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Post by paulv on May 11, 2006 16:16:02 GMT
Received an email from Ms Chen's webmaster and he has restored all the symbols that were previously missing (that are on the helpful erhu charts thread)
Regards,
Paul....
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Post by davidmdahl on May 11, 2006 17:08:39 GMT
That's great! Good work. Now if they would list an email address for Jiebing that would get through... I have not managed to get a response to any of the emails I have sent to Jiebing. <whine>
Best wishes,
David
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Post by paulv on May 11, 2006 19:29:26 GMT
I've never sent any emails to her -- I did sign the guest book on Karen Han's site, though.
Regards,
Paul...
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Post by calden on May 12, 2006 4:06:12 GMT
I sent an email a while back and received a response... in a day or two, as well. I'll try and dig up the email address I used - i think I got it right from her website.
Carlos
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Post by rickwalker on May 21, 2006 19:00:09 GMT
Jiebing is suffering from a bit of Carpal Tunnel. She is not reading much email to save her arm for playing.
I don't blame her at all. I see her once a month for lessons, so I'm happy to pass along any questions that you
might have.
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Post by sanmenxia on May 25, 2006 3:34:20 GMT
It might seem a bit obscure, but I wonder if could you ask her about dian4 zhi3 hua2 yin1 which I think is lit. padded finger slide sound (it's that slide from 5 to 3 on the inner string in key of D, used in Jiangnan Sizhu, also zi zhu diao etc). A teacher showed it to me briefly once, she started with the 4th finger holding down the note on 5, 3rd on 4 and 2nd on 3, then she started to move the bowed and moved the 4 th finger up (in position) until it reached the 3rd finger then lifted it off the string. Then the 3rd finger does the same thing and the note ends in the 2nd finger on 3. I think this is how she played it but I'm not sure, the problem is I can't get a continuous sound, when she played it it's one sound starting at 5 sliding smoothly to 3.
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Post by calden on May 25, 2006 5:07:58 GMT
I remember seeing this in one of my books. I got to where I could do it a little bit, then started just using my stretched fingers to get a continuous tone. Never mastered it.
carlos
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Post by song on May 25, 2006 6:51:31 GMT
It might seem a bit obscure, but I wonder if could you ask her about dian4 zhi3 hua2 yin1 which I think is lit. padded finger slide sound (it's that slide from 5 to 3 on the inner string in key of D, used in Jiangnan Sizhu, also zi zhu diao etc). A teacher showed it to me briefly once, she started with the 4th finger holding down the note on 5, 3rd on 4 and 2nd on 3, then she started to move the bowed and moved the 4 th finger up (in position) until it reached the 3rd finger then lifted it off the string. Then the 3rd finger does the same thing and the note ends in the 2nd finger on 3. I think this is how she played it but I'm not sure, the problem is I can't get a continuous sound, when she played it it's one sound starting at 5 sliding smoothly to 3. Well, let me try my hand at this: - You start with the 4th finger holder down the note 5, 2nd finger on note 3. Your 3rd finger should be on the string as well, but it dosen't matter if its on the note 4. - When you bow, slide your 4th finger and 3rd finger towards your 2nd finger, then lift your 4th finger followed by your 3rd finger - all in one continuous action. Or you can look at it as closing your 4th and 3rd finger towards your 2nd finger. Your 2nd finger always stays at note 3. - There is a slight arching back action of the palm during the process - The whole action feels a little bit like your left hand grabbing the neck of the Erhu. - Try this visualisation exercise to get a feel of it - hold your right arm like the neck of the erhu. Put your fingers on your arm like you do on the strings. Imagine you have an itch where your 3rd and 4th finger lies, but you can only scratch it using your 3rd and 4th finger while maintaining the position of your 2nd finger. So you stretch out your 4th finger and scratch your itch from note 5 to note 3. Something like that.... Sung Wah |
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Post by davidmdahl on May 25, 2006 17:37:17 GMT
I originally attempted to contact Jie Bing in hopes of finding a erhu workshop. I have attended music workshops in the past on other instruments, and enjoyed the networking and sharing the joy of music with other like-minded folks. Several of us talked about putting on an erhu workshop in Seattle last year, but it never got off the ground. Frankly it is a lot of work to set up a workshop, and can have some financial risk. I would rather someone else make the arrangements so I can just have fun and be an attendee.  I would love to know of any workshops or gatherings on the topic of Chinese or Vietnamese music. Thanks. Best wishes, David |
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Post by sanmenxia on Jun 6, 2006 21:38:44 GMT
Sung Wah,
Thanks for your reply! I think I know now how it's played, in theory, I've been trying to play it but i still can't get the right sound. I suppose I'll just have to do more practice.
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