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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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5:24

Cotton Fish Cloud

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/07/10

Hi everyone,Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 67th episode —Cotton Fish Cloud. It was recorded yesterday. Hope this track will bring you a moment of peace. Wu Fei 吴非wufeimusic.comThe sky right outside of my home studio the moment when I finished this piece. 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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7:01

Rabbit on the road

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/07/06

Hi everyone,Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 63rd episode —Rabbit on the road. It was recorded yesterday. Hope you enjoy it!Wu Fei 吴非wufeimusic.comA photo from yesterday — wild rosepink, a native flower of Nashville. 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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5:44

Amazing Grace

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/07/04

Hi everyone,Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 61st episode — Amazing Grace. For my American friends, happy July 4th! Hope this track will bring you a moment of peace.Wu Fei 吴非wufeimusic.comWe celebrated my father’s first birthday in the US yesterday. As a Chinese tradition, we had peaches for him. Happy birthday dad and USA! 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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4:57

A Chameleon In Iceland

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/07/03

Hi everyone,Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 61st episode — A Chameleon In Iceland. It was recorded in late April this year during the early time of Nashville’s lockdown. Hope you enjoy it and stay safe wherever you are!Wu Fei 吴非wufeimusic.comI saw this flower from an American tulip tree on the day of this recording during a hike on the hills of west Nashville. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus

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3:13

Gymnopédie 1

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/07/02

Hi everyone,Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 60th episode —Gymnopédie 1. It was recorded yesterday on vocals and guzheng performed by me. This composition of Erik Satie has been one of my favorite classical work of the 20th century. Hope you enjoy it!Wu Fei 吴非wufeimusic.comIf you have children, this book is wonderful! 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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4:11

Gulibita

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/06/30

Hi everyone,Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 58th episode — Gulibita. It was recorded yesterday. Instrumentation: guzheng, sanxian, hand drum and vocals all performed and arranged by me. Listen to this track on a headphone if you can. I knew this song as Why Is The Rose So Red (花儿为什么这样红) from childhood from a famous Chinese movie from 1963, Visitors on the Icy Mountain (冰山上的来客). As far as I can find out, the melody is adapted from a Tajik folk song. Gulibita is a girl’s

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8:56

Summertime

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/06/29

Hi everyone,Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 57th episode —Summertime. George Gershwin’s Summertime has been one of my favorite American tunes. It was recorded yesterday on a steamy hot day in Nashville. Hope you are all doing well and staying safe!Wu Fei 吴非wufeimusic.com Queen Anne’s lace in west Nashville 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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5:32

24 Carrots

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/06/28

Hi everyone,Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 57th episode — 24 Carrots. It was recorded yesterday. It’s my first time playing to programmed tracks and arrange live tracks and programmed tracks together. I had a lot fun doing it. Learning is the best! Hope you enjoy it!Wu Fei 吴非wufeimusic.com Healthy and delicious! 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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3:09

The Royal Groom

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/06/26

Hi everyone,Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 55th episode — The Royal Groom 女驸马。It was recorded yesterday. All parts are performed by me. The song is from Huangmei Opera, a form of rural folksong and dance from Anhui Province that has been in existence for the last 200 years. It is one of the most famous and mainstream opera in China. You can read more about Huangmei Opera here. The song in the recording is one of the best known pieces from a famous opera called

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6:14

Pico de Orizaba

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/06/22

Hi everyone,Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 51st episode —Pico de Orizaba. I wrote this song and recorded yesterday. I met a new friend on zoom yesterday whose life story touched me very much. He is from Mexico. In this song, he and his family reunite at the foothills of Pico de Orizaba mountain, and they reached the top together! There is an old Chinese phrase —父爱如山, the love of a father is like a mountain. Hope you are connecting to you loved ones!Wu Fei

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1:59

Guerrillas' Song

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/06/21

Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 50th episode —Guerrillas' Song 游击队之歌。Happy Father’s Day everyone (this time for real — this was my last tune about Father’s Day a week early!I recorded it yesterday with my father. He plays the sanxian on this one. Guerrillas' Song 游击队之歌 was a very popular song in China when I was a child. Until yesterday, both my father and I thought it was a Chinese tune. But we found out it is actually an old British military marching song called "The

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9:02

She Huo 社火

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/06/19

Hi everyone,Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 48th episode — She Huo 社火。This recording is featured in my chamber ensemble album YUAN (2008, Tzadik Records) .Music and poem composed by Wu Fei.Performed by Percussions Claviers de Lyon (France).Pipa: Pan Eqing 潘娥青, Guzheng/Voice: Wu Fei.Written for Guzheng, Pipa, Voice, Marimbas (4), Vibraphones (2), Tom-Toms, Temple Blocks, Tambourine, Triangles, Singing Bowls & Chinese Gongs.Recorded live in concert at The Forbidden

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6:04

The Cicada Suite

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/06/15

Hi everyone,Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 44th episode —The Cicada Suite.It was recorded by Martin Rawlins in 2010 in Beijing. Hope you are having a good start of a new week!Wu Fei 吴非 Summer 2009, a hiking trip on the Great Wall in Miyun District in Beijing 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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2:34

Lychee Time

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/06/12

Hi everyone,Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 41st episode — Lychee Time .It was recorded yesterday. I played a sanxian (southern style Chinese traditional 3-string fretless lute). I used the gourd as a drum & did all the vocals myself. Hope you are having a good Friday!Wu Fei 吴非wufeimusic.comMy 小三弦 sanxian used in the recording. 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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3:09

These Cats and Those Cats

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/06/10

Hi everyone,Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 39th episode — These Cats and Those Cats. It was recorded yesterday using my voice and an iPhone. I had a lot of fun making this track. The words in the recording are below. It basically means it’s an old bias that mice are afraid of cats. 老鼠怕猫，这是谣言。一只小猫，有啥可怕？壮起鼠胆，把猫打翻。千古偏见，一定推翻！黑猫还是白猫啊？家猫还是野猫啊？Hope you are having a good week!Wu Fei 吴非wufeimusic.comThis was in Fiji in 2018. It was smallest island I’ve ever been on. This is a

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3:27

Chatty Chairs

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/06/08

Hi everyone,This is the 37th episode of Wu Fei’s Music Daily — Chatty Chairs.It was recorded yesterday.The tongue twister is about chairs and poles:扁担长，板凳宽，板凳没有扁担长，扁担没有板凳宽。扁担绑在了板凳上，板凳不让扁担绑在了板凳上，扁担偏要扁担绑在了板凳上。Hope this piece will bring a little joy to your Monday!Wu Fei 吴非wufeimusic.comA 扁担 pole and a 板凳 chair 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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4:33

Seven Thousand Miles

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/06/01

Hi everyone,This is the 30th episode of Wu Fei’s Music Daily — Seven Thousand Miles. I had a fun conversation with the thunders. Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2016.Hope you enjoy it!Wu Fei 吴非wufeimusic.com This is where I recorded this piece. 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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4:30

Freight Train

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/05/31

Hi everyone,This is the 29th episode of Wu Fei’s Music Daily —Freight Train.Freight Train is an American folk song written by Elizabeth Cotten in the early 20th century. I discovered Elizabeth Cotten soon after I saw a concert of blind musician Doc Watson in Boulder, Colorado more than 15 years ago.From my own background of strict training in Chinese traditional and western classical music, I rarely heard voices and music like this — that is simple in the form but deep in the soul. I started to read

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5:29

Hawk Dance

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/05/30

Hi everyone,This is the 28th episode of Wu Fei’s Music Daily —Hawk Dance. The inspiration is from a beloved folk melody that I’ve known since childhood. It is called Dance of The Yi People (or Yi Dance) 彝族舞曲 from the Yi people , an ethnic group in China, Vietnam and Thailand. There have been solo instrumental versions that are based on this melody for the pipa, guzheng, ruan, as well as for Chinese traditional ensembles and orchestras. The instrument I used in this track is the liuqin 柳琴, a

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4:17

Four glasses and one fork

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2020/05/29

Happy Friday everyone,This is the 27th episode of Wu Fei’s Music Daily —Four glasses and one fork. It is a story about four wine glasses and a tuning fork, recorded in my kitchen two days ago. When my children heard this track while they were brushing teeth in the evening, they asked me if I could play it for their bedtime :) Hope you enjoy it! Peace,Wu Fei 吴非wufeimusic.comThis photo was taken in Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, California in June 2011. I was doing a month long composer fellowship

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