) [or “Falling Water” or “Flowing Water” or “Flowing Stream”; accept equivalent translations describing water in motion]
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