Chinese Musical Instruments - The Pipa
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2012
- [Ben]
"Well I'm here in the studio with Vivian Ge, she plays the traditional Chinese musical instrument, the Pipa and she's going to be telling us a little bit about the instrument and hopefully playing some songs for us as well. Thank you very much for joining us today Vivian.
[Vivian Ge, Pipa Player]
"Thank You."
[Ben]
"Could you first introduce our audience to this instrument?"
[Vivian Ge, Pipa Player]
"The Pipa is an instrument inherited from China's ancient history, according to historical records, it has a history of over two thousand years. The Pipa has always had the title of being the king of folk music. The instrument has a special structure, it is 35 inched long. The 3 or 35 represents heaven, earth and man, and the 5 of 35 represents the 5 elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth. It has four strings and these four strings represent the four seasons of spring, summer autumn and winter."
[Ben]
"What material are the strings made out of?"
[Vivian Ge, Pipa Player]
"Modern strings are made out of Nylon or Steel, but in ancient times they used beef tendon or silk strings."
[Ben]
'What are the characteristics of its sound?"
[Vivian Ge, Pipa Player]
"The sound of the Pipa is pretty special. Its high tones are very bright, its mid tones are gentle and its low tones are thick. Its range of notes is very wide, so it can express an abundant array of sounds. It can express war, it can express culture. Its expressions of culture are more tactful, with an unspoken message to them. In expressing war, the sound is more intense and more forceful."
[Ben]
"Vivian can you now play for us a few typical Pipa pieces?"
[Vivian Ge, Pipa Player]
"I'll play a music first called A Moonlit Night On The Spring River. This music describes a scene that the bright moon is in the sky at night, drums are going on, and the river is quietly flowing, and a small boat is floating on the river.
[Vivian Ge, Pipa Player]
"Next I will play a piece called 'Ambush from 10 Sides.' This piece portrays the story of the battle between the Han and Chu armies at the beginning of the Han Dynasty in 202 BC. At that time, the Han army used an ambush from 10 sides to defeat the Chu army. This piece portrays the whole process of the battle, from the preparation before hand to the intense middle of the battle to the conclusion. I will now play a section of the beginning part of the piece."
[Ben]
"Vivian, thank you so much for coming to perform in our studio."
i did not expect the guy to speak chinese
haha neither do i. :D
Looks can deceive in this world, bruh.
I thought he was gonna pronounce pipa like “pip ah” but when he said it I was actually shocked
*disclaimer I am not Chinese
He took me off guard when he did.
This is my teacher.good performance.
She is quite lovely and well spoken, and plays beautifully. Nice choice, Ben.
NTDTV, thank you for your effort in introducing the Pipa to the world through UA-cam; and the audio even captured her breathing at play. Vivian Ge's short section on "Ambush from Ten Sides" was exquisite.
Thank you. Already subscribed some time back, and, absolutely "favorited" this video :)
So gorgeous. I love how there's so much meaning in ordinary items in reference to the construction of the pips instrument and many other aspects their culture.
actually it is not easy to play and study the Chinese pipa, it has many techniques and timbres. The pipa is heavy and not that easy to carry on the lap. One of the most prolific Chinese instrument.
The ambush piece is so hard I don’t wear pipa nails soooooooooo. I will get them soon
I was previously unaware of traditional Chinese music having a lute-type instrument. This video has educated me.
Played one of these today. So much fun, it was a really beautiful instrument.
Wow that was beautiful, more of it please!!!!
Thats a beautiful tone, love it.
The Pipa hasn't always been the size it is today. You can see the evolution of the Pipa by looking at it's Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese equivalents. The Japanese Biwa and Korean Bipa resemble the earliest Tang Dynasty Pipa, with the sticking up frets, and moon holes. The Vietnamese Dan Tyba resembles the transition of Tang Dynasty style, to the contemporary Qing Dynasty style. It still has the sticking up frets and shorter neck, but it has the extra frets and no moon holes. Today's Pipa arose in the Qing dynasty where the frets were scalloped and the neck was raised higher. Though, I doubt they should've changed the frets on the neck since no one uses the higher frets anyway. Haha.
could be, cause i used to have this kind of problem but they have different special size for younger players.
Someone did their homework. lol.
只是享受音乐软体动物
Its actually ancient indian instrument , it went to west and east from india. U can find sculptures and carving of pipia during kushan emipre of india in gandhara.
stunningly recorded
Sokka churning out haikus anyone?
Hell yeah 😂
I heard that the instrument went to the west and it became Gitar. On the other hand, same instrument went to the east and it became Pipa(China), Bipa(Korea), Biwa(Japan).
Yes, they are all related to the Oud and the Lute.
Other similar East-West families:
Violin - Rebab - Ravanahatha - Morin Khuur - Erhu
Oboe - Zurna - Sorna - Shehnai - Suona - Hichiriki
Piano - Qanun - Santur - Guqin and Guzheng - Koto
I see. Interesting.
China - Korea - Japan
Erhu - Haegum
Suona - Piri - Hichiriki
Guqin and Guzheng - Komungo and Kayagum - Koto
I think origin might be from sitar
Its actually ancient indian instrument , it went to west and east from india. U can find sculptures and carving of pipia during kushan emipre of india in gandhara.
春江花月夜，婉婉不覺眠。餘音繞樑，美不勝收。
MAGNIFICENT!
Beautiful instrument, nice rich sound & enjoyed the history lesson.
The string instrument orginated in Africa. the white man does not want you to know that!
Gwen you're point being
wow speechless like the old in "hero" playing that instrument laying on his lap it starts with a G..... with Jet Li & Donnie yen battling it out!! what beautiful sounds that come out of their hearts!!! Got me hooked on those instruments sounds!!!
十面埋伏，琴声凌厉，催人泪下！
Awesome episode,!
Ohhh! his chinese it's really good. I want that man! * _*
Wow what an amazing piking technique!
beautiful
Wow! I've got a pipa voice on my keyboard, and it sounds exactly like this. It just shows how perfect yamaha is. It's got a very banjo-ish sound, but is played in a much more beautiful way. That doesn't mean I'm against banjos..
Omg, that white guy is sooooo cute when he speak chinese hahaha 嗯哼
+Guo Xuning I wouldn't be surprised if he's half Chinese. I recall reading somewhere that he was born in Hong Kong.
+Chichi yes he lived in China for a while. going to school there and later studying mandarin Chinese
If you’re interested in this instrument Pipa, you’ve got to listen to this classic recording by Pipa master Liu Dehai (刘德海） ua-cam.com/video/J42-Z-mxGe4/v-deo.html
This is the same number as the 2nd one played by this lady but much better presented by the Master. Name is 十面埋伏（Ambushed from Ten Directions). For the historical story behind this classical piece: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambush_from_Ten_Sides?wprov=sfti1
Amazinggg
it is very nice and lovely
Its actually ancient indian instrument , it went to west and east from india. U can find sculptures and carving of pipia during kushan emipre of india in gandhara.
very nice
Was watching this video again and saw your request.
Will send you 2 or 3 videos through your channel. Hang on.
Cool
There was this song at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games
i always admire and love the "echoing"/vibrating notes effect of PiPa.... (how we call these repeating "Vibrating/Echo" Notes? )
Pure GREAT instrument from ancient China ...
really like Ancient musical instruments.
That's very interesting about the symbolic interpretation of the numbers 35, etc!!
Of course, the "inch" is an English unit of measure.
nice!
I didn’t think that the Pipa would be that big!!!
great
I think your reply was the best thing I've ever read on the internet.
she plays very well
I like Pipa
ого, завораживающе
老师你好 good
Woah, the host can speak chinese so well, something i still fail at speaking although I'm one myself. O.O
Reminds me of Avatar: TLA
Me too
my thoughts exactly!
That's why I'm here lol. That and incubus aqueous transmission. If you never heard it check it out it's amazing.
that’s japanese...
avatar is very chinese, even the clothing in ba sing se resembles the Qing dynasty Manchurian style clothing
in ancient times? LOL!
When I was young, they were still made of tendons!
Nylon was invented in the late 1930ies.
I had my first strings made of nylon in the 1960ies ;-)
Don't the wooden frets wear down fast?
Does it Djent?
i wonder how the pipa with the silk strings sound like
The music sounds disconnected. Maybe it's because of the mic, I don't know.
OMG I LOVE CHINESE MUSIC! :D:D:D
Subbed!
Isn't the pipa analogous to the Japanese biwa or lute often played by geisha? I believe the Chinese harp is also roughly the same as the Japanese koto. The Japanese seem to have acquired much of their musical and cultural tradition, along with Buddhism from the Chinese mainland by way of the Korean kingdoms of Paekche and Silla.
+John Andre Yes, pipa is ancestor of biwa as far as I'm aware. Koto isn't a harp but a zither but it is closely related to chinese guzheng.
Its actually ancient indian instrument , it went to west and east from india. U can find sculptures and carving of pipia during kushan emipre of india in gandhara.
he sounds so shy when speaking mandarin haha
I wish the subtitles were a little faster lmao
That lady gets down!
While playing the instrument requires quite a bit of multitasking D:
Its so beautiful though :)
Knowing me, I would be shredding on that thing
This instrument being portrayed beautifully in a song call Aqueous Transmission-Incubus thank me later
@irishmanwithagun Africans used bones for jewlrey and decor drums were used for music
Isn’t ben hedges the man from Generation Tech on UA-cam ?
Oh hey, Ben!
vov wow
:D Pretty!
Oh Lord, this man surprised me when he spoke the language. So sexy, more than french. I need to learn, and marry a guy just like him. (Being American makes it possible)
alberto rivera lol 加油！
14 People Hate Life LOL!!!!!
Love This Instrument
Its Soooo
Amazing
I think most of the sound is coming from those plastic picks on her fingers. They shouldn't have put the mic so close to them.
Great instrument....... Amazing sound, great Chinese culture.
At 1:31 Gay woman, sneak diss.
What is the tuning on these guys? anybody knows?
ADEA
hehe FAJNA PIPA
the ancients should've placed the bridge more toward the middle of the top
Ben Hedges
he said "Gei women-给我们 which means, "Give us...."
this man looks handsome
In Greek pipa means blowy
put captions on lmao
wait isnt the host the man who woke up from coma and suddenly spoke fluent Mandarin? XDXD
Pipa looks like sape from Borneo Indonesia
1:31 listen closely to the sounds of English sounding words
I am very immature
She look like Meryl Streep
I like how he said "gay woman" at 1:32
Damn girl!
In Portuguese, english means greek
ابدددددااااع😭😭🦋🦋🦧
WHERE MY GREEKS ARE?
Sank You
module bring me here
how would beef tendons work o.o ?
Right? That is some hardcore stuff right there!
Kung Fu Hustle
Ultra Kamen Gundam yeah my man
You obviously haven't seen Aboriginal Clap sticks.
why i think it was japanesse instead a chinesse???
I think you're thinking of a Shamisen...only by the sound, that is.
Beautiful instrument but I didn't like the songs chosen. Did not seem like a very good depiction of the range and elegance of the instrument. I would have liked to see more of the melodic capabilities but understand that the artist was more interested in conveying the stories behind the traditional songs. Much better melodic pieces can be found online though.
those were traditional Chinese songs. you just don't see the complexity in it because they were very old stories that might not relate to us who are modernized
???????
Love it
Check out my new songs
Paula Lisa
LOL! TURN SUBTITEL'S ON IT'S SO BAD AT TRANSLATING IT TALK'S ABOUT TAXES AND OCEAN SIDES I KNOW RIGHT!!!!!!!
guy's speaking pretty good chinese as a white guy
Hehe, Polska pozdrawia gimbusowskim poczuciem humoru.
Oj tak
Haha in Greek pipa means blowjop
George Harrison wants to know your location
1:30 gay woman
Hun Turks musical insturuments : Pi-pa
please read the history books
I wish she given us a musical explanation instead of all the cultural hocus-pocus.