Post by sanmenxia on Feb 25, 2006 12:28:34 GMT
From guqin, Flowing Water thread:
I agree. This is true of traditional music in general, not just Chinese. There is composed music that is expected to be played in a very specific manner. Western classical music is a typical example, although there is more variety of expression possible than you might think. From the recordings of Erquan Yingyue I have heard, there does not seem to be a lot of variation in the way this great tune is played, at least when done on solo erhu.
Best wishes,
David
I agree, common to traditional/folk music in general, it's what makes traditional music traditional.
Yeah, erhu solo pieces which are composed are played in a fixed form, sort of similar to Western Classical music. Erquan Yingyue is a bit unusual as the original is actually a field recording, and then transcibed into notation by musicologists.
I think I heard 2 versions of Erquan recordings, the longer original, and the more common slightly shorter one with a few bars missing from the middle part. I've also heard a gaohu version, arrangments for erhu and large Chinese orchestra, erhu and Western orchestra, string quartet, and loads other.
davidmdahl said:
sanmenxia said:
I think in the Chinese tradition, the student copies from the teacher note for note at first. It’s only when the student becomes as good as or better than the teacher then they can start to play their own version. The student has to be completely familiar with the music, they just can’t improvise any way they like, it has be within the tradition.I agree. This is true of traditional music in general, not just Chinese. There is composed music that is expected to be played in a very specific manner. Western classical music is a typical example, although there is more variety of expression possible than you might think. From the recordings of Erquan Yingyue I have heard, there does not seem to be a lot of variation in the way this great tune is played, at least when done on solo erhu.
Best wishes,
David
I agree, common to traditional/folk music in general, it's what makes traditional music traditional.
Yeah, erhu solo pieces which are composed are played in a fixed form, sort of similar to Western Classical music. Erquan Yingyue is a bit unusual as the original is actually a field recording, and then transcibed into notation by musicologists.
I think I heard 2 versions of Erquan recordings, the longer original, and the more common slightly shorter one with a few bars missing from the middle part. I've also heard a gaohu version, arrangments for erhu and large Chinese orchestra, erhu and Western orchestra, string quartet, and loads other.