The Never-Stopping Chattering
Pipa (Chinese Lute) has its origin dated back to the Qin Dynasty (221-206BC). As Pipa evolved, it was heavily influenced by Persian culture during the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 AD) when the two great civilizations crossed over with each other, and became one of the most popular instruments in China ever since then.
As Pipa prospered in the most powerful Chinese dynasty, it left tremendous markings in the Chinese literature and culture. Pipa is most well-known for its rapid, successive playing style. A famous quote from a Chinese poem has it nailed: "[sounds like] the pearls, large and small, on a jade plate fall".
Extraordinary Playability
ChineePipa contains various types of legato, tremolo, trills, rolls, slaps, and staccato, as well as special techniques, phrases and articulations. The note range is from A3 to D7 (for most patches).
With the extensive sampling and Modwheel triggered expressions, musicians can play ChineePipa lively and expressively either for live performace or scoring purpose.
Audio Demo:
Story 1 - by Jinghong Jiang score for a Chinese TV programme
Story 2 - by Jinghong Jiang score for a Chinese TV programme
Hometown by Greg Schlaepfer
For more info, please visit us at http://www.chineekong.com/vstmain.htm
Chinee Pipa has received MusicTech (UK)'s Recommended Award in the 06/11 issue.
*All registered users of other Kong Audio plugins should have received their discount offer already. The special discount offer will expire on August 1st, 2006. Drop us a line if you haven't received the notification yet.
