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Post by janamaffet on Aug 18, 2009 11:34:31 GMT
Well my poor erhu survived first hot summer and even my mad practise sessions. It sounds little bit better now, but it goes very very slowly. But it's not why I want to write.
Some of you know I started to play chinese music on my harp some time ago and after finishing Erquan I work on other tunes. I have some western staff sheet music of some traditional songs, but I found two or three songs which I would like to explore too and because they are mostly in erhu repertoire, I ask here. You might know better where I could get music and no matter if jianpu or western. I found many books with repertoire at internet shops in China, but titles are written in chinese and I would be interested to buy but I have no idea what book contain what... :-(
First is tune played by Lei Qiang - Boys and Flowers. I dont know it it is his original tune or traditional and I didnt find chinese name of this song. That might sound good on harp and couldnt be so difficult to learn.
Second tune is impossible to be played on harp and I know that, but I like only middle section which is slower. It's Zhan Ma Ben Teng. I dont expect to learn it, but I want to get at least slower motive which is in the middle section and which makes me so crazy that I listen it round and round.
Thank you for any help. I know I am mad. But I really love this music.
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Post by paulv on Aug 18, 2009 17:20:28 GMT
You can download scores here, but the titles are in Chinese: cadenzamusic.biz/scores.htmYou can at least experiment with the songs, and they're free. Regards, paul... |
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Post by sanmenxia on Aug 18, 2009 19:41:28 GMT
sky.prohosting.com/cadenzaa/zhanmabt.jpg is zhàn mǎ bēn téng 战马奔腾 war horses galloping ahead. You might need to copy and paste the address into your browser to go to the page if clicking the link doesn't work.
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Post by janamaffet on Aug 19, 2009 10:13:31 GMT
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! ;D I am happy as a child. This is what I need and I also found there Lan HuaHua which is another my favorite. :-)
I have to admit that I come through this page but links never worked and so I forgot it. I didnt try to copy link to new page.
Than it works perfectly. Thank you again. Now I will have planty of music and material to play with ... for very very long time.
:-) Jana
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Post by paulv on Aug 19, 2009 12:41:37 GMT
LanHuaHua is one of my favorites (listen to it all the time) and took me at least a couple of months to learn. It's a beautiful song, especially the slow, lyrical passages, and the key changes also offer a nice challenge to the student. The song originates from western China and is about a girl (lanhuahua = Blue Flower) and her love, which is a common theme in many of these songs -- young lovers who have dis-approving parents! Butterfly Lovers is another one of these songs.
Regards,
paul...
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Post by dsouthwood on Aug 19, 2009 17:04:01 GMT
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Post by tansco on Aug 19, 2009 18:26:29 GMT
I tried the link for the free Erhu music, but keep getting the message when I tried to bring up a score:
"You don't have permission to access /cadenzaa/xisonggl.jpg on this server."
I tried at least a dozen scores, but the result was the same. I tried scores for other instruments and they worked. For some reason I am locked out of the Erhu scores. Any idea why?
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Post by davidmdahl on Aug 19, 2009 20:07:40 GMT
The scores on the Cadenza site can be downloaded by right-clicking a link and saving the file to your PC. The resulting file contains all pages of the score in a single JPG. You can view the notation on your PC, but printing a usable score will require cutting up the file with a graphics program into page-sized bits.
The Cadenza scores are by and large standard repertory tunes, and most are above beginning level. I don't remember any sites that have a lot of good tutorials for beginners. Most sites are best considered a supplimentary resource for erhu players who already have had a good start.
Over the years, links for notation sites have been posted in other threads. I will take another look and repost any sites that might still be useful.
There are books available for erhu with notation of beginning tunes plus a CD of the same tunes performed. Maybe Sung Wah at Eason can help find such a book. There are a few music stores in San Francisco that are worth a try as well, such as Clarion and Chinese Arts and Music Center (www.folkmelody.com). Just spending the money and getting a book/CD can save hours of searching for something online.
Best wishes,
David
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Post by janamaffet on Aug 21, 2009 7:11:39 GMT
tansco: Yes, David is right. It's possible to download jpgs, just click on link and than if they show you message about not having permission, try reload or copy again link and enter and than you will get jpg. It's easy, but if somebody has no idea about it, he can think that file is not accesible :-)
It's difficult to recognize or find original name of tune if you dont speak or write in chinese. I browse through some books with music, but it's really job for Sherlock Holmes to recognize in lines of chinese characters that one song you are searching for. :-) Hmmm sometimes youtube is helpfull. :-)
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Post by davidmdahl on Aug 21, 2009 7:33:53 GMT
When you hover the cursor over a link on the Cadenza library page, you can see the URL for the link in the lower left corner of the IE page. I don't know if all browsers will do this. The pinyin for the tune is at the end of the URL, so it is not too difficult to find what you want. You can also translate the page into English with Google.
Best wishes,
David
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Post by zenawdst on Jun 10, 2010 22:49:33 GMT
Does anybody has the score of "twinkle twinkle little star"? Thanks.
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Post by ed on Jun 11, 2010 10:29:46 GMT
Twinkle twinkle little star
1=D
1 1 5 5 | 6 6 5 -
4 4 3 3 | 2 2 1 -
5 5 4 4 | 3 3 2 -
5 5 4 4 | 3 3 2 -
1 1 5 5 | 6 6 5 -
4 4 3 3 | 2 2 1 -
The first tune I ever learnt!
Ed
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Post by song on Jul 11, 2010 8:33:24 GMT
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Post by sanmenxia on Sept 16, 2010 17:57:30 GMT
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