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Post by kyokuhon on Apr 20, 2011 3:45:07 GMT
Hi,
Edcat, what an evocative story! Do you have music for that tune?
Xindi, my favorite quote from the liner notes to this CD (I guess it would be janglish in this case):
"It is said among the Achang people that the man who does not play the huluxiao never can visit a girl's home or fall in love and there may be some truth in this."
Best to all, and keep playing.
K.
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Post by edcat7 on Apr 20, 2011 4:34:01 GMT
Yes i have the music score and background music to 'Bamboo Phoenix under the Moonlight'. I don't know how to use the computer well enough to attach/download the score but it is available for free on www.hulusi.com. There may be several versions If you want the backing music then send me your email (ppm) and I'll TRY (with help) to email it to you. (after friday) I love the quote |
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Post by edcat7 on Apr 20, 2011 4:46:28 GMT
My advice to anyone who wishes to learn the hulusi is to learn the dizi as wel or insteadl. There is a HUGE,HUGE difference between a dizi player who can play the hulusi and a hulusi player who cannot play the dizi. However the fingring is different.
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Post by xindi on Apr 20, 2011 22:26:43 GMT
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Post by edcat7 on Apr 21, 2011 7:17:56 GMT
Hmm... Hulusi and love...yes, I know about that. I went to Shanghai to find love but came back with the resolve to learn the hulusi. Looks like a hulusi's reed lasts much longer...
On the move I carry my choice instruments in my postie's bag which is large enough. I tried playing my £2.99 d dizi on the beach but because of the wind all I got was a few puffs.
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Post by xindi on Apr 21, 2011 15:02:11 GMT
Shanghai's quite an amazing city isn't it. The diversity beyond the commercial side of it is incredible. I just don't know how anyone can fit a hulusi into airplane luggage, unless they carry little else.
You'll need a deafening concert grade dizi to penetrate the noise of the wind; the sea and the crowds. It's a good choice for a solo instrument against orchestral concert compared to the hulusi - no danger of drowning out a dizi. I think the smaller higher pitched ones are easier to hear against background noise - I always remembered being deafened by the piccolo in the school orchestra. It's like one of those little terrier dogs - really tiny and small but they never stop making noise...
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Post by kyokuhon on Apr 23, 2011 4:04:36 GMT
Hi, all.
In re: "I tried playing my £2.99 d dizi on the beach but because of the wind all I got was a few puffs."
Yes, playing outside sounds more romantic than it usually is. I had always imagined myself playing my flutes beside a mountain stream, like in the paintings. When I tried it, though, there was no comfortable place to sit, the stream was loud, the wind stole my sound, and the bugs wouldn't leave me alone! Maybe I wasn't in tune enough with the Tao.
I haven't found playing hulusi particularly conducive to finding love, either. At least not in my cultural context!
Best, and keep playing,
K.
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Post by edcat7 on Apr 23, 2011 8:14:03 GMT
Kyokuhon,
I think as hulusi players, you and I would be luckier in love if we were to try it on in Yunnan with a Dai girl. Instead I ran away to Shanghai after a Polish girl.
Next time before I have such thoughts I will listen to 'Buddhist music of Tianjin'
Peace and Good Karma
Ed
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Post by davidmdahl on Apr 23, 2011 19:22:37 GMT
I think as hulusi players, you and I would be luckier in love if we were to try it on in Yunnan with a Dai girl. Instead I ran away to Shanghai after a Polish girl. Ed Accordion, maybe? <g> David |
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Post by kyokuhon on Apr 23, 2011 21:24:47 GMT
Ed and David,
My lute worked well twice (at least!) where I am. The second time, it was because her SO had run off after a Polish girl. Karma in there somewhere! 23 happy years gone by now!
"Even travelers brushing sleeves on the road have connections from the deep past." -Japanese proverb.
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Post by edcat7 on Apr 23, 2011 22:18:19 GMT
"Even monsters have someone who loves them" - Polish proverb
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Post by xindi on Apr 24, 2011 0:51:57 GMT
"Even monsters have someone who loves them" - Polish proverb That's one brave someone!  I don't know if it helps, but I can share my insights from living in a confined apartment with people herded together under duress. This is called a 'rental agreement'. For years, I gave up playing the flute, due to space restrictions and having no studio or place to play when I was shared living space. So I found forests and woodlands - here's my Tao of the Flutist's survival guide - carefully compiled after several hundred mozzie bites and using after-bite lotion or camomille I discovered another proverb: "Prevention is better than cure" - old wive's medical saying about letting cheese go off. Here goes: 1. No streams and rivers - it's not just too noisy - the movement carries the sound away, rather than 'reflects' the sound. Find a still lake which reflects the sound waves back at you across the water. Preferably freshwater with lots of mosquitoes at this time of the year. That'll keep little children and parents away  2. Apply sunscreen with insect repellent:  3. and add secret weapon - battery operated ultrasonic repellent for other dragonflies and mites:   4. plus ultracool CIA disguise kit, which also keeps the sun off your brow  5. paper clips - clamps are better - to stop the pages of your music blowing:  6. ultra portable music stand to prevent RSI and strain injuries from craning your neck in strange positions for the conoisseurs:  7. and finally, reposition your dimo, with as many transverse lines across it as possible, rucked up loose so that it maximises the volume. Enjoy the natural world of the flute outdoors |
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Post by edcat7 on Apr 25, 2011 17:09:48 GMT
Wow Xindi You really do have lots of experience with playing instruments in the field. Did you carry all this gear when you went up that mountain in Yunnan. It seems to take away the romanticism and spontaneity of the instrument. Perhaps you were planing to be the highest busker in the world! |
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Post by xindi on Apr 26, 2011 20:19:16 GMT
Ed...err...I have a lot of bad experience from not playing outdoors right. Having sheet music blown down a stream is probably not the most ecological way to spread the music around. I don't usually carry the music stand - only if I happen to wander over to a lake nearby. The new modern breed of music stands cost less than US$15 and double up as a triple iron against any would be attackers, like dogs, boar - although they are pretty ineffective against the potent attack of cow manure. Only the music stand is heavy/bulky. Yunnan yaks are very docile - they are incredible animals. The strangest thing about playing in the countryside ..... seeing a row of small song thrush sitting on an overhanging branch listening to me play. They would sit and listen attentively - and when i returned, the most bizarre thing - at one point, they really sounded like they were tweeting the music I had been playing. Of course, that could've been the lack of oxygen getting to me. My friends tell me that I should be made to pay them to listen to flute music |
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