Our goal is to popularize Chinese music, Chinese culture, Chinese art, especially the Guzheng music, in the world. We believe in that music is a human heritage which can be shared and enjoyed by all. Currently, we provide several training, education programs for the instruments in which we have specialist experience. The first one is Guzheng, a famous Chinese 21-stringed instrument with history of 2500 years. Other instruments include Guqin, Erhu, Pipa, Hulusi, Dizi and Xiao. Our mission is to introduce and promote a greater understanding and appreciation of traditional Chinese music and culture, to all kinds of people, young and old, male and female.

Generally, there's one lesson one week, and one lesson is an hour long. For most students, one one-hour lesson per week is enough, because much practice is required after calss. But, for sure, if a student want a fast progress and if he/she can guarantee enough practice, he/she can take two or more lessons per week.

We organize three months as a term (12 or 13 weeks). Generally, the students need to pay the tuition one week before a term starts, so that the teacher can make their teaching plan and schedule and reserve the time for students. Or, if a student does not want the fixed schedule, he/she can also contact the teacher and book the time of next lesson, before that lession starts. But the tuition will be little higher.

And Note again: To learn musical instrument needs practice and repeat.

Guzheng education programs

Private class

Private class is the most effective way to learn, but expensive. In private class, the teacher receives student's feedback quickly. Based on his background and progress, private class offers a personalized learning plan and pace that is tuned to a student in particular, which usually means an accelerated learning pace over group classes.

one-to-one class: one-to-one means one teacher and one student in the class. This is the most effective and typical class, especiall for mid to advanced level students. Or, for beginning students who want a quick progress and pace, this is the highly recommended class.

one-to-two class: one-to-two means one teacher and two students in the class. This is a tradeoff compared with one-to-one and group class. The tuition is lower than one-to-one calss but higher than group calss, learning effect is better than group class but inferior than one-to-one class.

lovers class: lovers class means one teacher and two students in the class, but the two students are lovers. This is a very interesting class. Imagine that, your lover and you come to class together and learn guzheng together and practice guzheng together and help and appreicate each other. Then, you will love each other much more.

Group class

Group class with 3-6 or more students is only appliable for begineers. The learning pace and effect in group class is more inferior than private class, although the tuition is lower. That is obvious, becasue in group class there're so many students to take care, it's difficult for the teacher to receive every student's feedback in time and give personalized instructions. But, group class has advantage of its own, anyway:

    · place small pressure on student at class. The students learn guzheng as a amateur interest and they don't care the slow progress. So, they can enjoy the leisure.

    · help the students to build up the spirit of team work. Not every one has the same sense on music. Some may learn faster, while some slower. So, they need to help each other to catch on the schedule as a whole.

    · Generally speaking, for foreigners, they need more time to understand the background and context of Chinese music and culture. So, they need more discussion in class.

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About Guzheng

Other Chinese instrument education programs

Guqin(古琴, or the qin): the ancient seven string Chinese zither with metal strings wrapped with nylon, played by sliding the fingernail up the strings. It originally had five strings, and was called the qin, meaning "instrument," or "stringed instrument"; and the term "gu" means ancient. The standard tuning (listed in the key of C) is G-A-C-D-E-G-A. Another very common tuning (for the key of F) is C-D-F-G-A-C-D, and there are many others.

Music Sample: MeiHuaSanNong(梅花三弄)

Erhu(二胡): the Chinese two string violin with metal strings, tuned a fifth interval apart, to D and A, or sometimes to C and G. "Huqin" is the name for this family of Chinese bowed instruments; and "qin" is the general name for an instrument. It is called nanju (or the nanhu 南胡 ) by Cantonese and Taiwan people.

Music Sample: ErQuanYingYue(二泉映月)

Pipa(琵琶): The four string Chinese fretted lute, with metal strings, and occasionally with silk strings. It is tuned G-C-D-G, or A-D-E-A

Music Sample: ShiMianManFu(十面埋伏)

Hulusi(葫蘆絲): made of bamboo or another plant such as straw grass, and played like a mouth organ, blown both in and out. Shuangguan Hulusi is the double-reed hulusi.

Music Sample:

Dizi(笛子): the horizonal side-blown bamboo flute.

Music Sample: HeTangYueSe(荷塘月色)

Xiao(簫, or the Hsiao) - the vertical bamboo flute.

Music Sample: ZhuangTaiQiuSi(妆台秋思)