the rum soaked fist: internal martial arts forum

You can see some musicians smirking at the joke they are about to play on the laowai audience. The orchestra is known for its traditional Chinese music. And then...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M13e1M76SqM



I hadn't seen this before and thought I would pass it along.

Funny - I started playing middle eastern music on the erhu.
I thought it was great.

roger hao wrote:Funny - I started playing middle eastern music on the erhu.
I thought it was great.

Yeah, that sounds like a perfect match. The erhu's intonation is user-controlled, as on a violin or a trombone, not constrained by frets as on a pipa or guitar. So weird Mideastern partial intervals play okey-doke.

I like the surprise factor in music. I am currently working on playing Beethoven on the ukulele. Shaka, brudda Ludwig.