This famous devilishly-fast violin piece composed by the enfant terrible of violin, Nicolo Paganini, has been partially adapted to be played on the Erhu as an etude due to its difficulty, characterized by the perpetual motion of 16th notes including huge leaps in register. It has thus become the benchmark test of advanced technical proficiency for Erhu and is now being used by the Central Conservatory of Music in China as in Etude in its Performance Diploma graded examinations. In this excerpt, only
Jay Chou and his Chinese Pop Style Stepping into the new century, a name came into people’s ears in mainland China, Jay Chou. Jay is a famous Taiwan musician, whose songs impact the new generation in the recent twelve years all over the world significantly. From young to old, a lot of people can sing his popular songs, or they can hum, whistle some parts of Jay’s songs at least. According to the official statistics, Jay produced his eleven albums that sold an amazing record of 28746167 copies in
When Things Start to Think It is obvious that technology changes our life a lot. According to “When Things Start to Think” written by Neil Gershenfeld, it shows me that what technology change, why it changes, and how it changes. Neil gives us some examples about technology are connecting with life, and the author gives some positive ideas for some things which are changed by new technology. I want to meanly talking about what technology has changed because it is the easiest one for me to access
a story of loyalty, love and betrayal. Ang Lee is the director, and music plays a significant role in the way he tells the story. The film score is created by Tan Dun and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, plays it. Dun uses traditional Chinese instruments like the erhu, a two-string fiddle instrument and pipa, a mandolin. These are the instruments that make the film feel like it indeed takes place in China. These instruments are not only defining the proper Chinese setting, but answer the emotions the characters
Peking Opera *Works Cited Not Included Peking opera first started to gain national recognition in the 19th century, as is probably the best-known Chinese traditional music-theater in the West. Though known to the West as Peking opera, it is referred to in China as "jing ju," translated as "capital theater." This musical genre contains such diverse characteristics including virtuosic singing in romantic scenes involving young lovers, stylized battle scenes at land our at seas featuring spectacular
Chi Shing Yeung Prof. Keitel Music 121 April 5, 2014 Chinese Music The origin of Chinese music can be track back to 7,000 to 8,000 years ago due to the discover of remains of instrument .In Xia Dynasty, in 2,000 B.C. , Chinese music began to be visible in recorded history. Back then, only the royal families and dignitary officials enjoyed music and the music was used for performing rituals since Chinese music was part of the Confucian tradition. In Confucianism, music is one of the six art(六藝), which
Allen Bullock HST 407 7/24/2003 Jiang Zemin, as the President of China, will be leading the world's most populous country into the 21st century. A new biography of Mr. Jiang describes him as an economic reformer but not a political reformer and as someone often mistakenly believed to have blundered his way to power. Bruce Gilley is the author of the first western full-length study of the Chinese
most of the background in the film is traditional Chinese ink landscape. At the same time, movie is full of the Chinese elements in the architectural structure and the clothing. Even the music of the film also added a lot of Chinese style; flute, erhu and other traditional instruments to this Western film added a refreshing feast. Besides, as we all know, religious represents the civilized quality of a country. This film also shows the unique philosophy and religious idea of the China through the
Compare Qiuyu Yu’s work with Jay Chou’s “Blue and White Porcelain,” which is a real song talking about different Chinese historical events and cultures. The song has a sense of rhythm and tries to spark people’s attention toward traditional Chinese culture. For example, the song goes: Blue carp leaps vigorously onto the bottom of the porcelain bowl And, you leap into my mind while I was signing it You are like the art of making porcelain wares, remaining as a mystery in the kilns for thousands
a five-tone scale, CDEGA being an example (Estrella 2013). That is the base for current scales used today which may be explained as CDEFGAB. These scales are used when playing an instrument. Some ancient Chinese instruments are: the pipa, dizi, erhu, xiaoluo and nao along with tuned chimes, drums, bells. Most of these insruments are all still used today, and not just in Chinese
Throughout the old world, people had feared creatures with the body of a large lizard, snake-like eyes, large wings, and that can emit fire from their mouth. They was thought to be the embodiment of evil, greed, lust, violence, and the dark side of humanity. These mythical creatures are called dragons, but the dragon have a different reputation in the Eastern world. In China it was highly respected in the kingdom, a fairly common motif in eastern art for its heavenly related background. Unlike western
How would an actor prepare to successfully portay the role of the Dan in the traditional Peking Opera play „The Drunken Beauty“? The Peking Opera, one of the traditional chinese theater forms is considered to be one of the cultural treasures of China that arose in 1790, when a drama troupe, known as the Sanqing troupe, from southern Anhui firstly performed a musical combination in Beijing at emperor Qianlong’s eightieth birthday. Peking Opera grew and was particularily popular in the Qing Dynasty