This is awesome thank you so much for the lesson I have had a very hard time with the Xun but you just helped me understand it way better; now Im playing it, and actually getting music. The Xun seems so simple but actually a little more complicated then a Ocarina. Thanks for putting this video up seriously.
I usually bisque fire the pieces to around 1000- 1100 degrees Celsius first. Then I will put these pieces in a small bon fire, ( you can use a barbeque grill as well). The fuel I will use dry leaf, paper; old magazines, cardboard, newspaper) , twigs, etc. The trick is getting them to the right temperature, hot enough for the fire and carbon marks to stay, but not too hot, or all the marks will burn off.
Its so hard... I cannot make the sound with mine... By chance i haerd 2 very ahort beeps while playing.. After that.. No matter how much i try adjusting the positions it does not make any sound.. Only sound i am hearing is like that we hear inside a shell at seashore
my advice to you, or anybody else who got a Xun but not sure about what the fingering is, is to play with a tuner, and start by covering all the finger holes and blow, that is your starting note, or your Do, then try opening one hole at a time to find Re, Mi, Fa and so on, basically you need to make your own finger chart. But there is also a possibility that the Xun you got is not tuned to standard Do, Re, Mi. It might be tuned Pentatonic for example, or other exotic tuning, or not tuned at all. Like in the case of many Peruvian Ocarinas. You might still be able to play some simple tunes by trusting/practice by ear/hearing....partially covering the finger holes to get the note that you want...will require a high sense of musicality and lots of trials and error, and exploration. Happy Trying! Enjoy and try to play from the heart and soul! Have fun while you are at it! :)
@@EpiCai Thís xun ís very thick and heavy. They asked me to give good comment but do not help me to make a sound. I can make a sound with a simple bottle but not with this xun. They are potters not xun makers thus do not know how to make it properly
@@fullsunforever8867 yes, unfortunately there are Xuns made for the look and not the sound, many are made this way and sold to less informed tourist, I bought some of these Xuns when I travel to China many years ago, lovely to look at but very hard to make decent music from them.
This is awesome thank you so much for the lesson I have had a very hard time with the Xun but you just helped me understand it way better; now Im playing it, and actually getting music. The Xun seems so simple but actually a little more complicated then a Ocarina. Thanks for putting this video up seriously.
So useful and really works- thank you!
Glad it helped!
Nice one, thank you!
thank you for watching, hope it helps!
That's cool! Same fingering as 4-hole ocarina!
Thanks.
did you do a pit firing on your piece? I would LOVE to know how you performed the pit firing..
I usually bisque fire the pieces to around 1000- 1100 degrees Celsius first. Then I will put these pieces in a small bon fire, ( you can use a barbeque grill as well). The fuel I will use dry leaf, paper; old magazines, cardboard, newspaper) , twigs, etc. The trick is getting them to the right temperature, hot enough for the fire and carbon marks to stay, but not too hot, or all the marks will burn off.
@@EpiCai thank you
Its so hard... I cannot make the sound with mine... By chance i haerd 2 very ahort beeps while playing.. After that.. No matter how much i try adjusting the positions it does not make any sound.. Only sound i am hearing is like that we hear inside a shell at seashore
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Sir....now its working..after many days i just tried blowing and now sound is coming properly...thank u for your tutorial...😁😁
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A friend gave me like this... But it only has 6 holes in front, 2 at the back... I really want to learn how to play it
my advice to you, or anybody else who got a Xun but not sure about what the fingering is, is to play with a tuner, and start by covering all the finger holes and blow, that is your starting note, or your Do, then try opening one hole at a time to find Re, Mi, Fa and so on, basically you need to make your own finger chart. But there is also a possibility that the Xun you got is not tuned to standard Do, Re, Mi. It might be tuned Pentatonic for example, or other exotic tuning, or not tuned at all. Like in the case of many Peruvian Ocarinas. You might still be able to play some simple tunes by trusting/practice by ear/hearing....partially covering the finger holes to get the note that you want...will require a high sense of musicality and lots of trials and error, and exploration. Happy Trying! Enjoy and try to play from the heart and soul! Have fun while you are at it! :)
@@EpiCai thank you for your reply... 我會試下你的教導。謝謝。
For what ever I try, I cannot make a sound with my new xun. My xun is made of Sound of Mountain Music
make a video of the xun, and also how you blow into it, and hopefully I can give you some pointers on what you are doing wrong.
@@EpiCai Thís xun ís very thick and heavy. They asked me to give good comment but do not help me to make a sound. I can make a sound with a simple bottle but not with this xun. They are potters not xun makers thus do not know how to make it properly
@@fullsunforever8867 yes, unfortunately there are Xuns made for the look and not the sound, many are made this way and sold to less informed tourist, I bought some of these Xuns when I travel to China many years ago, lovely to look at but very hard to make decent music from them.