English man plays a Chinese erhu for the first time

This time I try the 二胡!
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[@gogotrololo]

As a violin player who is also getting into erhu, this video is fkin GOLD!! Top quality laughs with you, my man 🤣🤣 Give it everything you got, we suffer together !!! hahaha I truly love this, it's so brutally honest, and we all need it

[@luzhenglu9069]

这家伙真是个天才！二胡第一次上手拉成这样真是很吃惊。

[@hinyu0323]

是呀，我也覺得很驚訝，他真的是天才。

[@weinasg1371]

他有 Cello 的基础啦

[@linlinpeng6758]

真的很有天份，俗话说千日二胡，百日琴，二胡是真的不易学

[@user-ix7jf8ey9i]

╮(╯▽╰)╭太强了。

[@cherchinglow6486]

That was impressive for someone who plays the erhu for the first time!

[@JoeCreator]

Thank you! I will keep practising!

[@qq1110]

U are so talented! It’s not easy to play Erhu. But I love the sound it makes. Hope u can play a complete song later.

[@sillydong]

really amazing ability to play almost every instrument in such short time

[@arlenewu9530]

it is amazing to see you playing Erhu, this video reminds me of my uncle. He is 88 years old and is still playing Erhu. I haven't seen him for two years, whenever I think of him, I always think of him proudly saying he made a new Erhu and performing with it 7 years ago. Thank you for this video and wish you a good journey on playing Erhu!

[@TheParadiseBlue]

You really are a string musician, haha, I think you can pronounce it as "rr who?". The question mark will make it sounds as the second tune.🤣

[@weygu]

“rr who?” Made my day👍

[@bingtonton346]

First time seeing a foreigner play Erhu, thank you introducing from opening the box to the parts that come along with the instrument. I m chinese , I never know much of this instrument though. All I know it is not easy to play it because of the few strings. I played Guzheng about 2 years before. I still want to learn again especially to play the piece, Er Quan Ying Yue, originally played by Erhu

[@tamlapshun2723]

It’s so interesting to see you learning this. Keep going 👍🏻

[@jasonsu6141]

Wow - you did great! I don’t play erhu but I’ve heard that it’s hard to play for people who have learned it for years!

[@yourvancouverhome]

Amazing, Joe! Good effort in setting up the brand new erhu. 👍👍👍

[@leochengpengli1284]

Most talented and inkless pure musician! You are awesome Joe!

[@fotdcpc9393]

It’s perfect beginning. I am looking forward to hearing melodious musics from your erhu.

[@guangyutew1504]

Joe, looking forward for your videos playing Er Hu, you are doing good, keep it up!

[@lorrain6997]

九爷也太有天赋了 上手就会！！niubility！！！！

[@GeekPlanet-Official]

Hey Joe, believe or not you did it really good on your first self-taught session. Keep it going, man! Love it.

[@leekimwah]

Well done, Joe. I’m impressed.

[@dunqizhang4708]

Great job Joe top effort!!

[@kxing514]

You are amazing Joe 👍

[@eminmao]

OMG!! With some online tutorial and that's what you got for the first time??? You are amazing!!! I couldn't remember my first erhu lesson cuz it was long long ago when I was 5, but I know it was terrible. You sir, are talented!

[@kayleeskinner3197]

Joe, you are doing a good job!

[@southpark4151]

A brand new rosin that is shiny is pretty much next to useless, unless we purposely get a metal workshop file to file or scrape/grate the new hard rosin until lots of powder comes off it, which can then be collected in a small little cup or container. And then we take that powder in our finger etc, and then sprinkle and rub it into the horse hair. And usually it's necessary to rub a heap of it into the new bow hair. The rosin that came with the erhu is just fine. It's just it doesn't come with instructions for preparing it. And, once that rosin has been properly roughed up by a file, then it becomes possible to rub the horse hair along the roughed up area. When the new rosin is smooth like glass -- then rubbing the hair on that slippery surface does pretty much zero.

[@jirensuper9824]

你在乐器方面好有天赋啊！！！

[@JamesNoble97]

Awesome video man, love your Chinese instrument videos! By the way, they say it like Arrr Who

[@NobitaKun6]

This is amazing Joe. My first erhu lesson didn't even progress as much as yours. Quick tip on the your left hand posture : try to loosen up the tension of your hand. I see your left hand was playing like a cello. But erhu doesn't require that much strength that you would need in pressing a cello string. My teacher taught me that the best way to know if your left hand posture is correct, is to make sure the palm of your left hand should have space for an egg. You can achieve that by laying your left arm down like you are not doing anything with your hand. Then you can slowly rise your left arm and hand to the proper height and press the note. Again, don't put much tension on your left hand. Hope you have fun with the erhu !

[@judysu8992]

是不是可查的英文资料也不多

[@user-lu7gb2kl3z]

@@judysu8992 我用机翻他的英文 感觉看懂了 教的不错 👍

[@NobitaKun6]

@@judysu8992 非常少. 不過我也不用查英文資料就是了

[@dorachau3203]

good job Joe!👍

[@gandorluckgg9177]

It's cool! Really awesome.

[@rainyseaweed5725]

Holly cow you figured out how to play while I couldn't even play a note after 20 years

[@shuedward7618]

well done, Joe!

[@user-wp7sb6hc5v]

二胡始于唐朝，已有一千多年的历史。它最早发源于中国古代北部地区的一个少数民族，原本叫“嵇琴”和“奚琴”。最早记载嵇琴的文字是唐朝诗人孟浩然的《宴荣山人池亭诗》：“竹引嵇琴人，花邀戴客过。”，宋朝学者陈旸在《乐书》中记载“奚琴本胡乐也……”唐代诗人岑参所载“中军置酒饮归客。胡琴琵琶与羌笛”的诗句，说明胡琴在唐代就已开始流传，而胡琴是中西方拉弦乐器和弹拔乐器的总称。

[@szjohnwong]

胡琴应该是从波斯传入中国的，所以叫“胡琴”“胡乐”，油管可找一下，伊朗有个音乐人叫“Kayhan Kalhor〞 他玩的乐器极像我们的胡琴，是大师来的值得一看！

[@carinjansenvanvuuren8988]

This is awesome! I’m from South Africa and I play the violin professionally. I would LOVE to get me an erhu, I’m so in love with Chinese culture and love the sound of this instrument! But I have no clue where to start looking for one, not the most accessible country I’m staying in😢 so it would be a dream come true if I can buy one! But this is very cool, enjoy!

[@vickydu494]

You must be an instrument god! You play the scale in your first shot!

[@tiancaigoahua]

thats amazing!

[@jianxu6968]

Funny that you already have a Chinese post processing. Great work!

[@skiski1774]

Joe u r so great. Do re me fa sol la ti do.........bravo joe.

[@kevinmkraft]

I'm finally learning how to play one of these and am progressing rather nicely, I think.

[@bosangel6]

Liked before I watch 😀

[@ngbenny3402]

Helle Joe I am Hong Konger,Benny. Playing Erhu too. You have done your best to play it,keep going! You will doing very well.❤

[@jacquelynnepan]

The doggo’s absence at the cat jumper tho 😅

[@neunwendi1993]

I can't wait to see you play horse racing.😁

[@Monkey-ge1oq]

Talented! erhu selflearning is hard I think😂😂😂

[@xinghe2700]

Thanks for spreading Chinese instruments to the world. You played it really well for your first time. 👍

[@hinyu0323]

Great, good job. This is not a easy instrument. You can play a good sound at the first time. You are really really smart.

[@dolliemoggie]

Joe: I don't know how to hold the neck. Also Joe: plays the scale right away...

[@JoeCreator]

Hahaha this made me laugh 😂

[@dolliemoggie]

@@JoeCreator next up, Joe plays Horse Racing immaculately in first try.

[@veratang180]

Amazing！

[@user-tz2dm8rt8c]

I finally found there is a chinese sub ,and it make me subscribe u already. Hope that your music can be spreading out and affecting guy like me who enjoys listening a feeling form a real musician guy. I m from hong kong, love to see there is chinese（tra）sub in not soon future haha. Love your presentation and reaction. Enjoy.

[@JoeCreator]

谢谢你 thanks for subscribing!

[@TigerOwO]

I’m (or was) a 二胡 player. Havent play my 二胡 for years… Just like the violin, it’s very hard to start, and even harder to master. Hope you like it!

[@poorman3134]

My erhu teacher taught me that: to sound good, 70% depends on your right hand that control the bow, only 30% depends on how good you use your left hand fingers. So the first thing is learn how to control the bow. Play only the open strings, try with different bow speed, and varies bow pressure on the strings, to find out how you can get a nice/beautiful sound. Hinds is the bow must be move in a straight line, and always lay(in contract or rested) on the body., and constant speed. Good luck.

[@c0ff11_exe7]

A tip for your left arm, instead of your arm movement coming from the elbow and arm, lead with your wrist :) BUT YOU GOT THIS!!!! you'll do so great dude! Keep it up :D

[@mrzuo3979]

Awesome

[@Zebula77]

Those zooms and pans gave me motion sickness lol. Got myself one of these just five days ago, and I've played it every day since. It's certainly much more challenging than I envisioned, but I'm making progress. Slow progress, but progress. :)

[@greenwoodred691]

一个字…专业👍👍 😊😊九爷确实牛

[@Erhu]

Left index finger and Qianjin flat, the palm of the piano barrel, wrist slightly bent down

[@dakunchang8268]

A thousand year pipa, a thousand year Zheng, and a Erhu for a lifetime😘

[@socalkook370]

The rosin was probably fine, but fresh blocks are slick and take forever to start. I usually just use a fine sand paper to rough it up a bit and it then it works well

[@user-wj6ue3lt9f]

这哥们儿有天赋👍

[@KookCookOfficial]

good job

[@ngchoonweng]

Hopefully I am not wrong: Tips on "qian jin", you may adjust the position of it to fit your hand size. If you have a larger hand, you may move it higher. Vice versa for smaller hand.

[@user-fo9dc3zi8s]

二胡是我最喜欢的中国传统乐器，它的曲调实在太优美，让人心旷神怡。

[@user-fo9dc3zi8s]

不过你的演奏让我受尽折磨，哈哈😄

[@ErhuRocker]

Well play！

[@user-zk8wz4ei3t]

Nice

[@chriswang6180]

Oh, it's made in my hometown!

[@mickmick3364]

Good job Joe👍

[@chen0795]

This reminds me of my first time playing this instrument when I was about 10 years old. The first song I played is twinkle twinkle little star.

[@stuarttyler7641]

九爷真是音乐神人~

[@kalebch9573]

genius！

[@barbaracataldo566]

It's pronounced "air-who " or "are-who" (my preferred pronunciation) Er means "two" as in two strings and "hu" a bowed instrument. A two string bowed instrument. A very difficult instrument to master, good luck. It's great that you're this adventurous.

[@rorschachgotnicemask9449]

When your play is not completely bad, but not completely ok either, it gets really hilarious🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You were actually doing well. Erhu is known for being hard to pick up. People say you are ok when they can tell whether you are playing a healthy horse or a dying one.

[@mesmaml688]

Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do*, among them, Mi and Fa, Ti and Do* are really close to each other on the strings, you need to put the two fingers of those notes right next to each other without any gap in the middle, then you find the right fa and do*.

[@JoeCreator]

Ah thanks for the advice, this makes sense!

[@huil7316]

❤️

[@user-hv8br2wf1d]

cool

[@user-zy5ew8ys6e]

u r a 天才

[@JoeCreator]

谢谢你！

[@nihijason9840]

good

[@huoxiaoyu1586]

🌻

[@JYTeng-mw2yx]

太厲害了

[@Markus1001]

太厉害了，九爷

[@rrk4095]

Reminds me of TwosetViolin. They also did an episode of learning Erhu in one day

[@rrk4095]

Very impressive your learning skills

[@dylanhamilton3752]

How did you do it? You're such a genius

[@onghy]

interesting to see this. the left hand position is incorrect, you can find some erhu video to see how is the correct position. the bow tension is control by right hand

[@yushi8373]

Err Hoo. 🥰

[@ireneleung1930]

期待你用中國樂器所奏的音樂！加油💪💪

[@onkycui]

忍不住想给2分钱

[@Monkey-ge1oq]

哈哈哈哈哈

[@vvictorwang]

hi Joe, Your erhu is made in Suzhou. This erhu is a loud version, specially used for exams. You are a playing genius, and it is not easy to make a sound for the first time.😃

[@JoeCreator]

Wow I didn't know this! Thanks 😁

[@vvictorwang]

@@JoeCreator Suzhou is a city in the south of the Yangtze River. I am from Suzhou. When I was young, there were many teahouses in Suzhou, and there were artists who sang Pingtan. Sometimes there will be erhu playing. Your sense of music is very strong, not only Western instruments but also Chinese instruments, very similar to Jay Chou's sense of music. Will subscribe to your channel. Looking forward to your set. Wish you all the best😆

[@vvictorwang]

​@@JoeCreator I also watched 我不是柯桑德 video and followed you after seeing your comments on music. call you 九爷（Jiuye）. In Chinese culture, it takes three years for a flute and five years for a Xiao（like clarinet）, and an erhu can break your waist. You can only understand it after playing for a lifetime, because it takes a long time to achieve success in erhu, and stringed instruments are relatively more difficult. you have the talent on that. enjoy music and enjoy life.😁

[@nxul2454]

強的一批

[@yuhaozheng2242]

Nice work! You will want to rotate your left hand a bit, so that your thumb is on the side facing you (not on the left) and your purlicue is touching the neck on its left. (Sort of like the violin, the thumb act as an anchor when you need to do shifting) You might want to watch some master Erhu players since it's really hard to describe the posture in words...

[@genchang78]

二胡 is also called Chinese violin

[@user-kc2sc2ql2v]

厉害了

[@user-sz3tw3ww1o]

👍 非常好

[@Anglechu]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@mojislower5158]

非常具有尝试性

[@sharonerhuchannel1223]

Joe, do you learn it yourself or follow a teacher? As an erhu teacher who teaches erhu online or offline in UK. I am afraid to tell you that both hands are not doing properly. Left hand is too stiff and the wrist, arm and elbow should be relaxed, flexible and not too loose. The hand position of right hand on the rod is not correct. You should use the curlicue to hold the rod but not clipping it. For further information, we discuss this through email and you can find it in the descriptions of my videos in my channel. Thanks!

[@jiranma]

The video here shows Lang Lang accompanying his father who's playing the erhu. Technically the piece is about racing horses (slight nuanced differences with the word choice). His father's playing isn't that great but at least you can see it up close and the piece has quite a few traditional/typical techniques used to play the instrument other than just bowing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZaQpZWnlqdnnLM

[@danny9833]

Use the erhu to play Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake 二胡演奏天鵝湖 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2asf4GOqZJ-jsU kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH3Co6SLgaiHl7c

[@Riccardo749]

it's been great,and i hope you to listen to 二泉映月👀

[@dionydonny]

"he is the stAR! " some guy turn his head:"WHO?" AR WHO~

[@acdiugunyeng8699]

从桑德视频过来的，发现九爷啥都会呀，厉害厉害！！！

[@lieenewing]

That's fast for first-time self-teaching. Event with exp on other strings.

[@JoeCreator]

Thanks! I look forward to showing everyone my progress soon too!

[@rimoz8226]

Hey Joe. Believe me you'll get more subscribers if u put both English & Chinese title.

[@waitang6881]

Ha ha good job

[@talindra888]

try read it as --- "Err-who" hahaha but make the sound "who" down instead with no expression .. or "Err-Hoo".. and the finger push and pull the string haha u done good job! cant wait to see a song from you later :D