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Post by downunder on Jun 2, 2011 12:49:19 GMT
Heard this haunting tune of Schubert's Ave Maria played on erhu here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=amCk9hz6EK0It starts about 2 minutes after the clip begins. If anyone has the jianpu, could you please post & share? Preferably one with fingering positions. Thanks! |
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Post by downunder on Jun 3, 2011 0:07:14 GMT
I managed to find the jianpu...here goes if you are interested Attachments:
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Post by edcat7 on Jun 3, 2011 23:09:25 GMT
Thanks downunder
The jianpu for Ave Maria is something too that I really wanted. If you can obtain the score for the theme from Schlinder's List as well then that would make my year too.
Ed
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Post by holdencaufield on Jun 7, 2011 17:30:59 GMT
I haven't looked at that video yet, so I'm not sure what particular arrangement is being played, but for those that can read Western music notation (something that all musicians should invest it; it's not hard and it's worth it), the score for Schubert's "Ave Maria" for a solo singer fits the erhu perfectly. Not only is it in the key of G (I'm not sure why the arranger of that jianpu score had to transpose the piece to Bb major - I was under the impression that the original key was G...), but the player does not need to go out of the 1st position. Of course, its less theatrical than an arrangement that is adapted especially for erhu, but it is what Schubert had in mind. icking-music-archive.org/scores/schubert/D839/Schubert_Ave-Maria-G-Dur-Soli.-Latin-Adaptation.pdfTo convert this to jianpu should take just a few minutes. Another beautiful aria that fits the erhu well (as far as technique goes at least) is Handel's "Lascia chi'o pianga". Its in D and doesn't go out of the first position either. I have an aria in mind that I would really love to learn on the erhu. Unfortunately, due to its relative obscurity, I can't even find it in Western notation to translate (and if necessary, transpose) to jianpu. It's the counter-tenor solo aria "Sol da te" from Vivaldi's opera "Orlando Furiouso". I'd also love to learn Handel's "Piangero la sorte mia" from Giulio Cesare. I just realized that several of the movements from Vivaldi's "Stabat Mater" in f minor would be very nice on the erhu. Of course one might consider transposing it to a less obscure key (as far at the world of Chinese instruments goes at least). There are a lot more Baroque arias and violin music that I think would be nice on erhu. (I'm rather passionate about Baroque era music) |
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Post by davidmdahl on Jun 7, 2011 20:43:42 GMT
The original key for the Schubert Ave Maria D. 839. op. 52 Nr. 6 is Bb major, but it has surely been transposed to many different keys to accomodate preferences of singers and other situations. I have not tried it on my erhu, so I don't know what I will prefer. I have had some recent fun with Bb, although actually it was G minor. G major looks like a good key for erhu though.
My teacher has been playing several violin tunes on erhu, including Air on the G String (J.S. Bach), Liebeslied (Kreisler), and The Swan (Saint-Saens). I find them challenging to play on erhu.
Another Handel tune to add to the Baroque list is Ombra Mai Fu from Xerxes.
Best wishes,
David
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Post by sanmenxia on Jun 8, 2011 1:54:50 GMT
 Also called "Largo". Apparently it was originally in F, which you can on the erhu if you tune to C, G and play in sol re fingering. The 1 in the 10th bar/measure should be dotted. "Ombra Mai Fu" is a sort of Chinese sounding name, or perhaps the spelling is, at least the "mai fu" bit. |
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Post by sanmenxia on Jun 8, 2011 2:04:13 GMT
The largo from "Winter" in Vivaldi's Four Seasons also works very well on the erhu.  Air on a G String  |
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