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Post by Bryan on Aug 13, 2005 7:25:03 GMT
Urhx, ii'm a guzheng player but am interested to hear u erhu player's view on racing horses. Is it also possible to play it on the guzheng
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Post by davidmdahl on Aug 17, 2005 23:47:35 GMT
Hello Bryan,
You might post this in the guzheng section. I don't know that a erhu player is going to know what can be managed on a guzheng. My guess is that the Horse Racing is a showpiece for the erhu and would not be effective on zither as a solo. But, ask a guzheng player for a more authoritative opinion.
Best wishes,
David
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Post by Charlie Huang on Aug 18, 2005 9:38:17 GMT
OK, since this thread is no longer in use...
*gets chain*
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Post by davidmdahl on Aug 19, 2005 16:19:54 GMT
Paul Valente wrote: >> YinHao: I've been playing erhu for about 20 months now. I've learned the keys D, G, F, B-flat, A, & C. I'm currently learning "Butterfly Lovers" and "Blue Flower Ballad". I really love LanHuaHua and as you know, it changes keys several times and has a couple of fast passages that are very challenging for me -- challenging in the sense that I have to have both hands synchronized on all those sixteenth notes. The key changing isn't that bad. After these two, I would like to learn Shandandankaihuahongyanyan if my teacher says "OK". <<
Wow, Paul! That is great to be able play in all those keys. I am playing in D, G, and F now, but that is just since February. I am really enjoying F. Hopefully I will be able to add the other keys in due time. I am finding that learning keys is getting easier as I go.
On one of the Jiang Jianhua CDs "The Ocean Road to China", the selection roughly translated "Concerning springtime of life" (second cut on the CD) changes key so often I get seasick. It is very beautiful, but wow, what a lot of modulating! I wonder if it is scored in staff notation or jianpu.
Best wishes,
David
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Post by paulv on Aug 19, 2005 18:33:23 GMT
Hi David, I enjoy the flat keys maybe because of my past jazz background. It took me a while to get used to F and B-flat because of the finger position (not being next to the qingjin), but I feel pretty comfortable now with them.
My wife keeps joking me that my teacher is pushing me to learn fast so he can show me off at concerts and to scold his other, less-motivated students -- I'm the only non-Asian student he has.
Anyway, I'm having a great time learning the erhu and learning all those beautiful, traditional songs.
Regards, Paul Valente
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