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thunderbird wrote: davidmdahl wrote:
The trouble with playing Aura Lee in the key of D, is that you will need to play it an octave up. The first note is an A, and the lowest A is the outside open string. That is not so difficult, but it is yet easier to play in the key of G. That way you can start on the inside string, the first note being "D" as in the score from http://www.8notes.com that Dennis posted.

This is really a lot easier to do than to explain.

Best wishes,

David

The notation for Aura Lee from thunderbird is in G rather than D, so don't let that confuse you, Will. In this case G = 1, and the low (inside) string is 5 with a dot underneath. Notated in G, no accidentals are necessary. so the b7 on the last line would be just 7.


In response to your comments that "The notation for Aura Lee from thunderbird is in G rather than D", I am pointing out that it is not in G but rather it is in D.

Please see attached (1=D)...after I transposed, I have no problem playing the tune in D...it is such an easy but delightful piece.

I am puzzled by your comments...I suggest people play the piece in D key (1=D)...and find out for themselves if they would run into any problem.

Since D key is so popular...I am sure every one knows how how to do it in D key...please follow the Chinese Erhu notations posted and give it a run. I have tested on a few people...it was a piece of cake!

I agree that it is more fun to do it than ruminating about it!
Well, Aura Lee's suppose to be sung in this way: Sol Do Ti Do / Re La Re.....etc 

The way Bird's written it is: Do Fa Mi Fa / Sol Re Sol....

It's like we know 'Mary had a little lamb' is sung as Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi, but we sing it as Ti La So La Ti Ti Ti.   Although it sounds the same, but we know the former is the correct one.

So knowing that Aura Lee should be Sol Do Ti Do / Re La Re....or in numeric notation 5(with dot below) 1 7(with dot below) 1 / 2 6(with dot below) 2..... we than find that G is the easiest key to play in, with the first note(5 with dot below) being the open inner string.


Sung Wah

Last edited on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 03:40 pm by thunderbird

All this technical talk, you guys left me in the dust .  My piano work book has "C" as the first note.   When I tried to play it with the erhu set in "D" & "A", it did not sound the way it suppose to sound.  That is why I re-tune it to "C" & "G".   I just noticed that the first note in Thunderbird's score is "D".   I can play the piece with the erhu set in "D" & "A" without any problem.  

David,

Can you tell me how to the erhu fingering chart of the various keys in a bigger format.  What I got from the other link that you supplied is too small.  Thanks.

Will


 

I was translating a given piece (first note is "D")...and if the first note of that piece is "D"....it would definitely sound very different from the piece (first note "C") from your work book.

People can play "Aura Lee" whichever way they want...I don't really give a hoot...people say Aura Lee is best played by certain Keys....be my guest...they are entitled to their expert opinions

Last edited on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 04:08 pm by thunderbird

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tansungwah wrote:
thunderbird wrote: davidmdahl wrote:
The trouble with playing Aura Lee in the key of D, is that you will need to play it an octave up. The first note is an A, and the lowest A is the outside open string. That is not so difficult, but it is yet easier to play in the key of G. That way you can start on the inside string, the first note being "D" as in the score from http://www.8notes.com that Dennis posted.

This is really a lot easier to do than to explain.

Best wishes,

David

The notation for Aura Lee from thunderbird is in G rather than D, so don't let that confuse you, Will. In this case G = 1, and the low (inside) string is 5 with a dot underneath. Notated in G, no accidentals are necessary. so the b7 on the last line would be just 7.


In response to your comments that "The notation for Aura Lee from thunderbird is in G rather than D", I am pointing out that it is not in G but rather it is in D.

Please see attached (1=D)...after I transposed, I have no problem playing the tune in D...it is such an easy but delightful piece.

I am puzzled by your comments...I suggest people play the piece in D key (1=D)...and find out for themselves if they would run into any problem.

Since D key is so popular...I am sure every one knows how how to do it in D key...please follow the Chinese Erhu notations posted and give it a run. I have tested on a few people...it was a piece of cake!

I agree that it is more fun to do it than ruminating about it!
Well, Aura Lee's suppose to be sung in this way: Sol Do Ti Do / Re La Re.....etc 

The way Bird's written it is: Do Fa Mi Fa / Sol Re Sol....

It's like we know 'Mary had a little lamb' is sung as Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi, but we sing it as Ti La So La Ti Ti Ti.   Although it sounds the same, but we know the former is the correct one.

So knowing that Aura Lee should be Sol Do Ti Do / Re La Re....or in numeric notation 5(with dot below) 1 7(with dot below) 1 / 2 6(with dot below) 2..... we than find that G is the easiest key to play in, with the first note(5 with dot below) being the open inner string.


Sung Wah


I transposed according to the given piano notes ( previous posted sheet...first note is D)...thus, I played it on Erhu according to the given notes...please post the "should be" Aura Lee notes or better still...please post the "should be" erhu sheet music for reference purpose...I don't think we are on the same page at all!

Waiting to see your Erhu music sheet in Key G base on the previous posted piano notes(first note D)...thank you!

Bird

Last edited on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 04:55 pm by tansungwah

thunderbird wrote: tansungwah wrote:
thunderbird wrote: davidmdahl wrote:
The trouble with playing Aura Lee in the key of D, is that you will need to play it an octave up. The first note is an A, and the lowest A is the outside open string. That is not so difficult, but it is yet easier to play in the key of G. That way you can start on the inside string, the first note being "D" as in the score from http://www.8notes.com that Dennis posted.

This is really a lot easier to do than to explain.

Best wishes,

David

The notation for Aura Lee from thunderbird is in G rather than D, so don't let that confuse you, Will. In this case G = 1, and the low (inside) string is 5 with a dot underneath. Notated in G, no accidentals are necessary. so the b7 on the last line would be just 7.


In response to your comments that "The notation for Aura Lee from thunderbird is in G rather than D", I am pointing out that it is not in G but rather it is in D.

Please see attached (1=D)...after I transposed, I have no problem playing the tune in D...it is such an easy but delightful piece.

I am puzzled by your comments...I suggest people play the piece in D key (1=D)...and find out for themselves if they would run into any problem.

Since D key is so popular...I am sure every one knows how how to do it in D key...please follow the Chinese Erhu notations posted and give it a run. I have tested on a few people...it was a piece of cake!

I agree that it is more fun to do it than ruminating about it!
Well, Aura Lee's suppose to be sung in this way: Sol Do Ti Do / Re La Re.....etc 

The way Bird's written it is: Do Fa Mi Fa / Sol Re Sol....

It's like we know 'Mary had a little lamb' is sung as Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi, but we sing it as Ti La So La Ti Ti Ti.   Although it sounds the same, but we know the former is the correct one.

So knowing that Aura Lee should be Sol Do Ti Do / Re La Re....or in numeric notation 5(with dot below) 1 7(with dot below) 1 / 2 6(with dot below) 2..... we than find that G is the easiest key to play in, with the first note(5 with dot below) being the open inner string.


Sung Wah


I transposed according to the given piano notes ( previous posted sheet...first note is D)...thus, I played it on Erhu according to the given notes...please post the "should be" Aura Lee notes or better still...please post the "should be" erhu sheet music for reference purpose...I don't think we are on the same page at all!

Waiting to see your Erhu music sheet in Key G base on the previous posted piano notes(first note D)...thank you!

Bird
The piano sheet seems to be erronous.  The first 5 bars is written in the key of C but it changes to G key after that.  The first 5 bars is written by hand while the rest is in printed form so I guess a mistake could have been made there.

Anyway, pushed back my bedtime by another 30mins to do this.

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