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Welcome to Intermezzo from Interlochen Public Radio, where we take a few minutes to bounce some ideas around about classical music.
This week, Christy L'Esperance and her co-host, Bianca, celebrate Chinese New Year by exploring traditional Chinese instruments and Lunar New Year traditions!
So far, we've learned about the erhu, pipa and the ruan. Today, we're learning about the sheng.
The sheng is a Chinese mouth-blown instrument that has vertical pipes — 17 to 38 of them — with thin metal tongues inside that produce several notes at the same time. Now over 3000 years old, it is one of the oldest Chinese instruments!
Listen to today's episode for some samples of sheng music!
"Rain Falling From the Roof"
This week's Mystery Melody
It's time to test your ears. Each week we have a mystery melody that we have to figure out together. It relates to our topic. (We'll make the melody less mysterious each day.)
If you know the mystery melody, text your name and the title and we’ll give you a shout out on Friday. The number to text is (833) 490-4718.
