Instrument: Sheng

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Get to know the Chinese sheng, an instrument whose name invokes peace, harmony and balance between humans, nature and the universe. The sheng has a history stretching back many centuries, and is the ancestor of all free-reed instruments (such as the accordion, and the free-reed stops on the organ). It also inspires today’s composers, from China and around the world. Virtuoso sheng player Wu Wei demonstrates the versatility of his instrument, and how to prepare and tune it (including where to pour the hot water in!).
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CHAPTERS
00:05 - Introducing the sheng
00:39 - Parts of the sheng
03:14 - Mounting the reed (part I)
06:33 - Meaning of sheng
07:56 - Chinese music
13:03 - Mounting the reed (part II)
13:41 - Tuning
16:10 - Production of sound
17:49 - Hot water
19:18 - Different sizes
20:07 - Learning the sheng
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@jamieknoll4286 4 года назад

Never complaining about having to tune a string instrument again

@philharmonia_orchestra 4 года назад

Word.

@oldleatherstocking3185 2 года назад

Yep.

@kishascape 9 месяцев назад

I'll stick with Harmonica.

@bluroses872 5 лет назад

This series continues to be one of my favorite on the Internet.

@philharmonia_orchestra 5 лет назад

Thank you for the wonderful feedback!

@walidamin1804 2 года назад

The mixture of Chinese and German accents is amazing

@Weeping-Angel 3 месяца назад

He doesn’t have a German accent though

@mediagirl 3 месяца назад

@@Weeping-Angel He so very much has that (I'm native German) he used some German words which are quite similar to english and he has SUCH a strong German accent in speaking English that after a few minutes I was so distracted from the video that I had to look him up and by now he has lived longer in Germany than in China.

@gavynhohon2818 3 года назад

Never seen anyone light a match that way, and the way his eyes lit up when he got the match to catch fire made my day.

@sitarnut 2 года назад

Wu Wei's breath control, technical prowess, ability to explain and his loving compassion is off the charts. I'd seen this instrument in many Chinese orchestras and heard it on my LP's. To understand it better is such a boon. At various times It sounds exactly like our Church organ. Kudos!

@ivyssauro123 5 лет назад

Holy ****, the Harmony on the 'Elegant' music blew me away, I was not expecting that from a 6th century piece of music, anywhere in the world!

@differentialequation9471 5 лет назад

Ivo Wilson I find it is kind of similar to the harmony in the Japanese “Gagaku”.

@MegalopsykhiaLIN 5 лет назад

@@differentialequation9471 Originally the Gagaku("雅楽" in Japanese) was imported into Japan from China during the Tang Dynasty (618ac-907ac) through Korea, the original form is written as "雅樂" in Chinese but with a totally different pronunciation "Yayue". But unfortunately we Chinese haven't conserved this ancient art, but it is the Japanese who conserved it until modern days and they have developed it with Japanese style. And the Sheng they use in Gagaku（pronounced in Japanese as "Sho") is exactly the original form of Sheng back in the days without almost any changes.

@jeanszulc 4 года назад

I had the immense pleasure of watching Wu Wei play the Sheng here in Brazil. It was literally one of the best performances I have ever seen. I'm glad I found this video, it is really inspiring to see him talking.

@philharmonia_orchestra 4 года назад

Wonderful! We're so glad you found us! We loved working with Wu Wei.

@boriswilsoncreations Год назад

I'm from Brazil as well :]

@marcusewell582 5 лет назад

This is the most ambitious crossover event in history Organ x Oboe but kinda has a brass mouthpiece

@marcusewell582 5 лет назад

@muchanadziko6378 3 года назад

it's the progenitor of the mouth harmonica, so it's reed and not brass really

@RobertSlover 4 года назад

when you have to be a part time alchemist to tune your instrument you know your badass!

@dradio555 3 года назад

:) :) Can't stop laughing!

@WiccanGoddess33 Год назад

What a magical gentleman. His voice is so beautiful and soothing. He had me completely entranced with his explanation of this incredible instrument. I'm in awe. Such respect for traditions and hand-made things.

@garysscaryfaeries3046 5 лет назад

If you paired a Sheng with a violin 🎻 you could produce some great Irish jigs and reels. What an amazing instrument, thank you for sharing.

@carlcarlton328 4 года назад

This might be to bold but, *ASIAN BAGPIPES*

@noahlawson8256 4 года назад

More like a bellowless asian accordion

@Ivytheherbert 3 года назад

Chinese melodica

@iopvixens 5 лет назад

Father of the western free reed instruments.

@scottscott232 4 года назад

Philharmonia Orchestra - I'm absolutely blown away by the variety of instruments that you showcase. The knowledge of your musicians is exceptional. I thoroughly enjoyed watching Wu Wei's technical analysis of the Sheng, the meaning behind the word Sheng, his mounting of the reed and tuning, and examples of music. What a beautiful sounding instrument. Thank you once again.

@philharmonia_orchestra 4 года назад

Thank you for spending time on the channel!

@junflute 4 года назад

So... its like a blues harmonica, but more in a dark tower of mordor kinda way. Sign me up.

@zacharycoronado6749 5 лет назад

The adoption of western style mechanisms into Chinese instruments has always interested me. Boehm system dizi, for example. That keywork is really cool!

@josequins9099 Год назад

Incredible video. I love that he showed the inside workings of the sheng and explained how the name is written. It has such a lovely sound. Wu Wei's playing is exceptional. Bravo

@xarior1633 11 месяцев назад

It makes me think of drums which is my instrument, the importance of the history all the rythms made and the path you have to choose in your practice... Even if obviously Sheng is a "pocket" organ and drums a "pocket" percussion ensemble, they share the same philosophy coming from centuries and evolved a lot through this. Original sheng didn't have holes or keys as drums didn't have a bass drum pedal before the retraet of napolean troops from America From my opinion it's important to know the history behind the instrument you play to be passionate of it and create! What a great job you've done on this video passion mixed with history and practice. That's what create inspiration!

@Erinnmnn 5 лет назад

I love these videos of lesser known instruments. I'd love to see one about the aulos and other predecessors to modern double reeds.

@quinnparker6111 4 года назад

Doctor van Nostrand, I presume? You sicken me.

@user-gi8ke8ef8d 2 месяца назад

Thank you for teaching us about the sheng. You make beautiful music with it & play it well.

@alexsteb 4 года назад

I bet he first learned German. "Bambus", "Oktave", "Universum" etc.

@terencesakamoto4416 4 года назад

Definitely. I heard “existiert,” hard proof.

@guneskoc 4 года назад

"Methode"

@heikopanzlaff3789 3 года назад

Messing instead of brass ...

@GlebPoltorak 3 года назад

scharf C :)

@EchoHeo 3 года назад

apparetnly he lives in germany

@gabrielafranco9236 4 года назад

0:13 is my favorite Chinese sound

@MenelionFR 5 лет назад

Thank you so much! Please continue the series on traditional instruments, if it's possible. And, though it might sound too solemn, I'm absolutely sure we must know each other's cultures, we live on the same planet! Chinese culture is great, and European culture is great, too. I was really glad to see many tourists from China when I visited Paris two years ago, and I'll visit China as soon as I have such an opportunity. Thank you mister Wu Wei, you're great!

@philharmonia_orchestra 5 лет назад

Thank you for this lovely note. We agree - getting to know each other's cultures is exciting and eye-opening. We can learn a lot from cultures different to our own and music is a great way to open doors.

@kotakitteh 2 года назад

Are you telling me this guy is tuning his instrument with Cinnabar....like...for real. Holy heck. Chinese alchemy at its finest. Amazing video and dedication of the artist. Beautiful instrument.

@TheAardar 3 года назад

It looks like he's playing the empire state building

@theoboueid6450 Год назад

Absolutely soul crushing beauty at 11:12. What an instrument. What a sound.

@QiujiangLeviLu 5 лет назад

Hold a second, at 11:00 he said he’s gonna play some old music, which is from the 6th century. So THE HARMONY WAS THAT MUCH COMPLICATED BACK THEN?????!!!!!!

@curvingfyre6810 4 года назад

The neanderthals had fairly sophisticated flutes. Complex instruments have been around literally longer than our species. Thats a long time to get the melodies as sophisticated as the instruments. I recommend you try taking a soujourn into the realm of early music. Every culture has major hidden gems from the renaissance and earlier.

@juliancillopillo 4 года назад

He actually played kind of a Chōshi 調子 melody from the Gagaku repertoire of the Shō. I think is in the Banshikichō mode... 盤渉調.

@phantasmagora6542 4 года назад

Much of what we consider to be "traditional Chinese music" is actually from the Qing Dynasty onward, where harmony had been simplified to at most 2-3 notes at a time. During the Tang era, harmony was much more complex and could feature 4, 5, or 6 notes at a time. Yanyue, the music of the Tang court, was pretty harmonically complex and is certainly much more than the pentatonic scales stereotypically associated with Chinese music. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gE--RNogiSM.html But harmony in East Asian music didn't work the same way it does in Western classical music. A multiphonic instrument like the sheng served to "freeze" melodies i.e. like a pad or a drone rather than progress in terms of tonic, dominant, etc. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p38uKQkog0I.html There's actually a movement among Chinese conservatories to research and reconstruct Chinese-style harmony. Ironically, a lot of Tang-era music migrated to Japan, which preserved much of this lost knowledge in the form of gagaku, which a lot of Chinese musicologists reference in turn to reconstruct their own music. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AE7FrRJJYDA.html medium.com/fairbank-center/re-harmonizing-china-dissonant-tone-clusters-a-consonant-nation-ff3c6e3606ad

@Goriaas 3 года назад

Up until the industrialisation, China was ahead of the West in most things

@occamsbutterknife9186 4 года назад

It's the instrument you have to record, then play backwards to hear it played forwards.

@philharmonia_orchestra 5 лет назад

If you enjoyed this video, check out the other film Wu Wei did with us and find out more about how he got his start in music, along with some more music. Wu Wei in conversation with Philharmonia Orchestra double bassist Michael Fuller: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YtesORAB_qw.html

@roku_nine 4 года назад

17:21 wowwwwww, very beautiful sound! the potential for creativity is massive! 😮

@notreallymyname3736 Год назад

I recognize the sound of this instrument, but never imagined that this is what it actually looked like! This is extremely interesting

@luborkloda8903 4 года назад

14:27 this material is very dangerous, if you eat it you die .... 14:52 he puts it in the mouth. Now I understand what "devotion to art" means.

@BaroqueHarmonie 3 года назад

hahahahah i tought the same

@TheAlps36 3 года назад

Cinnabar will give you mercury poisoning

@calliewarner9363 2 года назад

Wu Wei, I am taken back to our time at Civitella Ranieri. So great to watch you here and listen to your beautiful music. I trust you are well! Thank you!!!

@joemcnicholas1165 5 лет назад

this is one of my favourite orchestras ever! i hope i can play the oboe or cello in it when i am older!!!

@nightlife9907 5 лет назад

why wait?

@lawabidingcitizen5153 4 года назад

Why not now?

@salomeherreradiaz6633 5 лет назад

What a sweet music!!! Thank you Philarmonia and thank you Wu Wei.❤🎵

@dameinoferrall2400 3 года назад

incredible instrument and even more incredible musician.

@michaelpobr 5 лет назад

I've never even heard of this. I've learned so much!

@philharmonia_orchestra 5 лет назад

Great to hear! Thanks so much for spending time on our channel.

@gastlygem 5 лет назад

I'm Chinese and I know the instrument but this is the first time I see the inside!

@panda-goat 4 года назад

This video has inspired me to learn how to play the sheng! I will be buying a soprano sheng this summer.

@philharmonia_orchestra 4 года назад

Brilliant! If you liked this video, please do subscribe to our channel to get more of these films sent to you as soon as they are released.

@shoutykat Год назад

This was an amazing introduction to the instrument! I had no idea it had contributed so much to Western music - not just the reed type but I heard several things that immediately reminded me of Western music that I've heard and I'm sure some of them were directly influenced by this. It also gave me a very quick but informing perspective on Chinese music, especially contrasting southern and northern music. I'm so pleased I stumbled across this!

@randahlahamanandacrawford6421 5 лет назад

Thank you Wu Wei. Excellent presentation!

@SharkDawg32 5 лет назад

Made my brain tingle.👽

@AeroCraftAviation 2 года назад

Incredible video! Also very impressive that, I presume, this guy knows both German and English as well as his native Chinese. 太棒了！

@CommunistBearFighter Год назад

German?

@user-kz9sg2cx6 8 месяцев назад

Incredible instrument. More colourful than many others.

@shaft9000 4 года назад

Wonderful! Looks like something you'd see at Rivendell in The Lord of the Rings book 1. So many Hong-Kong cinema film-soundtracks use this instrument, but I could never pin down what it was. Now I can picture it every time I hear it :)

@danielm17 5 лет назад

This is an amazing instrument I wonder how its implemented into rhe full orchestra becauase it seems like more of a solo instrument

@philharmonia_orchestra 5 лет назад

We have a great concert coming up with Wu Wei on 5 April at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London where you can hear just that! www.philharmonia.co.uk/concerts/2160/music_of_today_wu_wei_artist_portrait (If you're not London-based, Wu Wei does a lot of touring: wuwei-music.com/en_US/)

@natheniel 4 года назад

You are right, there are no orchestral tradition in traditional Chinese Music. Only sometimes ensembles sextet or septets. In the modern invention-the Chinese Orchestra, it serves as more or less like the woodwind and brass instrument, filling up chords and playing fast chromatic passages as Sheng is the only wind instrument that can play that.

@1003willy 3 года назад

the modern chinese orchestra has several types of sheng to cover all ranges, there is the soprano sheng, alto sheng, tenor sheng and bass sheng. the sheng is mostly used to play chords but it can sound beautiful when playing solo

@aceplayerMusic 3 года назад

This is amazing guys. Thank you so much for doing this. I enjoyed every video, and it has improved my orchestration skills greatly.

@philharmonia_orchestra 3 года назад

We're glad to hear that!

@S1lvers0x 4 года назад

I love Sheng music it strikes something deep inside my psyche.

@camjammin 5 лет назад

Amazing instrument, thanks for showing us about it and demonstrating it.

@juanfeliperojas5754 5 лет назад

This instrument is amazing

@philharmonia_orchestra 5 лет назад

We think so, too!

@jackreddick 3 года назад

Incredible!!!

@VynxeVainglory 3 года назад

My mind is blown by this thing.

@N0stalgia01 Год назад

Such beautiful sound love china nstrument

@michaelfrank1048 5 лет назад

I love this series

@philharmonia_orchestra 5 лет назад

Thanks for spending time on our channel!

@thisistheglasshouse 4 года назад

A really informative video on an instrument I, as well as many of my friends didn't know existed! (I was wondering what the candle was for). Can't wait for the next installment.

@jean-lucbouchard4767 5 лет назад

What an incredibly beautiful and unique instrument! Great video, thanks for showing the reed process.

@philharmonia_orchestra 5 лет назад

Thank you! Yes - that reed process is pretty amazing.

@RoninAvenger 3 года назад

Ancestor of the harmonica

@kazhilly Год назад

Fascinating, very interesting.

@nialltownley1788 4 года назад

I could listen to him all day

@omarose7504 2 года назад

Thank you! This is the information I have been looking for. I am so happy to know more about this instrument from such an expert. Grateful to him.

@davidmolloy126 4 года назад

Truly fascinating, thanks very much.🎶🌞

@zitakreuzdenker2096 Год назад

What an artist!

@kentosalazar 4 года назад

so glad there's subtitles because this is epic information

@FoxyLobo 5 лет назад

One of the most amazing and moving things I have had the please of hearing/seeing/learning about. Anyone know what the name of the ancient piece of music is? I must find out - the complexity, beauty, and subtleties.. There are elements of what would be called jazz but predating it by well over a thousand years! AMAZING! Thank you so much.

@philharmonia_orchestra 5 лет назад

Hi Patrick, The piece is Hanging The Red Lantern from Shangdong province, Composer: Mo Shanping. Thanks for tuning in! Please do subscribe to our channel if you like this sort of content.

@andyxyz01 5 лет назад

I believe you are referring to the 6th century music played at around 11:23. This is called 雅乐（雅樂）. It is also called Gagaku in Japanese-you can search this term on google to learn more. The Sheng is traditionally meant to represent streams of sunlight in this type of music.

@ksmith9996 4 года назад

向大师致敬！

@Pasunsoprano 3 года назад

Wow, the 6th century piece has clusters like in 20th century music and some romantic chords too.

@jean-jacqueskaselorganreco6879 3 года назад

its extremely interesting, thank you so much for this. Wouldnt you like to post one on facebook or here in german?you certainly speak it very well ;-)

@shannonluster5083 4 года назад

It is like magic

@raybohn5753 2 года назад

Thank you for the insightful and musical video.

@josestaneck 4 года назад

Bravo!!1

@cmw12 5 лет назад

Great presentation, but could you get him to show us the mouthpiece next time and talk about the embouchure, etc? I can’t believe we went that entire video never getting a glimpse of the mouthpiece opening! Also, what does the base look like with the pipes removed? These are obvious questions that you really should have asked.

@1003willy 5 лет назад

Hi... There is no special embouchure to play this instrument. All u need is to exhale and inhale into the instrument. The mouthpiece is just a hole. And the wind chest without the pipes it looks like a bowl with uniform round holes to slot in the bamboo tubes.

@jstov 3 года назад

Very cool, unique instrument.

@zeniktorres4320 5 лет назад

Very interesting. But questions remain. eg How often does it need cleaning? I wonder if the hot water, since it reduces condensation build-up, will reduce the need for cleaning regularly.

@Aeiouuoiea777 4 года назад

I saw a video from eason music-sheng, where they explain it pretty well

@lordbearbonez 4 года назад

I’d absolutely love to play trombone in this truly amazing and inspiring ensemble in the future

@JonasDavidOfficial 4 года назад

Is he throwing some german words in there sometimes? Great video series. Thanks.

@philharmonia_orchestra 4 года назад

Good ear! Wu Wei lives in Germany, so yes, he sometimes sprinkles in some German.

@jjrdias 5 лет назад

Amazing

@totoledao 5 лет назад

Awesome video!!

@rencechannel2240 5 лет назад

This instrument invented in 2650 B.C.E more than 2000 years before the birth of Christ.

@saviogaikwad6869 5 лет назад

Priceless education..

@Gusrikh1 5 лет назад

Very interesting..

@slmhcgqu Год назад

you even got this? thats awesome!

@Lucius1958 10 месяцев назад

Fascinating! I wonder when the keywork was added to the instrument: was it a home-grown innovation, or was it copied from later European instruments?

@deadstockk 4 года назад

7:59 Call now and we'll send you not one, but two Shengs!

@Juraberg 3 года назад

Very interesting and very well explained. Thanks a lot.

@philharmonia_orchestra 3 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@JanSchellink 3 года назад

Thanks Wu! :-)

@weikie Год назад

just poppin in to check on my fly at 14:30 he doin good.

@ChristianFS1 5 лет назад

Would have been cool to hear a rendition of the wedding march on that instrument, it certainly sounds capable of it.

@KingfisherLtd 2 года назад

So basically there will be no blues harmonica music if not the invention of sheng.

@kukurbuki 4 года назад

I like how he mixes a bit of german in his english and even some latin.

@calebjackson5678 5 лет назад

This is so cool!!!

@demonhunter5478 5 лет назад

17:21 - 17:45 favorite part

@overrated_person531 4 года назад

That was my bong man!!!

@accipiterignitus5123 5 лет назад

All we should learn more traditional chinese culture

@adriantee5219 4 года назад

We have this in our school orchestra!

@micenotnice1106 5 лет назад

You should do the suona next

@vaughnhale7903 4 года назад

Wow! I thought tuning my violin was hard.

@davidlopez-un9zp 5 месяцев назад

wow

@benavides1811 5 лет назад

Can I get a name for the energetic North China piece he played?

@valeriasatiro 2 года назад

Encantada por descobrir que existe órgão de boca. Você sabe dizer qual órgão veio primeiro?

@aroomofmIOwn 5 лет назад

What exactly is the paste that's applied to the reed, and what does it do? His explanation left me baffled!

@philharmonia_orchestra 5 лет назад

Hello, it's a mixture of cinnabar.

@1003willy 5 лет назад

the paste is a substance created from rubbing the "green stone" inside the copper plate

@zackmotion 5 лет назад

The function of that green paste is to let water vapor dry faster on the reed.

@TheAlps36 3 года назад

@@philharmonia_orchestra mercury sulfide - definitely not something you want to put in your mouth regularly

@sunstar2599 Год назад

Chinese people are like i said. Very smart people

@brauliovidile7464 3 года назад

I would like to know if I can use just 10 seconds of the video in an educacional video for my accordion students in Brazil. I will obviously give you and the musician the credit for it. Is it possible? Thank you very much