"New Herdsmen on the Prairie" Liu Changfu's Erhu Teaching
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"New Herdsmen on the Prairie" is a Mongolian-style erhu piece composed by erhu performer Mr. Liu Changfu in the 1970s. It describes the colorful life, joy and happiness of the young herdsmen on the prairie of Inner Mongolia, and enthusiastically praises the happy life of the prairie people. The work is full of strong prairie flavor, and the composer also added some other performance techniques to make the unique flavor of the whole piece more intense.
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Liu Changfu, erhu performer, director of China National Orchestra Society, and technical consultant of Beijing National Musical Instrument Factory.
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Erhu (Pinyin: Erhu) originated in the Tang Dynasty, called "Xiqin", and has a history of more than a thousand years. It is a traditional Chinese stringed instrument. Erhu, or Erxian Huqin, also known as "Nanhu" and "Omzi", is one of the main bowed and stringed instruments (wiping strings) in the Chinese national musical instrument family.
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