@@duduk_il some sources say that it's about a young newlywed woman, whose husband was conscripted and died in war far from home. She only found out about it when hearing from those who returned; brokenhearted, she went to the riverside where they last met (before he left to serve the army) and cried her heart out by the river.
@webkilla "guanzi", 管子 in Chinese. It is similar to oboe in Western Music which both of them use reeds. However Guanzi is MUCH MORE difficult, as you can see the reed of it is much larger than oboe's, thus it is much more difficult to control it and hold it tight, in order to maintain the good control of pitch.
By this theory then contra bassoon should be even more difficult, no? The "basics" of all instruments vary widely in difficulty. Among Western musicians, all double reed instruments have a reputation of being "difficult." Brass players think the same of the horn. Many horn students begin on trumpet, because the difficult horn embouchure coupled to the need to tune each note by that control of lip and breath against the mouthpiece, along with proper selection of a much broader range of valve fingerings, and the shape and position of the hand in the bell make each note much harder to learn at an elementary level. Those are beginners concerns. Beyond such basics, musicianship and artistry present the real difficulty faced by all student musicians, and that is something few move beyond. It's very clear that Hu Zhihou does so. I thank the poster for sharing a great artist with us.
It depends. Having played both myself, I’d say oboe is much harder; actually because the reed is smaller and I always feel that I’m choking on air compared to the guanzi. However I do agree that both instruments are beautiful on their own right.
for me the oboe and guanzi are 2 completely different reed concepts. Oboe reeds are soft and vibrate at extremely high frequency. While guanzi reeds have similar(not the same) concept as clarinet reeds. If you would like to find the oboe equivalent chinese instrument, you can find out about the suona 唢呐 it uses small soft reeds similar to the oboe.
Serjo777 this is the background of this song, "Old society has a pair of loving couples, her husband was arrested by the official service, unfortunately, died abroad. His wife heard the bad news, went to the year to send her husband's riverside, the face of the river memories of the past, can not help but countless grief crying, and finally committed to the river."
assuming the audio isn't pitched down, it would be in F. (The piece is in Bb and C in this recording). It's a little bizarre, since this contradicts his own published score (which specifies soprano guanzi in A, with the piece being in D and E)
I think it's a G. The song seems to be in Gminor, and the 4th note up is the key note. When he has the 3 fingers of the left hand down, and the index finger of the right, but not the other three fingers of the right, that's the key-note. Including the Thumb, there's 8 holes. Thumb and three fingers of the left hand at the top, and four fingers of the right hand at the bottom.
I lived in North China for 2 years, specifically went to lots of music stores and the only place I saw any for sale was in a street dedicated to musical instruments in Beijing. I never met anyone who could play one
actually it's cylindrical bore (like a clarinet), so it overblows a twelfth rather than an octave (unlike the conical bore oboe which overblows in octave). The shape of the reed is also different from the bassoon's in that it's less fan-shaped (straight sides)
A true music master playing a very difficult instrument conveying intense emotions . A masterpiece and a true master of Chinese traditional music.
哀而不怨，悲而不泣。生而認命!
Expressing the most difficult and darkest time of China but still kept the elegance and profoundness. True master ！ 👍
What is the story behind this piece?
@@duduk_il some sources say that it's about a young newlywed woman, whose husband was conscripted and died in war far from home. She only found out about it when hearing from those who returned; brokenhearted, she went to the riverside where they last met (before he left to serve the army) and cried her heart out by the river.
@@PancakezXD Thank you!
Its beautiful!! 💜💜💜💕🌷
a masterclass
in music
Beautiful work.
这乐器叫“筚篥”，又叫“管子”。来自波斯。在筚篥演奏上，以郭向最为驰名。
marvelous!
百聽不厭
@webkilla "guanzi", 管子 in Chinese. It is similar to oboe in Western Music which both of them use reeds. However Guanzi is MUCH MORE difficult, as you can see the reed of it is much larger than oboe's, thus it is much more difficult to control it and hold it tight, in order to maintain the good control of pitch.
By this theory then contra bassoon should be even more difficult, no? The "basics" of all instruments vary widely in difficulty. Among Western musicians, all double reed instruments have a reputation of being "difficult." Brass players think the same of the horn. Many horn students begin on trumpet, because the difficult horn embouchure coupled to the need to tune each note by that control of lip and breath against the mouthpiece, along with proper selection of a much broader range of valve fingerings, and the shape and position of the hand in the bell make each note much harder to learn at an elementary level. Those are beginners concerns. Beyond such basics, musicianship and artistry present the real difficulty faced by all student musicians, and that is something few move beyond. It's very clear that Hu Zhihou does so. I thank the poster for sharing a great artist with us.
It depends. Having played both myself, I’d say oboe is much harder; actually because the reed is smaller and I always feel that I’m choking on air compared to the guanzi. However I do agree that both instruments are beautiful on their own right.
for me the oboe and guanzi are 2 completely different reed concepts. Oboe reeds are soft and vibrate at extremely high frequency. While guanzi reeds have similar(not the same) concept as clarinet reeds. If you would like to find the oboe equivalent chinese instrument, you can find out about the suona 唢呐 it uses small soft reeds similar to the oboe.
感殤！
好听
So much raw emotion...
何以此曲如此之悲啊 ~
何以此曲如此之啊 ~
*sniff* beautiful. I'm gonna *sniff* 😭
Amazing 👌👏
I'm gonna get one.
According to Google Translate the title just means "river water".
Serjo777 this is the background of this song, "Old society has a pair of loving couples, her husband was arrested by the official service, unfortunately, died abroad. His wife heard the bad news, went to the year to send her husband's riverside, the face of the river memories of the past, can not help but countless grief crying, and finally committed to the river."
I have got one love your playing can you give me enemy tips please
What key is his guanzi in l wonder?
assuming the audio isn't pitched down, it would be in F. (The piece is in Bb and C in this recording). It's a little bizarre, since this contradicts his own published score (which specifies soprano guanzi in A, with the piece being in D and E)
What key is this instrument? I love this!! ☺thank you!!
Seems to be a G.
What key is this instrument in here
I think it's a G. The song seems to be in Gminor, and the 4th note up is the key note. When he has the 3 fingers of the left hand down, and the index finger of the right, but not the other three fingers of the right, that's the key-note. Including the Thumb, there's 8 holes. Thumb and three fingers of the left hand at the top, and four fingers of the right hand at the bottom.
gorgeous... too bad guanzi is so rare in china
I lived in North China for 2 years, specifically went to lots of music stores and the only place I saw any for sale was in a street dedicated to musical instruments in Beijing. I never met anyone who could play one
感觉这味道比二胡更浓！
江7k東去 衝走了血淚。江河水流盡了 你們的淚水也乾掉了＂
What is that flute instrument called?
webkilla it’s called “Guanzi” :)
What is the name of the instrument?
Lee kh The name is"Guan Zi",which is a ancient instrument from China.🙂
Very beautiful voice of sad 👨
Homage to Yue Fei.
It's like an oboe with a bassoon's reed
actually it's cylindrical bore (like a clarinet), so it overblows a twelfth rather than an octave (unlike the conical bore oboe which overblows in octave). The shape of the reed is also different from the bassoon's in that it's less fan-shaped (straight sides)
就是把小泽征尔吹哭了的江河水啊。
音樂就是音樂，音樂是很直覺的情境表達形式，無須在銀幕上強調註解，如此反而是畫蛇添足，文字怎麼可以準確的形容音樂呢 ? 你對這音樂的形容也完全是你個人極主觀的感受而已 !!!
a Chinese flute around ming dynasty.
It's not a flute.
好像葫芦丝啊