Erhu and Thunderstorm http://www.alansondheim.org/erhu.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/erhu.jpg I haven't played erhu in a year. Today was a thunderstorm. Would I have the courage to play the right notes? An awkward start and then those repetitive arcs of acumen came into play. I could jump for joy! But I was playing erhu. Ignore the first 30-40 seconds. I was just getting into it. It's been a long time. The fingering and bowing are complex. But I was playing erhu! And it came, burrowing through, and in my mind the thunderstorm, yes! Why when I close my eyes do I hear happiness. Why when I stop my ears do I see happiness. I look across the street here 4 stories up and everywhere I look there's happiness. I know almost all of this is in my mind and my imagination. I can't lose it I can't get rid of it. I just love hammering out the same notes over and over again. You've all heard this before from me. I used to be called Johnny One Note. Never mind. Never you mind that. Never mind. Never you mind that. (This is an old school one from central China. I had to set it up. I used a different form of bridge, actually a small fret from an unknown instrument. It had no bridge. The base is wider, the tone mellower. The setup, strings, and bow are all erhu.) _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
