Hurray~~~ finally, it's the day!!!
Guys,
I graduated!!!
我毕业了!!!
卒業しました!!
Saya sudah berijazah!!!
Ngo pat yip jor!!!
Wa pit giap liao!!!
Muahahaha~~~ unbelievable eh?
Graduation robe and mortar board, wait for me~~~~ =P
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Chim-glish!!
@@ gosh... abandoning my blog again... i admit that i am too lazy XD
Here is a nice and funny video to share~
(maybe we should practise "chimglish" start from today after watching it =P)
Here is a nice and funny video to share~
(maybe we should practise "chimglish" start from today after watching it =P)
Monday, February 8, 2010
Chinese Instruments
I am pretty sure that there are still lots of people that cannot differentiate the chinese instruments. Instruments mostly known by them are just GuZheng, Dizi, Pipa and Erhu, which are always "appeared" in the old chinese drama~ LOL
Guess what, there are lots of other chinese instruments in this world! And honestly, I don't know all of them either ~~ now, let me show u few of the instruments that I've seen before (which is seldom appeared in the drama, but oftenly used in chinese orchestra)
弹拨乐器 (Plucked category)
Yangqin 扬琴
The trapezoidal yangqin is a Chinese hammered dulcimer originally from Central Asia. It used to be written with the characters 洋琴 (lit. "foreign zither"), but over time the first character changed to 揚 (also pronounced "yáng"), which means "acclaimed".
兼具打击乐器和弦乐器特点的乐器，普遍使用于民乐团，有“中国钢琴”之称。
Further detail, kindly refer to Yangqin and 扬琴
The erhu, also called nanhu, and sometimes known in the West as the "Chinese violin" or "Chinese two-string fiddle," is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument, used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles and large orchestras. It is the most popular instrument in the huqin family of Chinese bowed string instruments, together with the zhonghu, gaohu, banhu, jinghu, sihu, and numerous others.
二胡始于唐朝，已有一千多年的历史。它最早发源于我国古代北部地区的一个少数民族，那时叫“奚琴”。唐代诗人岑参所载“中军置酒饮归客，胡琴琵琶与羌笛”的诗句，说明胡琴在唐代已开始流传，而且是中西方拉弦乐器和弹拔乐器的总称。二胡，过去主要流行于长江中下游一带，所以又称为南胡。集中于中高音域的表现，音色接近人声，情感表现力极高，广为大众接受。1920年代，二胡始作为独奏乐器出现在舞台上。在这之前，二胡多用于民间丝竹音乐演奏或民歌、戏曲的伴奏。
Link : Erhu and 二胡
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. The name, "double bass," derives from the early use of the instrument to double—an octave lower where possible—the bass part written for the cello. It is a standard member of the string section of the symphony orchestra and smaller string ensembles in Western classical music.
低音提琴是西洋弦乐器中的一种，也是现代交响乐队中弦乐组中发音最低的乐器。
低音提琴与弦乐组中其他乐器（小提琴、中提琴、大提琴）有明显的区别：
1.低音提琴的外形更多地来源于维奥尔琴，与其他三种提琴的外形不同。比如琴肩部分，低音提琴呈斜型，其他的三种提琴成圆形；
2.低音提琴的弓子可以用维奥尔琴弓的演进型（现在叫做德国弓，需要反手持弓，类似中国胡琴），也可以使用类似大提琴的弓子（现在叫法国弓）。其他三种提琴只能使用后一种弓子。
3.低音提琴是交响乐队中唯一的一种首席演奏员不坐在指挥面前的弦乐器。
4.低音提琴是唯一在低把位只用3个指头按弦的交响弦乐器，其把位距离过大导致无法均匀使用四个手指。
5.低音提琴是唯一在爵士乐中占据标准地位的交响弦乐器。
Link : Double Bass and 低音提琴
吹管乐器 (Blowing category)
Dizi笛子
The dizi is a Chinese transverse flute. It is also sometimes known as the di or hengdi, and has varieties including the qudi and bangdi.
The dizi is a major Chinese musical instrument, and is widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera, and the modern Chinese orchestra. Traditionally, the dizi has also been popular among the Chinese common people, and it is simple to make and easy to carry.
Most dizi are made of bamboo, which explains why dizi are sometimes known by simple names such as "Chinese bamboo flute." However, "bamboo" is perhaps more of a Chinese instrument classification like "woodwind" in the West
笛子是中國傳統音樂中常用的橫吹木管樂器之一，即中国竹笛，一般分為南方的曲笛和北方的梆笛。笛子常在中國民間音樂、戲曲、中國民族樂團、西洋交响乐团和现代音乐中运用，是中国音乐的代表樂器之一。大部分笛子是竹制的，但也有木制笛、石笛和玉笛。不過，製作笛子的最好原料仍是竹子，因為這種材料的笛子聲音效果最好
Link : Dizi and 笛子
Suona 唢呐
Guess what, there are lots of other chinese instruments in this world! And honestly, I don't know all of them either ~~ now, let me show u few of the instruments that I've seen before (which is seldom appeared in the drama, but oftenly used in chinese orchestra)
~List of Chinese instruments~
弹拨乐器 (Plucked category)
Yangqin 扬琴
The trapezoidal yangqin is a Chinese hammered dulcimer originally from Central Asia. It used to be written with the characters 洋琴 (lit. "foreign zither"), but over time the first character changed to 揚 (also pronounced "yáng"), which means "acclaimed".兼具打击乐器和弦乐器特点的乐器，普遍使用于民乐团，有“中国钢琴”之称。
Further detail, kindly refer to Yangqin and 扬琴
(I am lazy, and u already knew it =P )
Pipa 琵琶
The pipa is a four-stringed Chinese instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the Chinese lute, the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12–26.
琵琶，是東亞传统彈撥樂器，已經有二千多年的歷史，最早被稱為「琵琶」的樂器大約在秦朝時期出現的。“琵琶”這個名稱來自所谓“推手為枇，引手為杷”（最基本的彈撥技巧）所以名為「枇杷」（琵琶）。
Link : Pipa and 琵琶
The pipa is a four-stringed Chinese instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the Chinese lute, the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12–26.
琵琶，是東亞传统彈撥樂器，已經有二千多年的歷史，最早被稱為「琵琶」的樂器大約在秦朝時期出現的。“琵琶”這個名稱來自所谓“推手為枇，引手為杷”（最基本的彈撥技巧）所以名為「枇杷」（琵琶）。
Link : Pipa and 琵琶
Zhongruan 中阮
The zhongruan ("medium ruan"), is a Chinese plucked string instrument. In English, it is sometimes called a “moon guitar”, because it has a round sound box. The zhongruan has a straight neck with 24 frets on the fingerboard and 4 strings. It is usually played with a plectrum (guitar pick). It can also be played with fingers (index finger and thumb with acrylic nails), which is similar to the way of playing the Pipa. The zhongruan is a tenor-ranged instrument in the family of Ruan. In ancient China, the ruan was called Qin pipa. Now the ruan has expanded to different sizes and the zhongruan is the "medium" one
阮是"阮咸"（“阮咸琵琶”）的简称。弹拨乐器。古琵琶的一种。现在使用的改良阮分为四种：低阮、大阮、中阮、小阮。三弦或四弦，有品，按十二平均律装置。中阮为中音乐器，音色恬静、柔和、富有诗意，与秦琴相似，在合奏中常担任演奏旋律或描句，具有动人的效果；担任伴奏时，丰富的节奏变化能突出乐曲的特点，在乐队中采用两个以上中阮分部演奏和声，会使弹拨乐器组的中音声部更为丰满。
Link : Zhongruan and 中阮
Liuqin 柳琴
The liuqin is a four-stringed Chinese mandolin with a pear-shaped body. It is small in size, almost a miniature copy of another Chinese plucked instrument, the pipa. The range of its voice is much higher than the pipa, and it has its own special place in Chinese music, whether in orchestral music or in solo pieces. This has been the result of a modernization in its usage in recent years, leading to a gradual elevation in status of the liuqin from an accompaniment instrument in folk Chinese opera, narrative music, to an instrument well-appreciated for its unique tonal and acoustic qualities.
柳琴，典型的琵琶类弹拨乐器。又称柳叶琴、金刚腿、土琵琶。原流行于苏、鲁、皖等省。现流行于全国各地。 属唐代以来在民间流传的梨形音箱弹弦乐器之一种，其外形、构造、奏法均与琵琶相似，只是右手用拨子弹奏。最早的柳琴，构造非常简单，由于柳琴的外形土里土气，非常民间化，中国老百姓亲切地称它“土琵琶”。“土琵琶”长期流传在中国山东、安徽和江苏一带的民间，用于伴奏地方戏曲。
The zhongruan ("medium ruan"), is a Chinese plucked string instrument. In English, it is sometimes called a “moon guitar”, because it has a round sound box. The zhongruan has a straight neck with 24 frets on the fingerboard and 4 strings. It is usually played with a plectrum (guitar pick). It can also be played with fingers (index finger and thumb with acrylic nails), which is similar to the way of playing the Pipa. The zhongruan is a tenor-ranged instrument in the family of Ruan. In ancient China, the ruan was called Qin pipa. Now the ruan has expanded to different sizes and the zhongruan is the "medium" one阮是"阮咸"（“阮咸琵琶”）的简称。弹拨乐器。古琵琶的一种。现在使用的改良阮分为四种：低阮、大阮、中阮、小阮。三弦或四弦，有品，按十二平均律装置。中阮为中音乐器，音色恬静、柔和、富有诗意，与秦琴相似，在合奏中常担任演奏旋律或描句，具有动人的效果；担任伴奏时，丰富的节奏变化能突出乐曲的特点，在乐队中采用两个以上中阮分部演奏和声，会使弹拨乐器组的中音声部更为丰满。
Link : Zhongruan and 中阮
Liuqin 柳琴
The liuqin is a four-stringed Chinese mandolin with a pear-shaped body. It is small in size, almost a miniature copy of another Chinese plucked instrument, the pipa. The range of its voice is much higher than the pipa, and it has its own special place in Chinese music, whether in orchestral music or in solo pieces. This has been the result of a modernization in its usage in recent years, leading to a gradual elevation in status of the liuqin from an accompaniment instrument in folk Chinese opera, narrative music, to an instrument well-appreciated for its unique tonal and acoustic qualities.
柳琴，典型的琵琶类弹拨乐器。又称柳叶琴、金刚腿、土琵琶。原流行于苏、鲁、皖等省。现流行于全国各地。 属唐代以来在民间流传的梨形音箱弹弦乐器之一种，其外形、构造、奏法均与琵琶相似，只是右手用拨子弹奏。最早的柳琴，构造非常简单，由于柳琴的外形土里土气，非常民间化，中国老百姓亲切地称它“土琵琶”。“土琵琶”长期流传在中国山东、安徽和江苏一带的民间，用于伴奏地方戏曲。
The erhu, also called nanhu, and sometimes known in the West as the "Chinese violin" or "Chinese two-string fiddle," is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument, used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles and large orchestras. It is the most popular instrument in the huqin family of Chinese bowed string instruments, together with the zhonghu, gaohu, banhu, jinghu, sihu, and numerous others.二胡始于唐朝，已有一千多年的历史。它最早发源于我国古代北部地区的一个少数民族，那时叫“奚琴”。唐代诗人岑参所载“中军置酒饮归客，胡琴琵琶与羌笛”的诗句，说明胡琴在唐代已开始流传，而且是中西方拉弦乐器和弹拔乐器的总称。二胡，过去主要流行于长江中下游一带，所以又称为南胡。集中于中高音域的表现，音色接近人声，情感表现力极高，广为大众接受。1920年代，二胡始作为独奏乐器出现在舞台上。在这之前，二胡多用于民间丝竹音乐演奏或民歌、戏曲的伴奏。
Link : Erhu and 二胡
Zhonghu 中胡
The zhonghu (中胡, pinyin: zhōnghú) is a low-pitched Chinese bowed string instrument. It is a member of the huqin family together with the erhu and gaohu, and was developed in the 20th century as the alto member of the huqin family (similar to the European viola) to be used in orchestras of Chinese traditional instruments.
The zhonghu is the same as the erhu but is slightly larger and is lower pitched. Its body is covered on the playing end with snakeskin. The instrument has two strings, which are generally tuned to the interval of a fifth, to A and E or to G and D (this latter tuning equivalent to the violin's lowest two strings).
中胡是中音二胡的简称，是中国的拉弦乐器的一种，类似二胡，但琴杆比二胡长，琴筒比二胡大，琴弦比二胡粗，构造基本和二胡相同，是1940年代新创制的乐器，有龙头中胡和弯脖中胡两种，一般常用于伴奏和合奏，主要用做民族管弦乐队里中音声部的演奏，音色浑厚。但近年来，经过改良的中胡音质得到很大的改善，许多胡琴演奏家和作曲家近年来为中胡创作了不少独奏曲和协奏曲。
Link : Zhonghu and 中胡
Gaohu 高胡
The gaohu is a Chinese bowed string instrument developed from the erhu in the 1920s by the musician and composer Lü Wencheng (1898-1981) and used in Cantonese music and Cantonese opera. It belongs to the huqin family of instruments, together with the zhonghu, erhu, banhu, jinghu, and sihu, its name means "high pitched huqin". It has two strings and its soundbox is covered on the front (playing) end with snakeskin (from a python).
高胡，又叫粤胡，是高音二胡的略称，属于胡琴类乐器，於1920年代由音乐家和作曲家吕文成创制，取代了二弦的位置，成为广东音乐和粤剧的主要伴奏乐器。
高胡的琴筒比二胡小，通常是圆形，音调比二胡高四度，范围是从G4到D5。大多数胡琴都是将琴筒放在腿上演奏，而高胡则常常用双腿夹住琴筒演奏。高胡的声音比二胡更为清澈明丽，因此常用于演奏欢快明媚的曲子
Cello 大提琴 
The cello is a bowed string instrument. The word derives from the Italian violoncello. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra. It is the second largest bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra
大提琴是一種弓弦樂器。大提琴在室內樂多為獨奏角色，另也擔任管弦樂團中弦樂的部分。
大提琴最初是兩腳夾住、演奏者坐著演奏，後來改良增加金屬製的腳棒支撐琴體。演奏者持弓，水平劃過琴上的弦，或作撥奏、敲奏等其他奏法。
大提琴與歐洲古典音樂關係密切。在管弦樂團、弦樂四重奏或室內樂團所演奏的音樂中，皆扮演著不可或缺的重要角色。此外也有許多由大提琴所擔任演出的協奏曲及奏鳴曲。
大提琴有時候會在中樂團取代革胡。
Link : Cello and 大提琴
Double Bass 低音提琴/倍大提琴
大提琴是一種弓弦樂器。大提琴在室內樂多為獨奏角色，另也擔任管弦樂團中弦樂的部分。
大提琴最初是兩腳夾住、演奏者坐著演奏，後來改良增加金屬製的腳棒支撐琴體。演奏者持弓，水平劃過琴上的弦，或作撥奏、敲奏等其他奏法。
大提琴與歐洲古典音樂關係密切。在管弦樂團、弦樂四重奏或室內樂團所演奏的音樂中，皆扮演著不可或缺的重要角色。此外也有許多由大提琴所擔任演出的協奏曲及奏鳴曲。
大提琴有時候會在中樂團取代革胡。
Link : Cello and 大提琴
Double Bass 低音提琴/倍大提琴
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. The name, "double bass," derives from the early use of the instrument to double—an octave lower where possible—the bass part written for the cello. It is a standard member of the string section of the symphony orchestra and smaller string ensembles in Western classical music.低音提琴是西洋弦乐器中的一种，也是现代交响乐队中弦乐组中发音最低的乐器。
低音提琴与弦乐组中其他乐器（小提琴、中提琴、大提琴）有明显的区别：
1.低音提琴的外形更多地来源于维奥尔琴，与其他三种提琴的外形不同。比如琴肩部分，低音提琴呈斜型，其他的三种提琴成圆形；
2.低音提琴的弓子可以用维奥尔琴弓的演进型（现在叫做德国弓，需要反手持弓，类似中国胡琴），也可以使用类似大提琴的弓子（现在叫法国弓）。其他三种提琴只能使用后一种弓子。
3.低音提琴是交响乐队中唯一的一种首席演奏员不坐在指挥面前的弦乐器。
4.低音提琴是唯一在低把位只用3个指头按弦的交响弦乐器，其把位距离过大导致无法均匀使用四个手指。
5.低音提琴是唯一在爵士乐中占据标准地位的交响弦乐器。
Link : Double Bass and 低音提琴
吹管乐器 (Blowing category)
Dizi笛子
The dizi is a Chinese transverse flute. It is also sometimes known as the di or hengdi, and has varieties including the qudi and bangdi.The dizi is a major Chinese musical instrument, and is widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera, and the modern Chinese orchestra. Traditionally, the dizi has also been popular among the Chinese common people, and it is simple to make and easy to carry.
Most dizi are made of bamboo, which explains why dizi are sometimes known by simple names such as "Chinese bamboo flute." However, "bamboo" is perhaps more of a Chinese instrument classification like "woodwind" in the West
笛子是中國傳統音樂中常用的橫吹木管樂器之一，即中国竹笛，一般分為南方的曲笛和北方的梆笛。笛子常在中國民間音樂、戲曲、中國民族樂團、西洋交响乐团和现代音乐中运用，是中国音乐的代表樂器之一。大部分笛子是竹制的，但也有木制笛、石笛和玉笛。不過，製作笛子的最好原料仍是竹子，因為這種材料的笛子聲音效果最好
Link : Dizi and 笛子
Suona 唢呐
The suona also called laba or haidi is a Han Chinese shawm (oboe). It has a distinctively loud and high-pitched sound, and is used frequently in Chinese traditional music ensembles, particularly those that perform outdoors. It is an important instrument in the folk music of northern China, particularly the provinces of Shandong and Henan, where it has long been used for festival and military purposes. It is still used, in combination with sheng mouth organs, gongs, drums, and sometimes other instruments, in wedding and funeral processions. Such wind and percussion ensembles are called chuida or guchui. Stephen Jones has written extensively on its use in ritual music of Shanxi province. It is also common in the ritual music of Southeast China. In Taiwan, it forms an essential element of ritual music that accompanies Daoist performances of both auspicious and inauspicious rites, i.e., those for both the living and the dead.
两支唢呐唢呐是中国民族吹管乐器的一种，由波斯傳入（Surna音譯），在西晉時期的新疆克孜爾石窟寺的壁畫中就已經出現了嗩吶演奏的繪畫，最晚在16世纪就在中国的民间流传了。唢呐的音色明亮，音量大，管身木制，成圆椎形，上端装有带哨子的铜管，下端套着一个铜制的喇叭口（稱作碗）。所以也称喇叭，閩語、潮語等語種稱為吹或鼓吹，或称“八音”（台諺有「擂鼓吹八音」、「剃頭賁鼓吹」）。
两支唢呐唢呐是中国民族吹管乐器的一种，由波斯傳入（Surna音譯），在西晉時期的新疆克孜爾石窟寺的壁畫中就已經出現了嗩吶演奏的繪畫，最晚在16世纪就在中国的民间流传了。唢呐的音色明亮，音量大，管身木制，成圆椎形，上端装有带哨子的铜管，下端套着一个铜制的喇叭口（稱作碗）。所以也称喇叭，閩語、潮語等語種稱為吹或鼓吹，或称“八音”（台諺有「擂鼓吹八音」、「剃頭賁鼓吹」）。
Link : Suona and 唢呐
Sheng 笙
The Chinese sheng is a mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting essentially of vertical pipes.
Traditionally, the sheng has been used as an accompaniment instrument for solo suona or dizi performances. It is one of the main instruments in kunqu and some other forms of Chinese opera. Traditional small ensembles also make use of the sheng, such as the wind and percussion ensembles in northern China. In the modern large Chinese orchestra, it is used for both melody and accompaniment
笙，是中国古老的簧管樂器，在古代八音的樂器分類中（即金、石、絲、竹、匏、土、革、木），笙屬於匏類。笙已有三千多年的歷史，藉由每根管子中的簧片發聲，是吹管乐器中唯一的和声乐器，也是唯一能吹吸發聲的樂器，其音色清晰透亮，音域寬廣，感染力強。
由於笙可以吹奏和弦，在傳統器樂和崑曲裏，笙常常被用作其它管樂器如笛子、嗩吶的伴奏。在傳統音樂裏，笙常常在旋律線加上四度或五度的音，稱為「自然和聲」。在現代國樂團，笙可以擔當旋律或伴奏的作用
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Monday, February 1, 2010
~大日子MV~ Happy Chinese New Year ^^
Theme song of a Malaysian made 2010 CNY movie 《大日子woohoo！》~ Nice song :D Enjoy~
Monday, January 18, 2010
Busy 2010
Wow! It's already 2010! Am gonna graduate this year! @@ Time really flies, isn't it?
This year is a busy year. Since it's my last semester in Uni, there're lots of stuff to be done. Sob sob....I'm now officially a panda with two big panda eyes.....
I have classes to attend,
experiments to do,
lab reports to pass up,
quizzes to answer,
test to sit,
final year project to kao tim,
thesis to write,
bla bla bla~~
and last but not least,
movies to watch :P ~ Am not going to be a bookworm or work-holic all the time~ At least must let myself to slack sometimes XD ~~~ not meh
So, dont scold me for temporarily abandoning my blog T-T
I promise I'll at least post up some photos when I have free time ya~ :P
Ciao~
This year is a busy year. Since it's my last semester in Uni, there're lots of stuff to be done. Sob sob....I'm now officially a panda with two big panda eyes.....
I have classes to attend,
experiments to do,
lab reports to pass up,
quizzes to answer,
test to sit,
final year project to kao tim,
thesis to write,
bla bla bla~~
and last but not least,
movies to watch :P ~ Am not going to be a bookworm or work-holic all the time~ At least must let myself to slack sometimes XD ~~~ not meh
So, dont scold me for temporarily abandoning my blog T-T
I promise I'll at least post up some photos when I have free time ya~ :P
Ciao~
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