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 […]
September 14, 2014
Reasons to learn Zhongruan The Chinese Zhongruan is much more versatile instrument than many others think. It is shaped like a lute and has 4 thick […]
August 27, 2014
Reasons to NOT learn the Erhu Have you read our 5 reasons to learn the Chinese erhu? Don’t want to paint learning erhu as a bed […]
August 18, 2014
Reasons to learn Guzheng The Chinese Guzheng is one of the most popular Chinese musical instruments. Probably only the erhu’s popularity is on par with it. […]