Traditional Teochew "Lokou" (潮州锣鼓)

[hohoho8]

Although I am not a 潮州冷, I married a 潮州wife. Since then I fell in love with 潮州 culture. thanks for sharing your video.

[AXJI1959]

为什么中间有一半不见掉了……？？

[TeochewLeeSG]

@AXJI1959

Due to youtube limit 10mins each video, I need to pause the recording during play.

However, I recorded a new drum video during Qing Ming, I make it two parts in the new video which coming up soon.

[krisnkte]

thank you for uploading this video ^_^ it remind me when I was playing drum in "logou",thailand ``^_^

[TeochewLeeSG]

@krisnkte

I just uploaded a new video recorded during Qing Ming festival yesterday. The complete video will be up in about two days time.

[jhlow1]

Is this Lee Association"s Drum Music Troupe?

[TeochewLeeSG]

@jhlow1

Well, I suppose so.

[at0754]

Wow, didnt know there are so much people here like Teochew Lokou. During my young days, I also participated in Lokou. Due to old memories, finally able to find this site, thank you bro......Just to check if you have any MP3 files in all the Lokou music that can email or burn into CD?

[TeochewLeeSG]

Hello 0754,

I afraid I do not have much Lokou music as collection. I'm just helping my association to record this video and upload here to share with everyone.

[blueskyau]

Thx for sharing, missing 潮州 music back home in Msia when i was a child, used to watch 潮州 opera.

[TeochewLeeSG]

@blueskyau

You are most welcome, hope you visit us more often here as we will upload new video here.

I just uploaded new video recorded during Qing Ming festival yesterday. The complete video will be up in about two days time.

[singy1980]

Hello, do u have teochew funeral music? when I was a kid in singapore --- in the 1960s --- i used to enjoy them. Thanks.

An ex-singaporean but still a teochew man.

[TeochewLeeSG]

Hi Singy,

Where r u now? Aust?

Sorry I do not have the funeral music, however, this Luogu is also being played during funeral.

[TeochewLeeSG]

Hi Daxiong,

this is due to not enough memory in the

camera. And furthermore youtube allows max 10mins for uploading.

[daxiong46]

Thanks for uploadin ：））,八仙网上很难找，有的都是十仙。wasted,u cut the music part。

[dbadagna]

Hi Javier, thank you for this info. I am excited because my Chinese ensemble is going to try to play a Chaozhou da luogu piece this weekend in Akron, opening for the Peking Acrobats. We'll play "Wan Nian Huan," and use Chaozhou daluo and large cymbals. That Chaozhou gong sounds different from any other kind of Chinese gong.

[javierliyongen]

Actually all the metal percussion instruments are tuned to the different notes of the F major.

HAve I sent you the percussion write-up I did for percussion workshop? I cannot rem.

Anyway, my society will be conducting an educational Teochew Music concert in September 14-15.

If possible, do fly down and participate in the workshops. =)

[qdwcwcw]

那锣鼓差劲得要命~~要回来家乡多学习！！

[dbadagna]

This is exciting music. Do you know the name (in Teochew and Mandarin) for the large, dark-colored gongs on the left and right?

[javierliyongen]

tua lor or da luo 大锣

D pls note the lor used in stage opera and street da luo gu is different technique in holding and playing are different too

[dbadagna]

The Chaozhou large gong we have here has a label on which someone has written the name in English as "shen-bo," with Chinese characters. Have you ever heard it called this?

[javierliyongen]

Yup.

In dialect, it is called cheem po.

meaning deep waves... supposed to sound like the waves but deep in the sea... strong, loud yet muffled.

unique Teochew instrument, tuned to F key

[dbadagna]

Thank you! I am interested in the actual names used by Teochew people. Can you tell me the hanzi for this one? I didn't know it was tuned to a specific pitch; the one here is approximately a C-sharp. I think we are going to use a padded beater to play it because when hitting it with the bare wooden stick as in the videos, it seems so loud and harsh.

[javierliyongen]

Sorry D, I missed out this comment to reply.

The Cheem Bo is meant to be beaten with a padded beater. The Hokkien? or Cantonese I cannot rem, music have the same instrument but they do not use the padded beater. If it is C-sharp it is out of tune. That instrument get out of tune very easily if you

a) hit the wrong position

b) do not press off or should I say silence the cheem bo correct.

(I personally have beaten the cheem bo out of tune as well... very upsetting.)