Chinese Bluegrass (REDGRASS): Red Chamber 紅庭, Jaybirds

[@cartlandroad]

I was taking an ESL class in University of New Hampshire during 1990's. Two Chinese graduate students brought a pipa (lute like the lady in the center is playing) and a flute at the end of semester party. They started play the traditional music that was beautiful and everyone enjoyed. Then our instructor's husband started play bluegrass banjo, I joined with a guitar. These guys kept up with it and improvising solos with no effort. That was one of my greatest memories playing music.

[@meihanzheng]

Thank you for sharing your experience. Lovely.

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

Awesome 👍😁👍

[@TommyCoughlinHomespunYarns]

This is the kind of cultural exchange I really like.

[@ignasty3591]

This is wild. I've always heard the far east was fascinated with some bluegrass. Being from Kentucky, I think this is pretty cool. Who duh thunk these instruments would compliment eachother so well.

[@Kelnx]

Folk music from Northern China is eerily similar to bluegrass.

[@The_Totes_Adorbs]

@Kelnx my bussy is tight with anticipation.

[@CarolynOsborne]

I'm from Lexington and a fiddler.

[@The_Totes_Adorbs]

@@CarolynOsborne moist. bussy.

[@kishascape]

Anyone who actually listened to the instruments would’ve realized that easily.

[@PhunkyMunky10]

Music! A language EVERYONE understands!!! This is awesome! Thanks for the smile!

[@joeyjojojr.shabadooiiiesq.3736]

Both styles of music are based on the Pentatonic Scale and so natural are very similar and can be played together.

[@chromatic2006]

That is pretty cool. Those Chinese instruments have a very long history. People have been playing those for hundreds of years. it is great to see artists branch out and see where they can take their instruments and musical skills.

[@kishascape]

They also have similar sound to banjos so easily fitting.

[@tobybiscuits]

All those instruments have a great twang even the Chinese instruments!!

[@raylovescm]

Brilliant musicianship! The world could do with more of this interaction.

[@shaggybreeks]

The world is available to you. Take your instrument and travel.

[@Shrapnel82]

All I need is moonshine baijiu.

[@justin5021]

This is what world peace sounds like!! What a remarkable sound, an instrumental match made in heaven!

[@TsohAshkii]

15 years ago. I first saw this. How it changed me so. I love being asian and country.

[@ngzcaz]

I'm just stunned at their collective musical genius... thumbs up !

[@hallowelt2673]

This song goes rolling along like a train, the rithm is beating like a running heart♥️

[@cjredu]

Very interesting music that makes me remember the Chieftains. The pipa and other chinese instruments, however, keep it distinctly different from them. Lovely!

[@Bizzybugproductions]

Beautiful, gave me chills

[@TheGenesisSpirit]

this was great!!! I grew up w/Bluegrass & to see bluegrass being played on chinese instruments was fantastic!! I loved seeing their expression of how fun this music is while playing their chinese instruments. This was so much fun & I'm so glad to see music that derived from the moonshine mountains being enjoyed in other cultures. I wish you all the best in your music endeavors, 4 u all are no doubt awesomely talented! Thank You for sharing w/us!!

[@mollificent]

That made me grin so wide I thought the top of my head was going to fall off.

[@shaggybreeks]

I love how the Chinese musicians put their own spin on it, bringing out their own personalities, and the personalities of their instruments. Musically, the whole becomes greater than the sum of its two parts.

[@nickihill1863]

top 10 coolest music ive ever listened too thinks youtube

[@larryford5905]

Wow , the sounds from those instruments , I love it.

[@banjotony]

When I learned the chromatic scale, nothing was mentioned about a "nationality" belonging to any one of the notes. Music easily transcends all the "restrictions and biases" we put upon ourselves if we let it, and here's the living proof. Bravo!!!!

[@johnkarnaghon6055]

Incredible, I've never heard anything like it

[@jjlockridge4237]

Excellent musicianship

[@Klobilob]

This was absolutely amazing.. and the tuch of asian classic music made it wonderful to lissen to. Applause from Sweden !

[@adampapke1894]

great job from Memphis TN

[@sirmorluk]

Wonderful gift to mankind. Thank you Bill Monroe. And seriously? 7 people didn't like this? How is it possible?

[@theonlybuzz1969]

Brilliant playing by all in the group, wonderful stuff, I certainly didn’t expect this but glad I did!! Thank you everyone!

[@cryptrider1]

Would love to see more of this on KZbin!

[@rktwnb]

Epic shredding! 1:37

[@Thrawn6211]

Only 12 notes. Out of those 12 we get so much joy, interculturality, humanity, expression. Because music crosses all boundaries of nations, all languages, and brings us together as humankind.

[@alan4sure]

Those are some amazing musicians with the strange looking instruments. Such talent.

[@GustavArnold]

West Meets East. Wunderful. And hopefully they will also play chinese tunes.

[@booksgodt]

Makes me proud that I am surrounded by such wonderful musicians. Just across the pond.

[@MargyAnne1]

From Canada... absolutely great!!!! I play the fiddle and guitar and love bluegrass but this is amongst the most original and best I've seen!!! Great work!!!!

[@FlatMountainDulcimer]

Just goes to show ya. Music is universal. Hey, this is great! Thanks for posting. Dave

[@carolynhays6544]

beautiful

[@tdbsnr]

Ha ha, this is brilliant, great music with a big sense of humour. Thank you for the posting, more please.

[@ConstantineHuman]

Music that is at once colloquial and universal.

[@davidsawyer988]

Tight! 💕

[@leaheplin]

That was about five different kinds of amazing!

[@trevorburgess2695]

Excellent

[@Larryk12308]

Wow! Great job everyone! Xexe! All we need now is a violin (fiddle) and an Er Hu!

[@whomagoose6897]

East meets west and I love it!

[@jimmytouzel]

this is awesome. it goes to show that both of our (chinese and american) ethnic roots music have common threads!

[@stabelite]

fantastic music. i just saw them live and it was amazing.

[@SXian719]

much love!!!

[@dfermoy684]

Probably the most timely video of them all! Thank you for this

[@LunasCraincloud]

That is very very cool. Sound great too.

[@olmmbill]

This is a beautiful blend of instruments and cultures. I loved it. Thanks for posting.

[@MyBadplayer]

what a wonderful blend of cultures!!!!thank you for allowing all of us to enjoy.

[@Jeffrey-or7iw]

That was double awesome 😎 please do more 🙏

[@triciacombs5664]

Lovely! This Kentucky girl is very impressed!😎👍

[@TMGLost]

Seeing/hearing stuff like this makes me so happy I could cry.

[@clip-clop4612]

this cured my sickle cell anemia

[@grail68]

So awesome. Just so, so awesome.

[@cadjunk]

Fantastic. I loved it. Some instruments I've never seen. It was wonderful. Thanks for sharing. Gwen

[@sillystrings]

This is so so so awesome. It's always cool to see how the "boundaries" of art are pushed. AWESOME!!!

[@DragonWaveMaster]

Great video, I really liked the music too.

[@lisa-mariegray5510]

Fabulous fusion!

[@Neuumann]

Absolutely BRILLIANT!! BRAVO!!

[@AG-yj1jv]

Brilliant!!❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍

[@discodave4856]

what's odder than seeing it is the fact that it works so well.

[@garysumlin8355]

Kick ass

[@MrJimc2]

The world does not need the U.N. but only the universal language of peace and tranquility that can be found only in the solace of music. The proof requires only an ear to listen,

[@smokeymcpot69]

Yeah sure the next time someone invades a country well just play them songs..... That'll fix it

[@gimmedatstick]

Excellent!!!!! Too cool for words!

[@pursehappygal]

I am doing an event where this group is performing, and this is the first time I have ever heard them. This was fantastic! thank you for sharing!

[@melodykentucky]

Utterly fantastic!!!

[@bushwacker3292]

Very Good job all !

[@aliwhitwell]

Superbly original bluegrass! Thanks for sharing.

[@booksgodt]

A shave and a hair cut it is! Well done people!

[@ShowCat1]

Fantastic!

[@landielover]

I can't believe 25 people dislike this.

[@SoulEngine0811]

25 people are haters

[@mogsy1000]

Grassholes

[@alan4sure]

Russian hackers. No life.

[@motorhed80]

Simply Fantastic!

[@TheLukeStein]

This is so beautiful. Music merging in meiguo.

[@josefgiven]

Awesome fusion!

[@dougsather2939]

Very nice, they sound great 😇🙏

[@TheBrightWindows]

Wow, this is awesome, this music is so... spunky.

[@Raoena]

You're both right. All these stringed instruments have common tonal and acoustic qualities, because of their common structures (plucked or bowed strings stretched across a hollow resonant body.) It is an example of cultural/instrumental/musical convergence (coming together).

[@brucetoo3294]

SO true--come to every fiddle festival possible (fiddle festivals are the non-passive versions of bluegrass festivals--the audience are the musicians. everybody jams and plays.

[@Mandotwang]

Nice to see the culture blend! Excellent!

[@EliasPoint]

This is awesome

[@dutchharrysm8]

Amazing stuff.

[@wdrumheller2000]

Yeee ha! Love that so many people from across the world love bluegrass!

[@340wbymag]

Wonderful! I love it!!!

[@gkwindrifter]

I was smiling the whole time!

[@joelsills819]

This is spectacular! thanks for posting.

[@critchley3819]

This is really great music,

[@welshpete12]

Great stuff , thank you for posting ! :-)

[@dbadagna]

Lovely performance and great idea. The combination of Chinese music with bluegrass seems really to be catching on. Chinese music sounds great in combination with Irish music as well; if you can find the video or CD "The Chieftains in China," it works so well, there are so many similarities between the traditions (not least of which is that the most common keys for both are D major and G major).

[@Teatalktea]

Great tunes !!! love it !!

[@MattScutchfield]

Cool! I like Chinese music and bluegrass!

[@rogerkilby4303]

Very unique !!! I must say you all are very talented !!! :)

[@ForumGakuSo]

Thank you, great band !

[@tenorbanjo4]

Wonderful mix !

[@cowgirlmoon]

Far out! I LOVE this!!!! What a HOOT!

[@Blogengezer]

Mandolin even has a 'Fat' sound in comparison to the Red C's most active three pickers. Only the far right instrument had it, but not enough heard of it until the last few bars. Great rythym together and no shortage of spirit and enthusiam.... Really cheery stuff. Great post :>)

[@Brightred11]

Oh my, I LOVE this video... thank you for putting it up for the world to enjoy.

[@matuka66]

How fun was that!!!

[@JCHaywire]

They're shredding. It's fun to hear them play the melody through different scalar sensibilities. They don't naturally go to many blue tones, and you don't hear the usually jazzy inflections a bluegrass outfit would put in the second breaks of all these players. This kind of cultural exchange is GREAT! Now, did he play one of THEIR tunes?

[@plucknpick]

Awesome!