Min Xiao-Fen   Ensembles

- SOLO PIPA   -   BLUE PIPA TRIO   -   MIN-WU-XU   -   ASIAN TRIO   -   CHINESE ENSEMBLE   -   ORCHESTRA & OTHERS -

MIN XIAO-FEN'S  CHINESE MUSIC ENSEMBLE

ALSO AVAILABLE  FOR  LECTURES  AND  WORKSHOPS

REPERTOIRE  selection

MP3

Spring - Greeting Flowers 

Folk Music

Purple Bamboo Melody

Southern Folk Music

Traditional lyrical

Wedding Parade

Southern Folk Music

Dancing Song of the Tao Tribe

Southwest Folk Music

Spring, River, Flower, Moon, Night

Traditional Music

The Moon Rising

Traditional Music

The Little Peach

Cantonese Folk Music

PIPA

A four string lute that dates back 2,000 years,
it has a 12 -tone chromatic scale.
It takes over 70 techniques to the master.
The strings are tuned A-D-E-A.

ERHU

A Chinese violin, popular as a solo instrument,
that has two strings with a bow clasped between them.
More than 700 years old.

DIZI

A Chinese violin, popular as a solo instrument,
that has two strings with a bow clasped between them.
More than 700 years old.

ZHENG

One of the first Chinese plucked instruments -
about 2,300 years old. It has 21 horizontal strings.