Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Mo Li Hua (instrumentation from a traditional Chinese orchestra )

(Lead) Chinese erhu- this instrument is a small bowed instrument with two strings made of ebony or sandalwood. The erhu takes the melody from the xylophone and then transition into melodic ornaments in the first  30 seconds. Then at 1:07 the eruh takes the lead again. At 1:25 the erhu return to a shared melody. Finally after sharing the melody with the full ensemble the erhu plays with the dizi in the last six seconds fading away and ending the song.  
                                        
 Dizi- this is a bamboo flute with an additional finger hole that is covered by a piece of thin paper-like fiber that makes a buzz like sound.  The dizi is played in the begging with the xylophone making an echoed like sound in the first 13 seconds. Then in the 42 seconds of the song the dizi takes the melody from the erhu having a same role as the erhu. Flute answers the erhu on a call back and forward at 1:07.  The Dizi finally plays with the erhu and fades away ending the song.    
                                                            
  

Sheng- is a mouth-blown gourd with bamboo pipes and a free reed. This instrument opens with a mid-pitched tone. After the dizi the sheng takes the melody along with the other instruments in 56 seconds of the song. 

Zheng- is 15- to 25-string plucked instrument. The zither is played with the sheng and other instrument to play the melody, returning to the same sound.  Until on 1:07 Zither repeats its accompaniment figure. 
 Yangqin- is a four-octave, multistringed hammer dulcimer.  This instrument opens the song with this percussion instruments and others percussion instrument being lightly played.


Xylophone- in the 11 seconds the xylophone enters with a solo, then the xylophone echo’s with the high bamboo flute in 13 second of the song.  At 1:07 the Xylophone reenters with the ehru taking the lead, then at 1:38 the xylophone full ensemble play.








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