Chinese music from the end of the wold

[Dorian Gray]

Hi everyone!!

It has been 3 years from my first post here... at that time I just discovered chinese music and Erhu. All this years I was hidden, practicing, learning mandarin and all this stuff. I had the chance this year to take the only Erhu class in my life, with the soloist of CBCO Zhang Fangming, when they came to my country, they were very surprised to find a player so far.

Now I want to show you the work of my ensemble. We are called "Viento del Sur" (Southern Wind or 南面来风). We play traditional music in our fashion, melted with Andes folk, Jazz and Avant Garde.

I would like any comment, critic or suggestion. We also want to show our music everywhere, if you have the chance to take us to a music fes tival or something like that in your country, we would like to go. I'ts probably that we are the only chinese music ensamble made by foreigners in all Latin America.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3God9PskEg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bymyNSx8qCg
www.facebook.com/Nanmianlaifeng
soundcloud.com/victor-correa-farias

Cheers to all!  

[davidmdahl]

Very lovely performances! You are not always perfectly on pitch, but it is close enough to enjoy, and your musical instincts are excellent. Few people could flourish as you have so well on your own. My hat is off to you.

Best wishes,

David

[Dorian Gray]

Thank you a lot! Intonation is one of the weakest point of my playing. I'm working a lot to improve that, also to get a more "chinese" bowing style, like the springing bow used in this version of SaiMa youtu.be/MF2hNG8wuGY?t=5m23s. I Simply can not figure it out. Do you know a video or something to learn it?

Thank you!

[edcat7]

I guess you mean the bowing technique which sounds like a horse neighing? I too haven't figured it out (and I get tuition). Your version of Sai Ma is the same as mine which doesn't require it but I'll ask my teacher the next time I see him.

Ed

[Dorian Gray]

Jun 17, 2015 0:53:22 GMT edcat7 said:

I guess you mean the bowing technique which sounds like a horse neighing? I too haven't figured it out (and I get tuition). Your version of Sai Ma is the same as mine which doesn't require it but I'll ask my teacher the next time I see him.

Ed

edcat7 Yes, i think we mean the same. In some scores is written with jiu (九). The 赛马 rendition from Yu Hongmei also show it. Now i'm learning the version that Xu Ke plays, which have some more interesting additions, specially in the extended use of pizz, but he also use the "normal" bowing, not the springing throw bowing on that part. If you can get some info about that it would be great!! 

[edcat7]

Jun 18, 2015 1:38:55 GMT Dorian Gray said:

Jun 17, 2015 0:53:22 GMT edcat7 said:

I guess you mean the bowing technique which sounds like a horse neighing? I too haven't figured it out (and I get tuition). Your version of Sai Ma is the same as mine which doesn't require it but I'll ask my teacher the next time I see him.

Ed

edcat7 Yes, i think we mean the same. In some scores is written with jiu (九). The 赛马 rendition from Yu Hongmei also show it. Now i'm learning the version that Xu Ke plays, which have some more interesting additions, specially in the extended use of pizz, but he also use the "normal" bowing, not the springing throw bowing on that part. If you can get some info about that it would be great!! 

My next lesson is Tuesday; I'll get back to you then.

Ed

[malata]

I love this song and this singer. Is awesome. What do You think?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ4vrYEzTzI

[davidmdahl]

Malata, the singer is Bulgarian, and the style is sort of a central Asian fusion. Not Chinese.