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Musician: Kim Ho Ip
Location: Edinburgh
Instruments: Yang Qin
Music: Chinese instrumental
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 听听Listen (4'10") to 'Xin Jiang' performed by Kim Ho Ip on Yang Qin and Nafees Ahmed on Sitar at the Edinburgh Mela.
听听Listen (2'53) to Kim Ho Ip talk about his music
 It's a piece I suggested to Nafees we could do as a sort of fusion at the Mela. It sounds sort of Middle Eastern in temperament, and it's originally a solo piece on the Yang Qin. It added up to a very interesting kind of question and answer between the Yang Qin and the Sitar, and I think it was very successful.
The name's taken from one of the provinces in China, called Xin Jiang, which is the North Western part of China, and it's a very rhythmic kind of piece. We didn't actually write out any parts or a full score for the composition, we just talked with each other and then improvised on the melody. And I think it's particularly suitable for the music from the tradition in Pakistan as well because they don't actually notate music down. We're freer on stage when we're not bound by a score, so I think that was a very interesting part of it.
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