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Post by davidmdahl on Jan 21, 2009 0:38:56 GMT
If you can navigate in Chinese, you might check www.huain.com/musicbook/ . Someone found the staff score to Sai Ma there, so maybe Zhan Ma Ben Teng is available as well. If not, you could always transcribe from the Jianpu score. You've been playing erhu only four months and already can play Zhan Ma Ben Teng? That's pretty good! Good luck. Best wishes, David |
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Post by davidbadagnani on Jan 21, 2009 9:41:55 GMT
I can't read Chinese well enough to navigate what site. What kinds of things do they have there and how does one search for particular scores?
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Post by davidmdahl on Jan 21, 2009 22:48:28 GMT
I can't read Chinese well enough to navigate what site. What kinds of things do they have there and how does one search for particular scores? I don't read Chinese at all, so answering your questions is difficult. Chinese sites like huain.com have a lot of good stuff, including scores in jianpu and staff, so it pays to be resourceful. Sometimes I just click on links to see where they will take me. The language translation tools available from Google and others are also useful. I have had good luck sometimes at searching (Google) using the Chinese characters for the tune name and jianpu. Find the Chinese characters by googling on the pinyin names. Best wishes, David |
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Post by davidmdahl on Jan 26, 2009 16:30:08 GMT
Hello Sinohomme,
The jianpu notation simply indicates the scale degree of each note to play. In the key of D, 1=D, 2=E, 3=F#, and so on. A dot above a note indicate the octave above, and a dot below the note indicates the octave below. There is an excellent article on jianpu at wikipedia.net. I recommend that you read that article and post here any questions that come up.
In what key is the middle section of Zhan Ma Ben Teng? You really could play it in whatever key is comfortable. Someone a while back posted charts in various keys that help with the transcription process, but you can do your own very quickly. Once you have decided on a key to use, just write the numbers from one to seven down the side of a page. Then write whatever is the first scale degree at one, and so on. You can use this as an aid during the transcription process.
Once you get the hang of the jianpu, your speed should be limited only by your skill at writing staff notation. A computer-based notation program could make this easier and faster, if you already use one. It is actually a lot faster to write jianpu.
Good luck.
Best wishes,
David
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Post by dsouthwood on Jan 26, 2009 17:12:22 GMT
The transposition charts are on my Flickr site at www.flickr.com/photos/dsouthwood/along with fingering charts for various keys. The simplest way to decide what key to use is to look for the lowest note in the piece and pick the key that puts that note on the open D string. Dennis |
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