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| Posted: Fri Apr 25th, 2008 04:57 pm |
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Let's share our tips how to learn faster and more efficiently! Here's mine Sit next to the water while playing to get a more flowing movement of the bow. My teacher told me that the movement of the bow is just like water, gently flowing. Easier said than done. what I did is take my erhu to the park and sat next to the water and looked at the way the water moved. Then I just played. It helped. I also looked at swaying bamboo... Last edited on Fri Apr 25th, 2008 05:00 pm by mariannegoeserhu ____________________ Just started studying the erhu, after being certain that I was 'tone deaf' for 25+ years! I'm studying in China, with a Chinese teacher, using jianpu. |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 06:27 pm |
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mariannegoeserhu Approved
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Okay, here's another one: Sometimes a part comes out nices when I play with my eyes closed. It helps me to focus on the music only and I guess it trains my ear.
____________________ Just started studying the erhu, after being certain that I was 'tone deaf' for 25+ years! I'm studying in China, with a Chinese teacher, using jianpu. |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 11:46 am |
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Hi Marian, Those are some very esoteric ideas! I try to imitate birds sometimes. To improve my intonation, I would practice the nursery rhyme "Do a Deer -a female deer" from the movie "Sound of Music". I chose that tune because of the way it goes through the scale, in kind of a sequence. I would play this in various keys. I also try arpeggios through a scale. I'm interested in playing a kind of jazz or world fusion on the erhu. So I practice different scales and modes in different keys. KenK
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 01:49 pm |
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Something i do when i really want to relax and make some music on the erhu is use a backing track of a nice slow song i know and jam with that. My favorite is "shine on you crazy diamond" from pink floyd. Its has a full background in which you can play any speed you want and it has nice slow progressions. I don't know if its good for learning, but its a lot of fun! Also something i do is like imagining i have no voice and no body, and can only use the sound of my erhu to communicate any sort of feeling or desire. Its best to close your eyes for this. If you live in a place with alot of birds you can try and absorb the sound of the birds and the atmosphere of the surroundings. Then you could start playing without breaking that atmosphere. I also works in other places offcourse, but a the atmosphere should be nice and delicate, tough maybe sitting next to a freeway or noisy factory could be interesting to once in a while  Well, i hope these tips are any good, i am actually very unskilled in the erhu and had no lessons (no teachers in belgium  )But it are things i do with my erhu and other instruments. Grtz.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 03:59 pm |
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Learning to Read Jianpu helps a great deal when starting out. Just relax, take everything slowly, and pay attention to every detail. Try to mix up the beat as you practice, repetetive things get boring fast, so mixing the speed up on the notes make it a lot funner, more challenging to. Sometimes, it helps just to pick up the erhu and wing it. Play notes randomly, get creative with it...you wouldnt beleive what you can learn just from doing that..it works as a great refresher to! and dont forget to keep checking ezfolk...it helps ^ ^
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 04:08 pm |
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mariannegoeserhu Approved
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Hi there, erhu folks! Interesting replies! I read about 'playing with your whole body' on another forum and 'forgetting that you are playing an instrument'. It worked quite well.... making the sound more smooth. One cool thing that I did was that I played a song (ode to hapiness) with just focussing on my right foot! That was cool and surprisingly, I played quite well! Why don't you ask around in the Brussels Chinese community? You could even contact the Chinese embassy, or there might be an organisation of overseas Chinese in Belgium, or just go to a university, try to meet students from China. Who knows, someone might've studied the erhu.... If all fails, we might be able to meet up and share some tips... I'm from Baarle Nassau (reserve Belg as we sometimes say) and plan to visit Holland in the summer. Last edited on Mon Apr 28th, 2008 04:12 pm by mariannegoeserhu ____________________ Just started studying the erhu, after being certain that I was 'tone deaf' for 25+ years! I'm studying in China, with a Chinese teacher, using jianpu. |
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