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Zheng is a long-plucked zither while qin is a finger-slide zither. Zheng has a harp-like sound while qin has a fretless bass guitar like sound. Both are zithers but zheng has movable bridges, while qin does not.
I've been playing zheng since age 6. I perform on all kinds of zhengs but mainly custom made with more than standard 21 strings. Instruments with up to 48 strings and ranging from bass instruments to soprano zhengs. These instruments all sound quite similar because the design is standard, with only 21 strings. Some varies just ever so slightly in sustain lengths, and robust lower range projection. We have to remember these instruments are brand spanking new. Musical instruments continue to breathe, and their characteristics will evolve over time. Some instruments will become more robust in sound resonance while others will decay. Every player is different, and the more time they spend with the instrument in many circumstances, especially in performance settings. As the woods continue to age along with the strings. The many colors of the tones each instrument will be able to produce then become the true voice of the instrument. Right now, off the factory floor and in your home and studio. They all sound crisp, metalic, and hard. They may have tiny nuances, which we over are exaggerating with colorful descriptions. But in truth. New instruments all sound the same. It takes a very, very, very seasoned player with extensive experience on these instruments, who will be able to perceive the zhengs voice and may be able to predict its future true voice shining through. You really have to be there in person to experience the completeness of their voices and tactileness. Recordings, of course, rarely do justice. Most people are not using pro audio listening devices to listen. Very well done everyone i always enjoy your content very much from Canada.
I just got my Erhu today, and i want to say that im REALLY thankful to you and your video. Because I really had no idea how to play on this gorgeous instrument, but now its alright thanks to you❤️
Bronze pegs are very outdated. No one is really making much of this anymore, because they are difficult to maintain, spoils easily, and unreliable for performances.
@@EightTonesMusic I see. I thought that the original design for Erhu was only with wooden pegs. Then upgraded to bronze. And also I thought wood pegs were unreliable and hard to tune.
@@HarryAdee You can use our peg chalk technique in this video to make the wooden pegs reliable: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ej1m9RBY7wQ.html If Violin/Viola/Cello can use wooden pegs, why should Erhu use mechanical ones? You can also use fine tuners and other stuff. Mechanical pegs are metal, they produces very metalic sound and can contract/expand more due to temperature.
Not 100% necessary but it is a useful tool that I still use as well. Exceptionally helpful for beginners too. You can purchase either of these: eight-tones.store/products/erhu-fine-tuners/ eight-tones.store/products/wittner-erhu-fine-tuners/
I've tried looking up tutorials for how to properly blow into the dizi, but I just can't seem to get it. Any help would be greatly appreciated (please and thank you).
Thank you for sharing the charts! I bought a guzheng from overseas but I did not understand how to tune even after I watched the video. I learnt guzheng with Eight Tone 4 years ago but die to family commitment with 2 kids, I couldn’t continue anymore. So I bought a medium size version just to maintain my interest and slowly pick up again thru youtube.
Αν και προέρχομαι από μια διαφορετική κουλτούρα, βρίσκω τόσο ίδια τη μουσική Κίνας με τη τη μουσική της Ελλάδας. Έχει μια μελαγχολία και μια ανεξήγητη όμορφα η πεντατονική κλίμακα. Αν ακούσετε ηπειρώτικα (Epirus traditional song) ορχηστρικά κομμάτια τα οποία είναι παιγμένα σε πεντατονική κλίμακα, θα καταλάβετε αμέσως την ομοιότητα. Θα προσθέσω έναν σύνδεσμο ώστε να δείτε πόσο κοντά είναι αυτές οι δύο κουλτούρες ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jumEDURM3Bc.htmlsi=lyA3l5FTr28pqjiQ
The one in video is zhemian guzheng, not carved soundboards. But they do have carved soundboard Guzheng, just that we are not bringing in at the moment as there are better options at the moment for the selling price.
The best tutorial! It’s so important to loosen the tuning peg a lot before you put the string on. Then after putting the string in, pulling up on the slack string while tightening the tuning peg- makes it easy peasy. Thanks for the great video!
Hello, I absolutely LOVE your channel! May I make a suggestion for a video? It would be amazing if you made a longer video explaining to us about the history of traditional Chinese music, and how it was played, what ensemble, the music, etc. For people wanting to discover these rich traditions it can be really hard to know which piece of music online is actually accurate to the ancient traditional artforms and which are made for our modern tastes but just using ancient instruments. For inspiration, I highly recommend Farya Faraji's musicology videos (it's called Epic Talking in his channel), where he tells us about Middle Eastern music and helps us understand and identify authentic pieces. RU-vid is flooded with "relaxing ancient Chinese music" and we have no idea what is what, haha. Anyway, sorry for the long comment and congrats on your channel!
Will need to find an expert who knows everything and is willing to talk about it. We know a fair but, but we can't vow for our accuracy of historical knowledge.
Being a hobbyist woodworker (I make wooden crank baits for fishing) and a beginner erhu player, I be most interested in learning the process of making an erhu (the bow too). I probably can make a crappy one right now. I got all the general woodworking skill set. My weak point is actually are my ears. Others may be interested in taking classes too. The process may take too much time but at least cover the major steps. You can also hav e beginner and advance classes. Here in the US, there are such classes to learn the craftsmanship (general carving, cabinetry, hand tools,,,,,). The woodworking stores would have classes for turning and even building instruments (like guitars). To me it's kind of like a vacation trip for learning. You do it for the fun of it. You charge accordingly. If such learning experience is available, I would sign up and make the trip.
@@EightTonesMusic you could strum the strings while speaking, if it's not too loud, that would improve the video a lot! If it is to loud, then record separately and add at a lower volum atop the video. It would be really nice!
