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Wu Fei"s Music Daily

An original piece of music every weekday from genre-bending composer, guzheng virtuoso, and vocalist Wu Fei. Concerts & tour info on www.wufeimusic.com wufeimusic.substack.com

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8:01

#853 — Valiha zigzag 瓦里哈之醉

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/09/08

Yesterday, I created my third composition on the valiha - a tube zither from Madagascar. I recorded this piece on two tracks interacting with each other. The valiha is considered the "national instrument" of Madagascar. Thanks to my friends Tasha and David for letting me explore and swim in the glorious sound waves of their valiha. Hope this piece brings you a moment of joy! Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.com | hellogoldmountain.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other

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4:04

#849 — Two geese clicking 鹅碰鹅

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/09/01

This multitrack prepared guzheng + spoken vocal was composed and recorded, performed by me. A prepared instrument is a string instrument has had its sounds temporarily altered by placing bolts, screws, mutes, rubber erasers, and/or other objects on or between the strings. I used three metal key chain rings on D, A, G strings. The Chinese tongue twister in the piece is: “天上一只鹅，地上一只鹅。鹅飞鹅打，鹅碰鹅。A goose in the sky, a goose on the ground. A goose flies, a goose attacks. Goose bumps into goose.” I have

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7:31

#845 — Waking up the crabapple 秋醒 . 野山楂

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/08/28

This multitrack guzheng piece was created and recorded yesterday after spotting a rare fall blossom of the crabapple tree in my front yard (photo below). This is the first time for me to see this tree flowering in later summer / early fall since I moved to this house in Nashville several years ago. Crabapple usually blossom in bright pink in early April for about two weeks. I had to look it up to get an answer of this strange phenomenon: From an article called “What causes flowers to bloom in the

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6:31

#844 — The big girl is flying 美洲虎妞

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/08/25

I composed and recorded this three-track guzheng piece yesterday in the middle of a very humid and hot day in Nashville. The inspiration came from seeing a big female tiger swallowtail butterfly in the forest (photo below). They have been coming back every summer, which makes me happy. One interesting fact about living in the forest is that incests and plants don’t always come back every year. Many of them are good for the enrichment. For example, I have not seen ladybugs returning to the forest for

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9:13

#840 — Red mountain witches 山巫红

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/08/21

I recorded this two-track guzheng piece yesterday. Both of the tracks were improvised in one long take without any time signature. It was a new approach for overdubbing that I’ve been experimenting. I often end up in a zone that it wasn’t set up intentionally when I laid down the first track. Having an absolute open beginning and zero plan from the moment I sat down in front of my instrument has led me to many unexpected paths in the most satisfying results. Lately, there has been quite a lot of

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9:57

#839 — Guzheng night song 60 古筝夜曲第六十号

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/08/18

This solo guzheng piece was recorded yesterday, performed by me. Lately, I have been sorting old family photos over the internet with my relatives in Beijing. I come from a big family from my father’s side. Most of my relatives still live there. The Wu family tree goes back to at least six generations in Beijing. Everyone has been very close. As my uncles and aunts getting older, several of them passed away in the past a few years. Since covid, I have felt a sense of urgency to make a record of

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5:32

#835 — Walking with Afra 阿法漫步

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/08/14

This three-track guzheng piece was composed and recorded yesterday, performed by me. A month ago, I visited my dear friends in the ancient town of Ondarroa in the Basque Country in northern Spain. The road and the buildings (photo below) have been there for more than 1100 years. My friend’s mother Afra is 89 years old, a costume jewelry designer from Milano who married a Basque sportsman who was a pelota champion. During the entire Francois Spanish (1939 - 1975), this family was completely separated

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4:40

#834 — Concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/08/11

Dear all and friends in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historical trip of the Philadelphia Orchestra to China in 1973, I am honored to perform with the orchestra presenting my work “Hello Gold Mountain 同舟” on September 21, Thursday in Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC presented by Carolina Performing Arts. Second half of the evening is Beethoven Symphony No.6. It feels great to open for Beethoven! Details & tickets:

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6:16

#830 — The pipes 管风

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/08/07

This three-track guzheng composition was created and recorded yesterday, performed by me. I played around with tone colors again on rapid chord plucking patterns. Last month, I was in Rouen, France visiting family members. One of the historical landmarks there is the Rouen Cathedral. As I stepped in the big door, someone was playing Bach on a church pipe organ. The sound was so powerful that my arms got goose bumps. My hair felt like it was actually standing up. My 8-year old child kept asking me

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5:45

#829 — Let the scientist play 爱因斯坦逗

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/08/04

I had fun creating and recording this 3-track guzheng composition yesterday while it was raining outside in Nashville. Before music was became serious in my childhood, I thought about becoming a scientist. Albert Einstein wished he’d be a musician if he wasn’t a scientist. I would’ve loved to have met him and play silly! Hope it brings you a moment of joy into the weekend! Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus

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6:41

#825 — Blue roses 蓝玫

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/07/31

This composition was composed and recorded on 3-track prepared-guzheng, performed by me. Musical instruments whose timbre has been altered by placing various objects (preparations) on or between the instrument's vibrating strings (or other sound source). In this piece, I used four metal key chain rings to be attached on four different strings - one ring on one string. The sound that may sound like a “gong” would be the prepared strings. Two weeks ago, I visited the Museum of Illusions in Montréal

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6:18

#824 — Whalemen 鲸人

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/07/28

I composed and recorded this piece on three-track guzheng yesterday. Most of the pitches are played open string harmonics. It means I lay my left fingers lightly on the strings at the exact half way point of the total length of each strings. And then I use my right hand to pluck the strings to get the pitches that are an octave higher than the actual strings. Playing in such a way not only gives me all the overtones (an octave above), it also gives me a half-muted sound effect caused by my left

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5:02

#820 — A mid summer night in Rouen 鲁昂仲夏夜

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/07/24

This multitrack guzheng composition was created and recorded yesterday. Last week, I was visiting my cousin and her husband in Rouen, France. They have been living there for more than 30 years. They were thrilled to have family members to visit them from overseas since we are all scattered around the world living in different continents. They took us all over the place to see local sights. One was the Rouen Cathedral— the Cathédrale Primatiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen. Every summer, the

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4:48

#819 — Mendexa zither 曼得沙筝

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/07/21

This multitrack guzheng piece was composed and recorded yesterday, inspired by my a zither made by my friend Xabier Irinodo, an Italian musician and instrument inventor. In 2006, I played at Xabier’s music shop called Sound Metak in central Milano. That was my first time seeing this zither (photo below) made by him. Two weeks ago, I stayed with Xabier’s family in their holiday home in Mendexa in the Basque Country of Spain. What a happy reunion for me and the zither! I started to sing into the

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9:32

#818 — Satur and Aran 萨特与阿兰

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/07/20

Dear all,I have finally returned home in Nashville, Tennessee. Thank you for your patience. My holiday was extended by three extra days by the cancellation (Air Canada) of my return flight from Montréal to Nashville that was supposed to bring me home last Saturday. My family and I were stuck in Montréal until Tuesday. However, we were lucky to turn the stressful situation into another holiday in Montréal. I am still in awe of the beauty of the French speaking city! Today’s solo guzheng improvisation

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17:29

#817 — Steaming 日上蒸

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/07/03

This solo guzheng improvisation was recorded yesterday after a couple of days of stormy and steamy weather in Nashville. I had no power for a whole night because of the strong wind and rain on Friday. The city was extremely quiet and calm after the storm knocked out the power. I was surprised how many noises were in the house when the electricity was on all the time. When I sat down to record this piece, I recaptured the feeling I had surrounded by silence for many hours. As a modern human, I feel

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6:09

#816 — Humming in three 三舞蜂姿

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/06/30

This guzheng waltz was composed and recorded yesterday, named after a humming bird drinking in the feeder in front of my window (photo below). What an amazing creature it is! I heard the sound of its wings flapping which intrigued me to imitate the sound from my fingers’ plucking. Hope this piece brings you fun energy into your weekend! Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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5:53

#812 — Silverleaf night song 白银之夜

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/06/26

This night song was composed and recorded on two-track guzheng yesterday. I used the form of a baroque minuet as an intro in the piece. A minuet is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3/4 time. The English word was adapted from the Italian minuetto and the French menuet.The term also describes the musical form that accompanies the dance, which subsequently developed more fully, often with a longer musical form called the minuet and trio, and was much used as a movement in the

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12:15

#811 — Concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra announced

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/06/23

Dear all,A childhood dream is coming true for me: The Philadelphia Orchestra will perform my symphony orchestral composition Hello Gold Mountain 同舟, presented by Carolina Performing Arts featuring me on guzheng/voice and oud master Shanir Blumenkranz (Silk Road Ensemble). Time : September 21, 19:00pmVenue: Memorial Hall, UNC Chapel Hill, North CarolinaHello Gold Mountain is inspired by real stories of Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai from Europe before and during World War II, and built lives in

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4:55

#807 — Man of the earth 野马藤

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/06/19

This composition was created and recorded yesterday on two-track guzheng, inspired by the wild potato vine (photo below). They are blossoming on the hills near my home in Nashville. Yesterday was Father’s Day. What a wonderful coincidence that a nickname of the plant is called Man of the Earth! Happy Father’s Day! Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wufeimusic.substack.com/subscribe

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