October 27, 2015
Dimo vs. Tape: Understanding the Impact on Sound Quality Mastering the art of affixing dimo on a dizi can be a challenge for beginners. The struggle […]
October 22, 2015
2 Ways to Fine Tune Your Erhu About 95% of Erhus come with friction pegs, and all the good/expensive/valuable Erhu come with friction pegs.If you have […]
October 20, 2015
Buy Dizi Online – Complete Guide to Types of Chinese Bamboo Flutes If you’re thinking of learning the dizi—the traditional Chinese bamboo flute—you might’ve noticed something: […]
October 9, 2015
Types of Shengs When people think of Chinese instruments, the first ones that comes to mind is usually the erhu, pipa, or dizi. The only instrument […]
October 8, 2015
Marking Your Erhu for Better Intonation Good intonation on the Erhu is always a struggle for Erhu players, especially beginners. Unlike fretted instruments such as the […]
April 29, 2015
15 Observations from SYF Chinese Orchestra 2015 (Disclaimer: The following views are from a layman’s point of view which is subjective and do not represent the […]
March 25, 2015
Assessing an Erhu from Pictures Recently, I received an email from a customer saying that his old erhu sounded grainy even after applying rosin on the […]
March 1, 2015
Troubleshooting Erhu – Scratchy Open Strings Once in a while I get customers who email me that their erhu has a funny sound. While we set […]
December 27, 2014
Buying Guzheng Online So, you’ve finally decided to buy a Guzheng for yourself. It will be quite straightforward if you are located in Singapore, where you […]