Chinese Guqin playing and Notation

Pei-You Chang

Influences:
Guqin culture is deeply influenced by Confucianism and Taoism. By Chinese geographical division, several styles of Guqin schools has been developed. The northern Chinese Guqin style is more expressive and unconstrained, the southern Chinese Guqin style is more delicate and contained. Peiyou's Guqin style is following the southern Chinese Guqin style and mostly influenced by Master Wu Zhao-Ji (1908-1997) from Suzho, China

Bio:
Peiyou Chang was born in Taipei, Taiwan. At age 3 her father put her in front of a piano and that started her music education. At age 8 she studied Guzheng. However she gave up both piano and Guzheng while under the pressure of entering college. At age 30, the 3rd year after she moved to New York, she revived her music life with the love of Guqin music. She has been studying the Guqin since 2000, and was taught by Mr. Yuan Jung-Ping.

Most of the Guqin pieces that Peiyou plays are 300 to 500 years old. She started to compose her own qin pieces in November 2008, and the first piece she composed is "The Great Nature is Waning," inspired by the Taoist master Zhuang Zi.

Peiyou has participated in numerous qin performances and activities in New York, Taiwan and China. She is giving Guqin private lessons in NYC and Rahway NJ.

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