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Post by yamatanoorochi on Mar 12, 2012 10:02:01 GMT
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Post by yamatanoorochi on Mar 14, 2012 10:19:45 GMT
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Post by edcat7 on Mar 14, 2012 19:43:01 GMT
Sorry, though it seems I'm the only one on the forum with any zhongruan experience I'm not on facebook and my computer skills are really basic. Do you have a zhongruan fingering chart?
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Post by yamatanoorochi on Mar 17, 2012 0:31:30 GMT
no i don't. and navigating this forum is way harder than joining facebook
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Post by davidmdahl on Mar 17, 2012 17:05:19 GMT
Please let me know if you have any questions about using this forum, yamatanoorochi.
Best wishes,
David
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Post by valdae on Apr 10, 2012 21:16:28 GMT
I've just registered and I can't figure out how to access "new topics". In any case, I play the zhongruan, have now since 2009. This is the first English forum I've come across since then.
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Post by davidmdahl on Apr 10, 2012 21:58:16 GMT
Welcome to the forum, Valdae. I am glad to see that the small number of zhongruan players is increasing. I recently got a zhongruan myself, but cannot really count myself as a player. It is certainly a lot of fun to plunk around with. I found a book and DVD set on Amazon in Mandarin, but have not yet taken the trouble to starting working through it. I look forward to reading more about your experiences and advice about playing the zhongrun. Here is a recent find on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOftY7fsyUgThat is the closest I have heard of Bluegrass zhongruan. <g> Best wishes, David |
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Post by edcat7 on Apr 10, 2012 22:41:21 GMT
The link reminds me of a scene from Deliverence!
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Post by davidmdahl on Apr 10, 2012 22:47:47 GMT
The link reminds me of a scene from Deliverence! That's right! Dueling zhongruans. <g> Best wishes, David |
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Post by valdae on Apr 11, 2012 14:39:16 GMT
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Post by edcat7 on Apr 11, 2012 15:02:58 GMT
The zhongruan in the link has a spanish flavour to it. Try looking up 'Night of the Torch Festival' played on zhongruan.
Have you tried experimenting with different picks? I don't think the zhongruan pick included with my zhongruan works well. I prefer a cheapo, plastic 0.81mm pick ,which to my ears sound alot cleaner.
Your guitar background shows through into your zhongruan playing; which is neither good nor bad - just different. I enjoyed your zhongruan playing very much.
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Post by valdae on Apr 11, 2012 16:50:59 GMT
Thanks Ed.
I've gone through all kinds of picks. For a time I was using Picks of Stone, hand made by Pam Carlson in Canada. These picks are made from obsidian, jasper, agate, and glass. For a long time I used them exclusively. The downside was that prolonged use of them was detrimental to the strings as the windings would rupture and the intonation go out the window. I now alternate between the stone picks and plastic, often on the same piece. The constrast between the two is striking. One of the great things about the ruan is how its dynamic range can be effected with the use of vary gauges of picks.
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Post by valdae on Apr 11, 2012 17:01:27 GMT
Found "Night of the Torch Festival" on You Tube played by a GuZheng ensemble - very beautiful.
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