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Philj200 Approved 
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Picking up on a thread about a Chinese Jam Session: Again, while visiting NYC's explosively growing Chinatown (needed new Tai Chi shoes, needed to visit my favorite Vietnamese restaurant, needed to visit the WTC site again and to visit the NYC Holocaust Museum nearby) I passed through Mulberry Park. I could hear the musicians playing a full two blocks away and this was in the middle of a frenziedly busy mid-day with thousands of people, cars, trucks, street vendors hawking their wares... yet the thin, high notes came through. Assuming the attached photo is visible not the optomistic use of the dulcimer case as busking recepticle and the really nifty dulcimer stand. The horn looked like it was made of tin, and sounded as if it did. It is mid-winter (but a relatively mild-day) so the number of musicians was much reduced from last time. No singers. No sheet music handouts. Most of the people sitting or standing around for longer periods were middle-aged or older Chinese. For people interested in photo enhancement, I reduced the size and pixel count, darkened the background to make the musicians more observable and pumped up the contrast a bit. All in Photoshop. Attachment: Busking in Chinatown.jpg (Downloaded 57 times)
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Will Approved 
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Phil: Regarding your photo, besides the erhu, the Chinese hammered dulcimer (originally brought over to China from Persia) is known as the yangqin, http://www.melodyofchina.com/06instruments/yangqin.html and the horn instrument is a Chinese double-reed instrument with a brass bell, known as the suona. http://www.melodyofchina.com/06instruments/suona.html Your photo reminds me of the instrumental ensembles that I saw when I visited China in 1996. This group is playing in a Beijing restaurant. Most of the audience members are American tourists, and they are playing "Oh Susanna"!  Last edited on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 05:02 pm by Will ____________________ Will http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/297/ Loose Change & Friends http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/245/ http://loosechangeandfriends.com The Earth Tones http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/337/ A Bunch Of Coconuts http://abunchofcoconuts.com |
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Philj200 Approved
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Come to think of it ... and thanks for reminding me... several of the tunes the three men were playing sounded diatonic to me.
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