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wo huai nian de


''ru yan''


''wo yao kuai le''


''an jing le''

12/07/2009 Beautiful Sunday's Concert

Its time for concert!!!

12 of July 2009 was an important day for my Chinese Orchestra..

this was the third time Esplanade invited NYPCO for the music performance..

The concert hall was fulled with audiences on that day..

I was so nervous when i first saw the hall crowded..

My hands was tremors on that day..

I tried to calm down myself so that can play ERHU normally..

The first and second songs I really cant play well..

But it was getting better after I used to it with the stage performance..

That day the audiences were gave us a very good support..

I felt so happy because can take part in concert with seniors..

I would like to thank to all the members which cooperated with each

other to make the concert succeed.

YEAH~~~~~~~HOORAY~~~~~~~~~~~~

I would like to thank to seniors and instructors that have tought me

the knowlegde to play ERHU..

I am so happy can join concert with all of the Chinese Orchestra's members..

I promise I will try my best and play better in the future..

Upcoming Concert

NYPCO which is Nanyang Polytechnic Chinese Orchestra
will having a concert soon..
This concert will held on 12 July 2009 at Esplanade Concert Hall.

Beyond traditional Chinese orchestral pieces,
NYPCO has, over the years, experimented with a diverse selection
of western music, Asian-flavoured pop songs as well as other genres
from around the globe.

We try to break with tradition to perform Chinese Pop Songs in
instrumental version by Chinese Orchestra.
Hear pop hits from Chinese artists such as Jacky Cheung,
Zhang Hui Mei (Ah Mei), Leo Ku (古巨基),
as well as the theme song《如燕》from the popular local
Mandarin TV series, Little Nonya《小娘惹》.

Conducted by Mike Chiang, a young, talented, homegrown musician
with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) and a member
of The Huqin Quartet.

Mastering The Skills

After few weeks of practice..
I have handled the basic skills of ERHU..
I tried to play the ensemble songs
so that can attend the combined practice with all the seniors..

Throughout the practices..
I just realised if we wanted to learn something,
we have to be more patient..
we should not rush to do anything without any planning..
For example,
If we rush in the progress,we will not learn the correct ways on the bowing skills..
Patient is a necessity in learning instruments..

Beside this,
I tried my best to attend all the practices..
this can act as a training for my discipline..
I will not absent the practice without any proper excuses..
It also trained to be on time for any occasion..

With my skills of playing ERHU,
I will taking part for the coming July's concert that wil held at Esplanade Concert Hall..
That is a great new for me because I am getting closer to my goal
that I have set in the beginning of my
Personal Development Plan..

Learning ERHU

After i entered my school chinese orchestra
the committees have allocate me in ERHU group..

At the first lesson,
my instructor tought the knowledges about ERHU..
he showed us some basic skills to play ERHU..
he said that the force must be balance in our both hand
so that we can play the notes in smoothly condition..

After his explanations,
he asked us to try to hold the ERHU..
firstly,we need to break our fingers movement into 2 parts:
move up and move down..
seconly,he tought us about bowing on the ERHU..
thirdly,we need to do synchroning on the previous 2 steps in once..

these above was the basic skill we need master well..

so that we can play well in the future..

the above video teach us how to do bowing..



the above show to play erhu..

Method To Play ERHU

• Tuning

The erhu is almost always tuned to the interval of a fifth. The inside string (nearest to player) is generally tuned to D4 and the outside string to A4. This is the same as the two middle strings of the violin.

• Position

The erhu is played sitting down placed on the top of the left thigh.

• Right hand

The bow is held with an underhand grip. The bow hair is adjusted so it is slightly loose, tension is provided by the fingers of the right hand. Bowing techniques include la gong (pull bow, equivalent to the "down bow" technique used on western bowed string instruments), tui gong (push bow, equivalent to the "up bow" technique). The bow hair is placed in between the two strings and both sides of the bow hair are used to produce sound, the player pushes the bow away from the body when bowing the A string (the outside string), and pulls it inwards when bowing the "inside" D string.

Aside from the usual bowing technique used for most pieces, the erhu can also be plucked, usually using the second finger of the right hand. This produces a dry, muted tone (if either of the open strings are plucked, the sound is somewhat more resonant) which is sometimes desired in contemporary pieces.

• Left hand

Techniques include hua yin (slides), rou xian (vibrato), huan ba (changing positions), etc.

for more information..

http://home.pacific.net.sg/~ak109/erhu.htm