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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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5:52

#1228 — Run, fawn, run 鹿儿, 你赶快跑

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/11/07

Good morning, afternoon, and evening, I composed and recorded this three-track guzheng piece today while thinking of the wild deer in the forest near my home in West Nashville. Hunting season has begun in Tennessee, and I hope these deer escape the hunters’ arrows.I played all the tracks using harmonics and half-muted strings. My left hand lightly touched the strings with all five fingers while my right hand did the plucking. Producing accurate harmonics at a fast tempo was not easy, and I had to

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10:49

#1225 — The mysterious B flat 神秘的降B

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/11/03

Good morning, afternoon, and evening, Today’s guzheng and vocal improvisation was inspired by an interesting discovery in my house. I was heating up lunch in the microwave while my husband was making an espresso with the coffee machine. The two machines were humming at the same time, and they were both at the same pitch—B flat. (By the way, I have perfect pitch, which is a blessing but can also be really annoying because I can’t turn myself off.)This discovery reminded me of another coincidence from

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6:16

#1224 — Think again 三思

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/11/01

Good morning, afternoon, and evening, In the world of AI, making mistakes has become more valuable. At least it is real. I took this photo yesterday near my home in Nashville. The colors are so intense under the sun that it looks almost like an oil painting. I was inspired. Today, I used all overtones on the guzheng to create this piece. Because it is a multi-track piece, sometimes my plucking doesn’t line up perfectly between tracks. I used to think it’s a flaw for recorded music. Not any more

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9:51

#1221– New frequency

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/10/27

Dear listeners,Today, I tuned my guzheng to a frequency of A4 = 432 Hz, which is also known as “cycles per second”. This term comes from the fact that sound waves have a frequency measurable as a number of oscillations, or cycles, per second.An intriguing comment from my last newsletter, “1220 Bamboo Shadow 竹影,” led to a discussion about the colored strings on my guzheng and their purpose. In that context, Klaus Hubbertz shared an article titled, “Music Tuned to 440 Hz Versus 432 Hz and the Health

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17:48

#1220 — Bamboo shadow 竹影

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/10/24

Good morning, afternoon, and evening,This guzheng improvisation was recorded earlier today, performed on two guzhengs (photo below). The instruments are tuned differently, though they share several common pitches. I’ve always been drawn to multi-tonality—to me, the world is heard in many colors of sound.The lighter-colored guzheng is crafted from nanmu wood (楠木), a precious timber native to China and South Asia. Historically, nanmu was used in boatbuilding, architecture, furniture, and sculpture. A

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11:32

#1217– Africa’s bobo deer 脖脖鹿 Valiha night song 8...

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/10/21

Good morning, afternoon, and evening, Today, I sang and improvised this song on the valiha—a traditional 21-string tube zither from Madagascar (photo below). I want to thank my dear friends Tasha and David for bringing me this beautiful gift all the way from Madagascar to Nashville.Coincidentally, the valiha, the Chinese guzheng, and kora (or cora) from West Africa all have 21 strings. I need to get myself a kora to unite the 21-string gang! In Chinese, a giraffe is called 长颈鹿 (cháng jǐng lù), which

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8:00

#1216 — Acid mother food 酸甜祖母绿

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/10/20

Good morning, afternoon, and evening, I composed this four-track guzheng étude today. The tomatoes in my mom’s garden are ripe. They’re as beautiful as they are delicious (photo below). That sweet-and-sour taste awakens every nerve from my skull to my spine. It will be hard to return to store-bought tomatoes once fall ends. I hope you enjoy this piece!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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6:48

#1215 — Poisonous Jack-o-lanterns 萤蛊

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/10/17

Good morning, afternoon, and evening, This four-track guzheng set was inspired by the Jack-o’-lantern mushrooms I saw on a hike today (photo below). They’re all over the hills in West Nashville, and it was my first time seeing these bright orange fungi. I just had to look them up.They grow in clusters on decaying stumps, buried roots, or at the base of hardwood trees in Europe and eastern North America. These mushrooms are poisonous and can cause severe cramps, vomiting, and diarrhea if

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7:52

#1214 — Still bursting 迸穹

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/10/10

Good morning, afternoon, and evening, I composed and recorded this three-track guzheng piece today. The entire piece is built on double and triple tremolos, played simultaneously by my right thumb, index, and middle fingers. I was inspired by a conversation with my 10-year-old about the universe—how everything will keep stretching until it bursts. The micro world can be as powerful as macro space, and I can already feel this power in this very moment from the forest west of Nashville (photo below).I

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4:43

#1211 — Full moon over the white pagoda 白塔明珠

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/10/06

Happy Moon Festival! Also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, tonight brings the fullest and brightest moon of the year.The Mid-Autumn Festival—sometimes called the Mooncake Festival—is a traditional Chinese harvest celebration held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, under a full moon. This year, it falls on October 6th. For Chinese communities worldwide, it’s the second most important holiday after Lunar New Year.Over the past day, I’ve been sending holiday wishes to Chinese friends and family

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7:30

#1210 — The girl who gave me roses

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/10/03

Good morning, afternoon, and evening,All the photos below are from my Lithuania debut concert with the Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra. It was an honor to have my own work debuted along with my heroes - Tan Dun 谭盾whose concerto I played, Dr. Chen Yi 陈怡 and Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu 武满彻. I was moved by the audience’s warmth, including those who drove three hours from Vilnius. The response was so overwhelming after the first half that I found myself taking three bows even before the intermission

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5:32

#1208 — The Danė River night song 达涅河的夜歌

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/10/01

Good morning, afternoon, and evening, How have you all been? Thank you for being patient with me this last week when I was away from home. I have returned home from a beautiful trip premiering guzheng concertos with the Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra in Lithuania. It was a such a wonderful collaboration and a cultural experience for me. I’ll share more about this trip in the coming newsletters. I fell in love with the beautiful Lithuanian people, landscape and culture.This night song is inspired by an

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6:59

#1207 — New year, new zithers 新年, 新筝

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/09/22

Shana Tova! Happy Rosh Hashanah if you celebrate the Jewish new year! It will be the year 5786 beginning at sundown on the eve of September 22, 2025. I thought the Chinese new year was old :) As I’m preparing my first trip to the Baltic coast to play with the Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra in Lithuania, I just learned something absolutely amazing after googling “Lithuanian and Latvian folk music”. As a guzheng musician, I’m over joyed by this discovery: “The kanklės (Lithuanian, photo 1) ) is a

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9:40

#1205 — Twin 双筝澜

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/09/16

Good morning, afternoon, and evening, Right now, the forests of Tennessee are becoming more colorful by the day. It is my favorite time of the year. Today’s improvisation was recorded on two guzhengs. The first time I premiered a double-guzheng concert was at Big Ears Festival in 2017 (photo below). It was in the St. John’s Cathedral in Knoxville, Tennessee. The acoustic was stunning. I am very excited to play at Big Ears Festival again March 26 - 29, 2026 again. I tuned the guzhengs in multiple

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6:02

#1204 — Sintra’s ceiling 辛特拉的天花板

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/09/15

Good morning, afternoon, and evening, I composed and recorded this guzheng étude today, inspired by the patterns of one of the ceilings in the National Palace of Sintra (photo below). I visited this historical place in July this year. Growing up in Beijing, I have always been fascinated by the architectural design and paintings of old palaces, like the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace. In Sintra Palace, I was mesmerized by the style of the ceilings there. I instantly relate to

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7:06

#1202 — Guzheng night song 108 | Big Ears Festival 2026

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/09/10

Good morning, afternoon, and evening, I am excited to announce I'll be returning to perform at Big Ears Festival 2026, March 26-29 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Honored to be included in an AMAZING lineup including many of my heroes including Laurie Anderson and John Zorn. For more information or to purchase passes, please visit https://bigearsfestival.org#BigEarsKnox 很兴奋的与大家分享，我将于2026年3月26日至29日在美国田纳西州的诺克斯维尔市著名的Big Ears音乐节上演出，这将是我第三次登场 Big Ears 音乐节。非常荣幸能加入这场精彩的演出阵容，包括音乐家John Zorn & Laurie

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4:37

#1200 — Pebble march 正步小龟

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/09/05

Good morning, afternoon, and evening, I'm excited to share a new three-track guzheng piece I recorded today. It was inspired by a small Eastern Box Turtle I met on my driveway yesterday before a hike.I included a photo for scale. It's always a gift to see these fascinating turtles around my home in the summer. I hope this music brings a little calm to 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,

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5:56

#1196 — This night, what night? 今夕,何夕?

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/08/29

Good morning, afternoon, and evening, My heart is heavy with the news of the passing of a family friend today. It is the Chinese Qixi festival, sometimes called Chinese Vaentine’s Day, which comes from a story of a family whose mother is imprisoned in the heavens. Every year on the seventh day of the seventh month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar, according to the myth of Qixi, swallows fly together to make a bridge so her husband and their children can reunite with her for a day. So Qixi was

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6:53

#1192 — Shooting star lullaby 流星掉进了葡萄园

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/08/25

Good morning, afternoon, and evening, I composed this two-track guzheng lullaby today, inspired by my experience of watching the shooting stars in Shamrock Ranch last week in California (photo by Dimmi Zhang below). The only light pollution there was our headlight and car lights. I envied the trees and the grapes. They get to sleep, wake up and be nurtured by the sky and the stars. The grapes tasted amazing — sour and sweet, exact the kind I liked. Hope this song helps you to fall asleep. Wu Fei

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8:03

#1190 — Milky Way night song 维天有汉, 鉴亦有光

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2025/08/21

Good morning, afternoon, and evening, Thank you all for your patience while I was traveling in Northern California. I've returned to the green forests of Middle Tennessee feeling deeply inspired.That inspiration led to this solo improvisation, which I created while reconnecting to the memory of the incredible night sky I witnessed near the Shamrock Ranch. With very little light pollution, the view was breathtaking—my good friend even captured the Milky Way with his camera, and I was lucky enough to

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