Friday, February 23, 2007


in the above you can see a tee with 12 twelve animals with some random chinese orchestra instruments... so im here to whine abit (btw, this is my cousin's tee xD very nice hor xD cute hor? i help you all buy one? haha)

you see, there isnt any animal playing sheng in the picture above (ignore the fact that there isn't guan and suona too =] and that there is a dizi-like thing played by the mouse and monkey, just treat it as a dizi xD). and here's the main point: SHENG IS SO ULU :(

i shall just write about an incident that happened numerous times ok, im sure you can picture it.

person A: hey. what CCA are you in?
ME: oh, CO.
person A: CO?!?! what instrument do you play?
ME: sheng =] *smiles so hard as though playing sheng is the best thing on earth)
person A: SHENG?
ME: oh yes, sheng *thinking this person is impressed with me playing sheng.*
person A: WHATS A SHENG?
ME: -________- its some wind instrument with many pipes.
person A: HUH? you put the whole pipe into your mouth ah?

-___________- point is, SHENG SO ULU BLU BALUKU. therefore, i appeal to all teeshirt designers to come up with more sheng t-shirt designs. together, we can work hand in hand with the media and let everyone know about SHENG XD (and that it is a very impressive instrument xDDDD)

p.s- everyone blog! haha. i dont want to be seen as monopolizing this blog. :( hah

cedric :)


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The GUANYUERS


Sec 1s

Aaron

Belle

Gerald

Sherman

William

Ze Ming

Sec 2

Haziq

Jasper

Jiajun

Meijing

Sec 3s

Chunyu

Kaiting

Mandy

Siyi

Vivien

Weiling

Sec 4s

Felicia

Qikuan

Jun Guang

Junrui

Lili

Matthew

Yishing

Yunkit

Yuwei

EX GYers

Darren

Fiona

Jupeng

Kailynn

Pamela

Tricia

Yiting

Shirley

Cedric

Huifang

Huiling

James

Jingyang

Josephine

Kaiping

Lambert

Peiboon

Peiyun

Stephanie

Tingyu

Vanessa

Weiquan

Yusen

Zhaode

GY CRAVES

more bonded♥[unity]
GOLD WITH HONOURS

GY LINKS


*PRSS Chinese orchestra
PRSS Chinese Orchestra erhu
PRSS Chinese orchestra percussion
PRSS Chinese orchestra tanboyue
Cedric
Darren
Felicia
Huifang
James
Jing Yang
Junguang
Jupeng
Kaiping
Kaiting
Meijing
Pamela
Peiyun
Siyi
Yishing

GY CHATTERBOX


Our Instruments

Dizi
Three main types of dizi are frequently used in the wind section: the bangdi, the qudi, and occasionally the koudi. The bangdi is shorter in length and smaller in diameter and produces a clear and bright tone. It is frequently used in bangzi opera of Northern and southern China, hence the name bangdi. The longer and thicker qudi produces a richer and mellower tone. The qudi is usually a fourth higher in pitch than the bangdi. The koudi is the highest-pitched of all dizis.

Sheng
The sheng is a Chinese free-reed bamboo mouth organ. The earliest type ever recorded in history had 14 pipes and was discovered in Zeng Houyi's tomb in Hubei province. The most common types of sheng today include a 17-pipe instrument and a modified version for contemporary compositions, which has an expanded range of 21-37 pipes. The tone of the sheng is lucid and bright. It has a huge range, a chromatically complete scale and is able to produce chord voicings.

Suona
The tone produced by suona is loud, piercing and uplifting, thus it is usually used to perform vibrant and lively pieces. However, its repertoire also includes some mellower pieces. The suona is commonly used as an accompaniment in the Chinese opera, singing or dancing, but also for more sombre occasions, such as during a traditional Chinese funeral procession. It is also utilised in solos or ensembles for various occasions and ceremonies.