June 2, 2018
CNY Performances 2018 Every year during Chinese New Year, we get a lot of enquiries from companies for our Chinese music ensembles to perform traditional Chinese […]
May 23, 2018
EM Session #7: Shang Hao De Qing Chun In our 7th EM session, we covered a song by Sun Yan Zi (Stephanie Sun) that was released […]
January 3, 2018
We have been receiving quite a number of inquiries about what to do when the snakeskin on the Erhu becomes dry. As with our own skin, […]
September 10, 2017
Basic Erhu Setup Having your Erhu set up properly can make a world of difference in how it sounds. Sometimes, things that are obvious to experienced […]
August 16, 2017
How to Prevent Sticky Strings on Erhu In one of the discussion threads in our closed Erhu Facebook group, one of the members was said that […]
July 7, 2017
An Alternative to Banhu During my recent visit to YKM’s factory in XinChang Zhejiang, I had the pleasure of enjoying the fruits of his labor, quite […]
June 18, 2017
Sheng: Maintenance Considering investing on a Sheng of your own? Shengs do not require tuning each and every time you want to play it, unlike some […]
May 12, 2017
Choosing the Perfect Guzheng Nails Guzheng nails are just as important as the instrument itself – not only do they affect the touch of the performer […]
April 9, 2017
How to Prevent Tuning Pegs From Slipping A common problem amongs Chinese instrumentalists is the slipping of the tuning pegs. Such friction pegs are not uncommon […]