Learning the Erhu Series #11: C major scale and demo

Patty Chan, author of Playing Erhu: Bridging the Gap, introduces and demonstrates the C major scale with staff notation.
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[@quocjchau]

Thank you very much Ms. Chan. Very clear and detail explanations. Now it is a matter of practice, practice.

[@jerubbaal1]

This kind of lesson was what i was looking...to start with

[@LottieLucid]

Thanks so much this was really helpful :)

[@NSC006]

Pequeña precisión: la escala de la demostración no es do mayor, sino re dorio

[@honeycombfromheaven]

So we are basically playing a D dorian scale? C major but starting from second degree?

[@pattychan5683]

Yes, C major but starting from second degree.

[@ambiencekeys5100]

You made a mistake there?
The C major scale goes c-d-e-f-g-a-b-c. In the scale shown, it corresponds more or less to a D minor scale. One would have to play b flat correctly. Looking at the tones as a whole, one can say that all tones are also contained in C major.

[@pattychan5683]

This is based on C major - the erhu is missing the low C so it begins on the second degree of the C major scale (D). There are no sharps or flats in the key signature.

[@marcellodiotallevi8286]

You have played E b and a Bb a minor scale (Dm that i the relative minir of G major)! The music language cant be confusing!

[@marcellodiotallevi8286]

The scale you played on erhu is Bb or Gm in theory and on the piano , on erhu is a 1=C and on the piano in chinese notation generally there are no bemol or Sharp as initial key but there is a proper system to change the name of the tonic i.e 1=D is a real D2 on the piano but a conventional C on the erhu. It Is
better to speak about
Jianpu (简谱) transcrition with notes as numbers. Erhu Is not a complicated
instrument but notation may be misunderstood from westeners.