I personally find traditional chinese instruments hard because there arent many tutorials on how to play it

It's not the instruments but the cultural methods used I'm sure they can be play like a guitar but that's how it's done in their culture. Nonetheless this is beautiful

No wang zhe

Then do it. Don’t let your dreams be dreams.

+Elizabeth Gould What's a why?

Serjo777 damn, that should read 'erhu'. Stupid phone.

+Elizabeth Gould lol

Same here. I love the sound of a pipa. Trying to convince my husband to buy one. He has his heart set on a shamisen which is equally awesome. I guess we'll see.

It's never too late, you can do it! Maybe you won't become a virtuoso like Wu-Man, but never limit yourself 👍

You're never too old to learn a new instrument. My Mom is almost 50 and is about to start her life long dream of Violin (She doesn't know it yet. I am going to get her one for Christmas).

Rachel S. Ooh! Nice

55? One of the best players locally began at 74! If you make age an excuse, it will always be that. An excuse is less rewarding than an achievement. 90+ year olds performing gymnastic rolls in the park and you are 35 years younger than they. Get up and do whatever you want. It's life. Spend it properly.

Idk tho, most teachers just says it came from central asia...... And doesn't specify where it came from bc, we don't even know where it originated XD

To be fair, the historical origins of many instruments are murky. It could very well be that a prototype of this instrument was brought over to China from the ME, but we may never know for sure.

Yea i saw it too hahahaha

Same here I look at buying one but the cheapest I saw was $350 and I’m broke 😂

@@hunteaibegicannot oh gosh. Guess we have to keep saving up then 😩

@@user-lp4cm4dj6t not to make u sad but... i have one

@@KapkztAnimates and? Can u play it?

@@user-lp4cm4dj6t yes-

I have a Chinese Flute called a Dizi and what's so hard about learning Chinese instruments is there's not much English information on how to play. I usually play Dizi by ear. I know like zero notes or if it even has any.

Yea, lol, with all that *left hand* postures haahhaha, but once i have one, i would definitely work hard on it

@@rachels.5887 you can search up english dizi fingerings though...

@@honeyboohoo Have Many times.

@@rachels.5887 oh ok

Piece...Maybe

Zhile Chen for me it’s so friggin hard T ^ T

@@yuetani a rose for me is pretty much harder for me XD, but chun yu uses the fanyin while doing an arpeggio, which also makes it hard

You can learn online maybe. I also want to learn dizi. But it's not possible in my country

I went to a chinese music concert yesterday in Edinburgh where they played Pipa so there are people around.

@@ihmsfm1040 I bought a dizi and am learning online. Also making huge progress. I am Indian

@@sudiptachowdhury1497 Are you Bengali? I'm from Bangladesh btw. Where did you buy the dizi from?

So true....same is the condition with me here in India in Sikkim😭

hell yeah dude

Hello fellow fan!

It can play in any keys, as long as you change the position of your left hand.

Eason music store they should have it:)

@@JR-ep4wr and in the video they are at eason music place Lavender street

At orientalmusic.org or at sound of mountain, but eason music stands out for the quality of the pipas that they sell (they are not a music instrument producing store) . The two other websites are pretty good though, especially with customer servicr

They usually use nylon strings. You can buy some Dunhuang Pipa Strings online.

You can buy at eason music

But i preferably like the shanghai dunhuang ones, but in terms of the pipa itself, i like xinghai better

But you should be ready on the resources, there isn't many english books for the pipa, but u can find online tutors

U can play it the nanyin pipa style though, which is like a position an how you play a guitar

@@honeyboohoo It's more about the height of the string rather than the position. Top string is 8mm high. Bottom string is 7mm. Thanks for your reply, though.

@@dlmusicproduction3132 thx for the correction though ❤❤❤

Yes they do! Go on Eason Music website!

Find a good source

Uhm, huh? But the tuning is A D E A Which the string is thickest from the left and thinner at the right

(also chinese music scores more commonly use the numbered notation, called 简谱 (jianpu), not the western staff)

I'm not sure about it, but if I know well the "Liuqin" what are you looking for. Size: 68 (length) * 23.5 cm (maximum width of the sound box)

I believe I see one behind him in the shop. Looks like 4 strings to me

@@groovesmedia989 that is a Liuqin, which is the Chinese Mandolin.

There are also child-sized pipas

@@user-fx7fi6hp4g yea, but it is a bit "not to good" sounding and is commonly not too durable, so that's why parents who buys a pipa for their child will buy a standard sized one (but ofc some kids can't reach some notes cause the frets are too high)

Yi Yi Lim maybe go online to website: Eason Music. They ship all around the world.

The ruan (阮)

Pussy Cat that is the liuqin and the ruan

Maybe buy a Pipa Tuning app? The tuning is A D E A

same as guitar tuning app , just to the correct note A E D A and to 224 or 226 if im not wrong

Uhm, eason music have online lessons tho

What exactly do you think we are going to do as Chinese? Murder you in your sleep because you enjoy our culture and want to learn it? Most people are the same. Flattered by interest in what they care about, endlessly wanting to talk about it. It's exciting to learn something with a big history. Eason isn't a bad resource. Dan Tang also. Plenty to help you. It's of course easier to grasp the language and culture something was based in. Plenty of people as individuals have opinions on who they want to teach and don't - but that only applies to them. There will always be someone who wants to spend time on you. So pick something and learn. Time is easily wasted.

Of course you can. AFAIK, there are no such restrictions on Chinese instruments.

Avia Littlehawk nice!

No

The techniques are a bit more complicated than the guitar techniques (also idk why some people think this is a "guitar", its basically a lute hahaha) also the fingering is not going inside, but outside

Ye you do

No you wear a fake fingernail on every nail😁😁

Fake nails and tape !!

Hữu Vinh Võ Trần They can be expensive... maybe 250-8,000$!!!

There’s one online for 118 USD

U can use taobao hahhahahaa

go on Eason music! They ship all around the world.

Where did you learn?

No tho........

@@honeyboohoo idk why i said that tbh.. 1 year ago lmao

@@nonstopspicytom3485 its ok ahahhahaah

gtrmusic69 no HES playing music theres no acting

No pipa is chinese biwa came from pipa from China

Hjonkamgouse it’s a technique widely used for war music. Search up Ambush on All Sides. They have a part with that metal sound. Also White Snow in Sunny Spring.

Its just a technique which is unique to the pipa, plus it's not a whole piece there hahaha

Yes