Yizuwuqu for Zhongruan

[davidmdahl]

Here it is for pipa:

pu.guqu.net/pipa/20070325145420_1329.html#Title

Best wishes,

David

[tongxuemenhao]

Thanks, but thats pipa music, which because of the nails and very different tuning, it's not really playable on zhongruan. I can get peices of melody, but not the whole song.

[xindi]

Tong Xue -

I wonder if you'll find it hard to find for zhongruan because of the lower pitch - might be easier to look for it on chinese language sites under the liuqin?

If it helps, I have a version on flute which is simplified below the Grade 6 level but the zhongruan GDGD tuning doesn't make it easy. Maybe switching to AEAE or pipa tuning like ADAE would make it easier....?

[davidmdahl]

I would think that the pipa version would give you a head start to arranging the tune for zhongruan. There are arrangements online for a variety of instruments, just not zhongruan, at least that I can find. Here is one for guitar.

www.zhaogepu.com/jita/146051.html

You might contact an online retailer like Eason Music that sells ruans to see if they have a book of music with your tune.

The funny thing is that I found Dance of the Yao for zhongruan, but not Yi.

Best wishes,

David

[tongxuemenhao]

I could try looking under liuqin or yueqin, good idea.
I could switch to ADAD, but it might be easier still to just arange the pipa version for zhongruan. I couldn't use pipa tuning, unless my ruan was strung with a 4th string, two 3rd strings and a 2nd string, instead of a 4th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st. The pipa tuning is really different, and not possible on a correctly strung ruan.

I'll try to arrange it for ruan based on the pipa music. It might turn out well, who knows? Could you link me the zhongruan score for Dance of the Yao? It is a cool song. Thanks.

[davidmdahl]

Here is Dance of the Yao:

www.zhaogepu.com/jianpu/120622.html

The pipa score for Dance of the Yi should be useful for zhongruan. It's scored in jianpu, not tablature, so the notes to play are indicated rather than positions on the fingerboard. You don't have to play in the key indicated in the score if another is easier. The performance on zhongruan in the video is just a part of the entire score. In the same way, you could pick and choose the parts that you like and can manage.

David

[tongxuemenhao]

Thanks.
The pipa score does help, and I'm currently arranging the song to work well on zhongruan. It's actually working.

[edcat7]

Are you playing it in G? If so I'd interested in what your playing.

[tongxuemenhao]

I was playing it in B Flat, but G might be interesting. I'll try it.

[edcat7]

How do you play it in B flat?

[tongxuemenhao]

1=B Flat.
The open strings on zhongruan would be 3636.