Charles Gilman wrote on Mon, Jul 17, 2006 06:44 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Recently, through a crossword, I discovered that there is a musical
instrument called a Yangqin, a kind of dulcimer. According to the article
at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangqin it has used two different
characters for Yang, originally one meaning foreign, and later replace by
one meaning acclaimed. Oddly enough the name of this variant works just as
well with either of these characters. The 'foreign' sense is obvious - a
non-Chinese variant adding in the non-Chinese Bishop. The 'acclaimed'
sense is, I would argue, demonstrated by all the positive previous
comments from connoisseurs of variants.
The rating is because I am now won over to the Cannon family of pieces,
and have now used them in a few variants of my own.
Recently, through a crossword, I discovered that there is a musical instrument called a Yangqin, a kind of dulcimer. According to the article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangqin it has used two different characters for Yang, originally one meaning foreign, and later replace by one meaning acclaimed. Oddly enough the name of this variant works just as well with either of these characters. The 'foreign' sense is obvious - a non-Chinese variant adding in the non-Chinese Bishop. The 'acclaimed' sense is, I would argue, demonstrated by all the positive previous comments from connoisseurs of variants.
The rating is because I am now won over to the Cannon family of pieces, and have now used them in a few variants of my own.