China Dictatorship (中国独裁统治)

30.2. Free music (免费音乐)

Here are the few best I’ve seen. Not enough to replace the non-free, but pretty good.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcZOZrP1P_V5J2P3ogZNpya0BAuPEgyuE my "Chinese Traditional Music YouTube playlist with all good music videos I found on YouTube. This will give you an initial idea.
- Notable longer videos
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35ZKN-H7at4 42 minute live Guqin presentation by Chen Leiji published by "Asia Society" on Jan 23, 2018, recorded in New York, January 20, 2018.
- Channels
  - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCltmf0pqjXyLtNsF2vek_wQ 自得琴社 Zi De Guqin Studio. Amazing production.
  - https://www.youtube.com/user/yukinachang/videos "SoundofChina Guzheng" channel with a lot of guzheng content!
- Good YouTube lists
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc0CzuA35y8&list=PLXPo1Bj1TYy73e8s99pyKfFD7iHqwigfN "Chinese" by "Ungern Sternberg"
http://www.silkqin.com/06hear.htm John Thompson’s Guqin website. Holy crap amazing list of Guqin pieces by the guy for MP3 download!
- Download all mp3: wget -r -np -l 1 -A mp3 http://www.silkqin.com/06hear.htm. Contacted John by email in 2019 telling him to put his stuff on YouTube and offering help.
- John focuses on playing the tunes in a "historically informed performance", in particular using silk strings rather than metal ones which are used by most modern artists: http://www.silkqin.com/08anal/hip.htm
https://www.ibiblio.org/chinese-music/ several loose tracks for direct download. Not sure if legal, but has been up forever. The following sections are pretty good:
- https://www.ibiblio.org/chinese-music/html/traditional.html
- https://www.ibiblio.org/chinese-music/html/anthology.html#Dream music from the "Dream of the Red Chamber" 1987 TV series. Amazing!!! See also: Chinese television series (中国电视剧).