Chinese Pipa

Chinese Pipa
This is the Chines Pipa. This video is longer than most, but is under 10 minutes. It is very similar to the guitar and some other Eastern stringed instruments. This artist uses many fingers in the right hand – known in western guitar playing as “finger style”. You may think that this instrument sounds similar to the banjo. This artist also uses tremelo picking similar to a spanish style like Carlos Santana would do. He also plays the pipa like a percussion instrument (drum) sometimes. Please write a brief explanation of your impression of the pipa and this video. List your response in the “submission” section below.

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Duration: (9:17)
User: hacona – Added: 6/18/06
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi4X-qCFGMk

3.Chinese Violin
Here is an example of the Chinese violin. Many children learn to play instruments and sing at an early age in China. Here is a child playing Rimsky Korsakov’s Flight of the “Bumble Bee”. Sorry it was recorded so loud. In your opinion, what are the benifits to having young children learn music? and why do you think many parents in China have their students learn a musical instrument at a young age? Please list your response in the “submission” section below.
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Flight of the bumble bees -Erhu
Duration: (1:14)
User: wangxuanie – Added: 10/4/06
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osXfn8oO-JM

4. Xu Ke Chinese Violin:
Xu Ke is widely considered to be the greatest Erhu player of the 20th and 21st centuries. He has expanded the range of the Erhu from two to more than four octaves and has developed techniques such as double-stopping, artificial harmonics in high position, and graduated prestissimo staccato for Erhu. In defiance of the mechanical limitations of the Erhu, he has also developed a “dual tone melody” capability. In addition to his outstanding interpretation and technique, he is well-known for performing over 100 new works, while adapting classical music to fit within the repertoire of the Erhu. He performs with numerous world orchestras, as well as renowned chamber groups and pianists.

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Xuke erhu: Flight of Bumble Bee – Rimsky by Xu Ke – korsakov.mpg
Duration: (1:41)
User: xukeerhu – Added: 9/8/11
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHVplNUFHZo

5. Peking Opera: This is a great video that describes Peking Opera.

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Peking opera
Duration: (9:09)
User: unesco – Added: 11/5/10
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtV3iAuYN48
6. Why can we say the piano is a Chinese instrument today?
7. Who are the Twelve Girls Band and what do they do musically speaking?
8. Why did Marquis Wen more than two thousand years ago find ancient music boring, and what has changed in our listening attitudes since then?
9. Why is the qin designed to be so soft in sound?
10. How is beiguan music sponsored and organized in contemporary Taiwan?
11 Discussion: The Chinese government has used music and the prohibition of music to influence people in the past. How might a government use music to influence its citizens today? Try to state an example, that you have observed, of how a country has used music to influence its citizens.

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