In this session, we've invited Mr Neo Yong Soon Wilson , a Zhonghu musician from Singapore Chinese Orchestra to talk about 8 Erhu tips and tricks.! Mr Neo is a well known musician here in Singapore, who conducts various schools, Cheng San Chinese Orchestra and has countless Erhu students learning under his wing. Here's a quick breakdown of the 8 tricks: i. How to prevent sticky strings ii. How to protect dry snake skin iii. How to solve sticky strings iv. How to remove rosin built up on the sound box of the Erhu v. Quick fix for Qianjin vi. Snakeskin tension reliever vii. Prevent your ..read more

In this session, we decided to introduce a few budget-friendly Chinese traditional instruments that you can pick up at the comfort of your own home! These instruments include: i. EASON STARTER ROSEWOOD ERHU BY LIU JI FENG: https://www.easonmusicstore.com/collections/erhu-instrument/products/eason-starter-rosewood-erhu-by-liu-ji-feng ii. STARTER SYNTHETIC SKIN ROSEWOOD ECO ERHU BY RAOYANG BEIFANG: https://www.easonmusicstore.com/collections/erhu-instrument/products/synthetic-skin-beijing-rosewood-eco-erhu-1 iii. STARTER CYPRESS PIPA BY SHANGHAI DUNHUANG YUN: https://www.easonmusicstore.com/c ..read more

The highlight of this session is talking about the differences between synthetic skin Erhu and python skin Erhu with Ruijun. We started off by chatting with Ruijun about his Erhu youtube channel, where he curates and posts good performance videos. https://www.youtube.com/user/mephistophelesofrico We then talked briefly about the latest Covid-19 developments, and how it is impacting the Chinese music art scene in Singapore. We then compared some synthetic Erhus with comparable snakeskin Erhus. The Erhus that we compared in this video are: i. Synthetic Skin Rosewood Erhu by Raoyang Beifang ..read more

The spotlight is on Anson today as he discussed the many aspects of the Yangqin. Ruiling and Sung Wah bombarded Anson with complains about the Yangqin, being too bulky and having too many strings; but Anson addressed all their concerns through the introduction of the different types of Yangqin and the general structure of the Yangqin! In a nutshell, we discussed in this podcast: i. The different challenges Yangqin players face and what non-Yangqin players think of the instrument ii. The different models of Yangqin (402, 402G, Die Meng, Pedaled Yangqin, Portable 401 Yangqin) The session then ..read more

In this podcast, we had a quick chat about the Hulusi! We have a quick introduction of the Hulusi, including the mythology behind it (Please correct us!) After which, we have an introduction and demonstration of the various Hulusi we have. Our dizi instructor, Kok Wee played a lovely tune on it and we ended off with A SPECIAL Performance by Kok Wee and non dizi players - Sung Wah and Anson! It was so much fun, we're practically breathless! (Pun intended ..read more

In this podcast, we did a quick comparison between the Shanghai & Beijing Pipas. This was followed by a demonstration of our Qiu Ting Yu Pipas and a quick introduction of the Jiayue Pipa Leather Cases. We ended off the session with a Pipa performance by our very own, Bi Yu ..read more

In this episode, we talked about the crisis that's been gripping Singapore - the Covid-19 virus, and how it has impacted the Chinese music community here in Singapore. Upon a viewer's request, we tuned a Liuqin without using the fine tuner and we shared about our latest product, the newly arrived mini Guzheng as well as the Jiayue Guzheng Bags. We ended off with a lovely performance on the mini guzheng by our very own Guzheng instructor, Yayi ..read more