her songs are so beautiful =) i wish i could play the ehru... maybe someday! I've only learned one string instrument so far :/ but i've got other intruments :D flute piccolo ocarina bones (yes thats an instrument) xylophone little bit of piano violin (can you count the tambourine? haha) my goal is to also learn ehru harp cello Guqin Zheng ... yeah definitely going to have to move and save up some cash -.-"
I love this! Eastern music is so wonderful, we could learn so much from them in our music programs over here in North America. Just a wonderful sound, wonderful!
The tibetian people had...."had" a belief of after death then comes a new state of consciouness that is the death but with a new wiew of life... or after life... because youll may be born as a mule or in good luck a human but the thing was they knew many years ago that there is a state after youre died that youll return...in one way or the other...
Wow. It seems some people just can't resist an argument, even when it has no relation to the video's content.
There is, first of all, no controversy between God giving someone a gift and the fact that that someone must work very hard to develop that gift to this level (and a phenomenal level it is, too).
Secondly, while the degradation of English does sadden me, bad spelling does not negate a person's comment. On that note, it's "ridiculous." :)
Teaching many Chinese female students in Paris, France recently (economics, law and business English) was fun. My videos I OWN YOU NOW and CHINA REPO on YouTube might amuse you. Very nice video, thank you!
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This is one of her more... joyful and soothing pieces. The key to these genres are usually careful co-ordination of both slurs and 柔音, making the music flow smoothly and have the audience reminisce in their early days. Unfortunately, if you don't have an 'early days' or reached a certain level of music, these seem as though they are mere petty tricks used by advanced erhu players worldwide. :| She has merely gained the courage to calmly look into the camera while playing.
@COZYTW i see where you are coming from on this usa's music back in the early 90's like rap for example is was a story how get more money money in the process i was shot at beaten and locked up for being good? huh? oh you were taking the fall for ur mom damn what? ur mom and not ur homies? wow impressive todays music is about who is the more illist and who can rap about havin more game or money and who is a poser? really? LAME!
que bello es,desde costa rica, gracias, totales. les saluda manuel from porty limon.me trae buenos recuerdos, a pesar de que no soy oriental. desde pequeño,todo lo que es de china me gusta soy fanatico al taysipau,chofang,limpau.siumai.jakaou.al igual deceo aprender todo lo que se refiere a las costumbres chinas. en especial a hablar y escribir en chino,que lindo,me gustarica tocar este instrumento, pero mas cxantar en mandarin y cantones...gracias,xie-xie..manuel
with the erhu, i can see that there is no fingerboard to hold down the strings, you only stopp the strings with your fingers... so does that mean it will not give you callouses? my fingertips are hardened with callouses due violin pplaying...
Her surname is Ma, not Hui. The convention in Chinese is to place the family name first and the given name second. Therefore, whether people with the surname Hui are or are not likely to be Muslims are irrelevant in discussing this artist.
The magnificent Ma Xiao Hui (馬曉暉) has redefined the erhu, elevating it to an international fine classical standing, stretching the Chinese ancient, versatile instrument's boundaries with new tone colors and techniques! Her great success is akin to China's rise to superpower status culturally, economically and politically. ☆☆☆☆☆
I think your comment was right on, except for that. Who are we kidding?
The government may wield raw power internationally, but that is generally just an extension of economic power (b/c the govt owns or can influence/direct so many Chinese businesses.)
China is not a political superpower in the sense that its governing philosophy inspires the world. Its political power is still primarily based on what it materially can offer others. Someday hopefully...
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@tyoungos PLEASE, don't flaunt China in her glory. -_- When you feel the urgent desire to express your feelings, you won't even see those borders. Her expertise is from her love in playing all types of music, as versatile as possible. I played Chinese pieces, Touhou, some Western songs, even songs from Finland and Germany, because I felt like it. So did she, and she's up on stage now. It has nothing to do with where she comes from.
Ma Xiao Hui your soul breaths on your strings and rings joy into my ears. Your perfect notes and flowing fingers lift my tired spirit to the tops of the highest mountains. Thanks for the blessing of your talent sincerest best wishes
Shut up. Her beautiful playing comes from hours upon hours of practice, and just as much mental dedication to her instrument. I hate when people downplay all the skill and hard work that goes into playing this great when they say "god did it"
not everyone can be that amazing no matter how much they practice, "god given" is an expression of the divinity of the human bodies potential, who knows how some people accomplish what they do, maybe ur both right, maybe she has experience from past lives
What most people don't get is how much mental practice goes into playing an instrument well. The people who practice and practice and aren't amazing are only focusing on the physical side of it. Understanding the music itself, in your brain is just as important. Yes, there are genetic predispositions to musical talent, but ANYONE can play beautiful music as long as they dedicate their mind as much as their fingers.
@StewieSwan 'God Given Gift' is an expression...the person who wrote that commebnt probably isn't christian, it's just a saying. Honestly, you can't be that good without talent, it's not just practise so shut your trap unless you actually know what you are talking about
@StewieSwan I don't think people are saying that she didn't work hard, but they're just saying that she's also talented. There's some places that no one can reach with simply hard work--it's why we don't have hundreds Einsteins or Mozarts.
@StewieSwan They're not downplaying it in the least! To downplay it would be saying that she doesn't work at all. Of course she practices a lot, but to be completely honest, I suspect a lot of her ability as a musician comes from natural talent as well. Like others have said, you can't reach such high levels on hard work alone; that's why we have people like Michael Phelps, Einstein, Mozart, Ma Xiao Hui, etc. :)
@StewieSwan its like God gave u something bt u have work at it to make it beautiful... its first and formost ur choice whether u take it and use it or leave it ... other wise everyone would have talent like she does this is such a wonderful song:)
@StewieSwan people say things like that because they are tough not to have faith in their own will or abilities that spring from that will but only in a higher power (God)..it helps subjugate the minds of a people to their nation ..I call it Christian magic ..the remedy is reeducation.
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@StewieSwan No you shut up. She could practice for forty years straight without taking time to eat or sleep, but without Gods will she would never improve. God invented music; She is borrowing it. Thank you.
GOD makes me do everything. GOD lets me play music, GOD determines everything. So if I kill someone it's gods will so I shouldn't be punished. Afterall, it was GODS will not mine lol HAHAHAHAHAAHAH
Practice is practice. It's called fine motor skills. The instrument compresses air and forms sound waves which are interpreted by an organ inside the innear ear... That's music. Pure mechanical. The person puts what they can into their music.
@Flutenatic hey, if you think god made everything, here's a deal. we just stop talking about this stupid subject on a peaceful erhu video, okay?
one more thing: you really think god wanted adolf hitler to kill millions of innocent Jews? or make 9/11 a disaster? i don't think so. same with Steve Jobs dying and guillotine. you want god to create another 9/11? go ahead. I could burn the twin towers again and I would say it's god's problem he didn't stop it. seriously. just stop this!!!!
@StewieSwan Really, someone said "god did it". Are you serious. Some people are out of their mind! This music is amazing, i even meditate to it (Being alot of softer than what i listen to... Metal). Also inspired me to look into such an instrument myself :D
@StewieSwan Just as she is playing the erhu, God is playing her.
It is with great strength and intensity that the bow slides along the strings, but did the bow string itself?
The greatest musicians in the world have been carried to the heights of inspiration by this vision. To see the beauty of God in all beautiful things is to appreciate those beautiful things to the fullest.
To envy God is to close your mind to the very thing music is meant to reveal.
@menacingshadows Really dude? Get your christrain bullshit out of here and keep in it that insane asylum that you call a "church".
People who work all their lives for what they have, through blood, sweat and tears, in the end they are stupid enough to "thank god" for everything they have because THEY worked for it. Or even worse, people like you, who see some "miracle" of god in every talented person while you equally undermine all of their personal hard work.
@blackhorse1988 You are like a person who is appreciating the beauty of a ray of sunshine entering a room but refuses to believe that the Sun exists. If you love the Suns rays but hate the Sun, you have never really understood what the Sun ray was.
Appreciating presence of God everywhere, does not diminish the appreciation of His parts and parcels. Rather, when you see things in the proper perspective, your appreciation increases more and more.
@menacingshadows What you say, and what I say really are just negligible, because you can't prove your "God" exists any more than I can prove it doesn't exist. My opinion remains the same, but consider the fact that I base my opinion from a perspective in a world without "god".
@menacingshadows tbh i personally don't care if he exists or not (in the minds of deluded people usually). And tbh i don't care if he can be proven that he's real, it's not like he's gona show him, take me out for chinese and have his way with me after so for that.... he's not in my books!
@menacingshadows Have you heard the word of Buddha? He is a great and honorable teacher through which we can learn many things. I promise, if you relinquish your hold on a possibly non-existant god and follow the teachings from the master, that you will achieve true happiness in life. C: Try Buddhism, the philosophy and way of peace and enlightenment.
@giveittome143 not that I want to get pulled into the discussion, but Buddha teaches of the path towards the higher existence which can be translated to Christianity's god
@Musiqueization That's different than my sect however then. As the path leads not to a higher existence but to one of complete realization and oneness. Everything is the same on the most basic level including you and I. This is fundamentally different than Christianity's idea of the individual enduring soul.
@menacingshadows ahhahahah a lot of people were and are forced by christian to see this sun :D... Well u did a little mess... X3 I'm writing this cuz i like make fanatics angry! Eheh BTW u have also ruined Rome :P
@StewieSwan Thats not downplaying. Not anyone can jsut be a great musician despite putting a lot of effort. What about child prodigies? They couldn't of just had that skill all of a sudden/. Take Betthoven and Mozart. Beethoven himself, gave God credit.
You are probably just another arrogant Atheist who thinks every human accomplishment is solely that of humans. Beethoven was a child prodigy. Even at a young age, he showed great promise that didn't arise through many years of hard work
@j814wong How can you be sure that Beethoven wasn't just genetically inclined to develop a mind best suited for creativity? Or maybe the environment he grew up in, or the different influences in his life shaped him into the prodigy he was? The same goes for any "prodigy" since no two lives can ever be lived out exactly the same way, there is no way to determine what causes "natural talent" to develop. Fact is, no one knows. Even religion says that it's far too complex for humans to understand.
@StewieSwan Now thats not top say that people like Ma-Xiao Hu didn't get just get so skilled out of no where. Obviously, effort had to be put into music for her to learn the art.
@StewieSwan she did it but god gave her the tools like making her born in this life, having her capabilities of her hands and brain etc so we must always thank god for what he gave us
@74alicecooper So you think that robbers, rapist and murderers have skill, courage and perseverance? All good gift is from God. These people you mention are just left to their own human nature.
Es una nueva evolucion de la musica para la siguiente generacion,..tiene resonancia infinita que no tendria palabras para describirlo........ Mis felicitaciones
If you are Korean, then great Korea. I used to visit Seoul a lot and stayed at Imperial Hotel downtown and vistied Itawon a lot. Great place; great country! This is good music!
is it the beuty of chinese music or beuty of ma xiao or all of this but to me it is ma xiao loves... i love her ...now muslems & chrestians i can say that there is the most beutiful erhu playerin the world and also the most beutiful women too ......
Her music perfectly portrays God's beauty which is all around us and in all religions. She is fantastic regardless of what religion she has. If she is Chinese, why is the writing on the video Korean? Do Koreans also play the same instrument?
It was translated for korean television or broadcasted there. The koreans do not play the same instrument, they have a similar one named the hae-geum.
not sure how u can correlate a last name to a religious background.....duhhhh!!!!!
my moms maiden name is hui, and she or us have no relation to any religious background. well anyway, lots of ignorant stupid ppl out there whos all talk blah blah blah, cant help u there....!!! case closed!!
and with a name like smurk??....shmuck is more like it!! haha
To miltyu 97, apparently it is important to Ma Xiao Hui since in her interview (read my previous comment) she states "I went to church then we celebrate, then I become really, really Christian and suddenly, you know, I think of the world become colorful. And it's directly influenced my personality; of course directly influence my music. Then I start traveling around the world. Then my music becomes powerful. Of course, the power from God." So apparently VERY important.
I don't dispute that her religion is import to her personally.
But for me, as long as people do not give her MUSIC more credit because of her RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, then people would be doing well to steer away from undue religious prejudice.
If she were a scientologist, atheist, or pagan, I think you'd get my point aptly.
An artists religion does play a role in their work if an artist such as Ma Xiao Hui uses it to influence their work. Understanding the influences is the only way you can truly appreciate the intent of the artist weather it be the writings of C.S. Lewis, the paintings of Marc Chagall, or the music of Ravi Shankar. Ma Xiao Hui is one of those artists since she has combined deeply spiritual Taoism, Buddhism, and Chinese folk music and found a voice using her own connection with Christianity.
Ma Xiao Hui has stated about Christianity, "and it's directly influenced my personality; of course directly influence my music." How could one be so shallow, so hollow not to realize that of course religion or spiritual belief would play a profound role. An artist speaks with their soul.
Reply from a comment left a month ago: Ma Xiao Hui converted to Christianity when she was a child. The circumstances are quite touching and if you are interested just google search "hour of power ma xiao hui" and you'll find the interview on the hour of power website which is the website for the Crystal Cathedral in Calif. where she has performed.
@smurkledunk: Her surname is Ma, not Hui. Chinese naming convention places the family name first and the given name after, the opposite of our convention. Therefore, the question of whether people with the family name Hui are or are not likely to be Muslims is irrelevant to discussion of this artist.
This isn't intended to put you down--it's a natural mistake for anyone unfamiliar with the way Chinese names are rendered to make.
well to that discussion i have only one things to say: I used to be a religious, just like you! But then i took an arrow to the knee...
TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
pg40987 1 week ago
que c magnifique et en plus la musicienne est superbe
MegaCerfvolant 1 month ago
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americanfella 1 month ago
I wish i cld play as well as her anyway my erhu grade eight liao....:)
TKrocks7 1 month ago
I'm starting to love this instrument
newFranzFerencLiszt 1 month ago
quiero aprender a tocar el erhu!!!!
NenadelJRock 3 months ago
ItachiElric 3 months ago
@ItachiElric T_T always forget that yt changes your formatting in comments... so sorry for any who try to read the mess above
ItachiElric 3 months ago
i like!!!!!
12Lizziegrl 3 months ago
Every time I look at her, I see the most beautiful....instrument
dustinmyeyexD 3 months ago
琴技一流！登峰造极！深情动人！百听不厌！
Erhulover999 4 months ago in playlist erhu-1
I love this! Eastern music is so wonderful, we could learn so much from them in our music programs over here in North America. Just a wonderful sound, wonderful!
Jennalovesrainbows 4 months ago 5
The tibetian people had...."had" a belief of after death then comes a new state of consciouness that is the death but with a new wiew of life... or after life... because youll may be born as a mule or in good luck a human but the thing was they knew many years ago that there is a state after youre died that youll return...in one way or the other...
karmineka 4 months ago
Nice.
PowerofTrueInsight 5 months ago
MY FUCKING GOD. SHUT UP ABOUT JESUS. AND JUST LISTEN TO THE MUSIC.
TheCaravanGirls 5 months ago 17
My god, shut up about the religion and listen to her beautiful playing.
immortalshadows8 6 months ago
Do what you do,what ever that fills you,we are all different and we follow different paths, to reach a different place but still we are all one
AndreasM01 6 months ago
You guys should listen to
Erhu player Minhao lu / Lumin Hao
if anybody knows the song he plays please tell me.
sweetxheart18x 6 months ago
whats the click clack instrument called? is it even an instrument?
lovlyanime 6 months ago
@lovlyanime It is most likely a Paiban. It IS an instrument
HarpyPrroduction 6 months ago
No words can describe their phenomenal artistic and harmonious songs.
The old becoming new and the new becoming the past.
MarcosKashiwa 8 months ago
Who knows if God is working through her and who knows if he isn't. Both things are none of our business.
What we do know, however, is that Ma Xiao Hui is extraordinarily gifted at playing the erhu. Bravo!!!
00metta00 8 months ago
Wow. It seems some people just can't resist an argument, even when it has no relation to the video's content.
There is, first of all, no controversy between God giving someone a gift and the fact that that someone must work very hard to develop that gift to this level (and a phenomenal level it is, too).
Secondly, while the degradation of English does sadden me, bad spelling does not negate a person's comment. On that note, it's "ridiculous." :)
And finally... this music is beautiful! =D
goldmare 9 months ago
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menacingshadows 8 months ago
I could listen to this instrument forever...
Tenshionnanoko128 9 months ago
Argh!!! she played it too wonderfully! LOVE IT! XD
Temanilove 10 months ago
most famous??
kennychu11 11 months ago
best Erhu playing heard since
danesandy 11 months ago
I could listen to this for ever, the versatility of the instrument the haunting music it's emotional music
MrRod1948 1 year ago
this beautiful music has got nothing to do with China being "superpower" politically and or economically
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CuteCatFaith 1 year ago
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This is one of her more... joyful and soothing pieces. The key to these genres are usually careful co-ordination of both slurs and 柔音, making the music flow smoothly and have the audience reminisce in their early days. Unfortunately, if you don't have an 'early days' or reached a certain level of music, these seem as though they are mere petty tricks used by advanced erhu players worldwide. :| She has merely gained the courage to calmly look into the camera while playing.
COZYTW 1 year ago
@COZYTW i see where you are coming from on this usa's music back in the early 90's like rap for example is was a story how get more money money in the process i was shot at beaten and locked up for being good? huh? oh you were taking the fall for ur mom damn what? ur mom and not ur homies? wow impressive todays music is about who is the more illist and who can rap about havin more game or money and who is a poser? really? LAME!
billfy832021 1 year ago
The Apotheosis of Erhu playing.
WhiteLotus317 1 year ago
tdmo0, where did you get this? Is this a video made for a Chinese TV channel equivalent of our MTV in the US?
PowerofTrueInsight 1 year ago
i admire the playing<3
iSeeYouhx 1 year ago
Wonderful! I love listening to the sounds of these traditional musical instruments! :)
Tenshionnanoko128 1 year ago
que bello es,desde costa rica, gracias, totales. les saluda manuel from porty limon.me trae buenos recuerdos, a pesar de que no soy oriental. desde pequeño,todo lo que es de china me gusta soy fanatico al taysipau,chofang,limpau.siumai.jakaou.al igual deceo aprender todo lo que se refiere a las costumbres chinas. en especial a hablar y escribir en chino,que lindo,me gustarica tocar este instrumento, pero mas cxantar en mandarin y cantones...gracias,xie-xie..manuel
puertolimoncostarica 1 year ago
at least you should say"one of",only"the most famous"?i think you are not chinese..many player are much more famous than her.
Floraweiwei 1 year ago
@Floraweiwei , She is one of, not the most, period.
wingchunexpert 1 year ago
her talent is due to her dedication and practice! god or not, her playing is "heavenly" :D
love the erhu!
smilepeacelove96 1 year ago
Excellent music and a wonderful musician. I never feel tired of listening over and over again. A big thank you.
cheongyamfen 1 year ago
who can send me this song via email?? i would really appreciate it.
alexdos316 1 year ago
beauty woman for beauty music (^_^)
royalkad 1 year ago 2
Thank you soooooooooooooo much Mr. Tam ( Thày Tam ) đã gởi cho chúng em cái link này. Hay qúa ạ
Kính chúc Thày và gia đinh bình an mạnh khẻo.
Sooooooooooooooo beautiful video!!!!
LOVE IT!
Vanna
Bichvanluong 1 year ago
with the erhu, i can see that there is no fingerboard to hold down the strings, you only stopp the strings with your fingers... so does that mean it will not give you callouses? my fingertips are hardened with callouses due violin pplaying...
TempoFurioso 1 year ago
wow she's pretty
bakguteh 1 year ago 5
@bakguteh I would just like to say I agree, but I would say she is beautiful, just me Thank you!
rainbowblades 1 year ago
Her surname is Ma, not Hui. The convention in Chinese is to place the family name first and the given name second. Therefore, whether people with the surname Hui are or are not likely to be Muslims are irrelevant in discussing this artist.
bugatti723 1 year ago
The magnificent Ma Xiao Hui (馬曉暉) has redefined the erhu, elevating it to an international fine classical standing, stretching the Chinese ancient, versatile instrument's boundaries with new tone colors and techniques! Her great success is akin to China's rise to superpower status culturally, economically and politically. ☆☆☆☆☆
tyoungos 1 year ago 109
@tyoungos
Politically?
I think your comment was right on, except for that. Who are we kidding?
The government may wield raw power internationally, but that is generally just an extension of economic power (b/c the govt owns or can influence/direct so many Chinese businesses.)
China is not a political superpower in the sense that its governing philosophy inspires the world. Its political power is still primarily based on what it materially can offer others. Someday hopefully...
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@tyoungos PLEASE, don't flaunt China in her glory. -_- When you feel the urgent desire to express your feelings, you won't even see those borders. Her expertise is from her love in playing all types of music, as versatile as possible. I played Chinese pieces, Touhou, some Western songs, even songs from Finland and Germany, because I felt like it. So did she, and she's up on stage now. It has nothing to do with where she comes from.
COZYTW 1 year ago
Beautiful playing.
Concentrate on appreciating the music
No one cares about anything else
vincentvalentinedark 1 year ago
Timeless music, just wonderful.
hiloviking 2 years ago 7
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Christianity SUCKS ASS
thesopranosrules 2 years ago
江南小鎭 Chinese title is Jiangnan Xiaozhen, and 马晓晖 Ma Xiaohui is from Shanghai.
xiaogoudelaohu 2 years ago
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christianity has nothing to do with how she plays her instrument. i love how you bible thumpers taint her talent with your own religious agendas.
chenger76 2 years ago 8
@chenger76 who linked her with religion in that context?
NaughtyBwoi 2 years ago
@chenger76 you know...not all christians are like that...
I love this music, it's very peaceful^^
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@chenger76 Wow... closed-minded much?
Aaron2071 1 year ago
She is the best. Music really turns me in. Is she Chinese or Korean? Well, what is different?
anhkietly 2 years ago
@anhkietly chinese playing on a korean tv station
shinmei2006 2 years ago
first, she is Chinese
zhenshan0026 2 years ago
Is she Chinese or Korean? Well, what is different?
anhkietly 2 years ago
Fantastic exceptional sensuality and extraordinary pice. talented wonderful.
(Questa è la musica che mi incanta.)
Bravissima
francofrr36 2 years ago
Her eyes talk!
david1234lee 2 years ago
Ma Xiao Hui your soul breaths on your strings and rings joy into my ears. Your perfect notes and flowing fingers lift my tired spirit to the tops of the highest mountains. Thanks for the blessing of your talent sincerest best wishes
Wild1Banana 2 years ago 14
Why play that so much good?
myo007 2 years ago
erhuist? is that the correct term?
Mystgun 2 years ago 3
She is not only the best in the world but the best for ever. listening to her playing the erhu makes me forget all my worries
honeylover90 2 years ago 4
Wonderful;
One of the best videos on Erhu.
Thanks for sharing.
naghmeh001 2 years ago 3
This is great!! It sounds like the instrument I heard used by Clarence Gardener on myspace music...
worldofmusic08 2 years ago
I believe that she has a God given gift. I wish I could play like that. I have a erhu, tust me it is a gift. I need a gift like that!
frofropop 2 years ago
Shut up. Her beautiful playing comes from hours upon hours of practice, and just as much mental dedication to her instrument. I hate when people downplay all the skill and hard work that goes into playing this great when they say "god did it"
StewieSwan 2 years ago 119
not everyone can be that amazing no matter how much they practice, "god given" is an expression of the divinity of the human bodies potential, who knows how some people accomplish what they do, maybe ur both right, maybe she has experience from past lives
ZionNeo1 2 years ago 2
What most people don't get is how much mental practice goes into playing an instrument well. The people who practice and practice and aren't amazing are only focusing on the physical side of it. Understanding the music itself, in your brain is just as important. Yes, there are genetic predispositions to musical talent, but ANYONE can play beautiful music as long as they dedicate their mind as much as their fingers.
StewieSwan 2 years ago 7
beautifully said :)
ZionNeo1 2 years ago
@StewieSwan 'God Given Gift' is an expression...the person who wrote that commebnt probably isn't christian, it's just a saying. Honestly, you can't be that good without talent, it's not just practise so shut your trap unless you actually know what you are talking about
Astrathiul 1 year ago
I do know what i'm talking about
StewieSwan 1 year ago
@StewieSwan I don't think people are saying that she didn't work hard, but they're just saying that she's also talented. There's some places that no one can reach with simply hard work--it's why we don't have hundreds Einsteins or Mozarts.
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@StewieSwan They're not downplaying it in the least! To downplay it would be saying that she doesn't work at all. Of course she practices a lot, but to be completely honest, I suspect a lot of her ability as a musician comes from natural talent as well. Like others have said, you can't reach such high levels on hard work alone; that's why we have people like Michael Phelps, Einstein, Mozart, Ma Xiao Hui, etc. :)
Aaron2071 1 year ago
@StewieSwan its like God gave u something bt u have work at it to make it beautiful... its first and formost ur choice whether u take it and use it or leave it ... other wise everyone would have talent like she does this is such a wonderful song:)
borimix18 1 year ago
@StewieSwan people say things like that because they are tough not to have faith in their own will or abilities that spring from that will but only in a higher power (God)..it helps subjugate the minds of a people to their nation ..I call it Christian magic ..the remedy is reeducation.
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@StewieSwan No you shut up. She could practice for forty years straight without taking time to eat or sleep, but without Gods will she would never improve. God invented music; She is borrowing it. Thank you.
Flutenatic 1 year ago
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@Flutenatic You're a disgrace to human intelligence.
StewieSwan 1 year ago
@Flutenatic
LOL!!!!!!
GOD makes me do everything. GOD lets me play music, GOD determines everything. So if I kill someone it's gods will so I shouldn't be punished. Afterall, it was GODS will not mine lol HAHAHAHAHAAHAH
Practice is practice. It's called fine motor skills. The instrument compresses air and forms sound waves which are interpreted by an organ inside the innear ear... That's music. Pure mechanical. The person puts what they can into their music.
HolySalmon 1 year ago
@Flutenatic too bad gOD couldn't help you spell "friends" correctly on your page.
maximuspower 1 year ago
@Flutenatic LOLS. its okay to be religious, but its nt okay to be supersticious. thank you too. XD
Temanilove 10 months ago
@Flutenatic hey, if you think god made everything, here's a deal. we just stop talking about this stupid subject on a peaceful erhu video, okay?
one more thing: you really think god wanted adolf hitler to kill millions of innocent Jews? or make 9/11 a disaster? i don't think so. same with Steve Jobs dying and guillotine. you want god to create another 9/11? go ahead. I could burn the twin towers again and I would say it's god's problem he didn't stop it. seriously. just stop this!!!!
kjzviolin 2 months ago
@StewieSwan Really, someone said "god did it". Are you serious. Some people are out of their mind! This music is amazing, i even meditate to it (Being alot of softer than what i listen to... Metal). Also inspired me to look into such an instrument myself :D
VindozaDM 1 year ago
@VindozaDM i fall asleep to this kind of music!
billfy832021 1 year ago
@StewieSwan Just as she is playing the erhu, God is playing her.
It is with great strength and intensity that the bow slides along the strings, but did the bow string itself?
The greatest musicians in the world have been carried to the heights of inspiration by this vision. To see the beauty of God in all beautiful things is to appreciate those beautiful things to the fullest.
To envy God is to close your mind to the very thing music is meant to reveal.
menacingshadows 8 months ago
@menacingshadows Blah blah blah. Tell it to somebody who gives a fuck about your opinion.
StewieSwan 8 months ago
@StewieSwan Your coarse and ignorant reply is fitting for someone who is envious of God, for to hate God is to hate everyone and everything.
menacingshadows 8 months ago
@menacingshadows Bro, I don't even believe in god.
StewieSwan 8 months ago
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@StewieSwan A blind man who doesn't believe in the Sun.
menacingshadows 8 months ago
@menacingshadows Really dude? Get your christrain bullshit out of here and keep in it that insane asylum that you call a "church".
People who work all their lives for what they have, through blood, sweat and tears, in the end they are stupid enough to "thank god" for everything they have because THEY worked for it. Or even worse, people like you, who see some "miracle" of god in every talented person while you equally undermine all of their personal hard work.
blackhorse1988 8 months ago 5
@blackhorse1988 You are like a person who is appreciating the beauty of a ray of sunshine entering a room but refuses to believe that the Sun exists. If you love the Suns rays but hate the Sun, you have never really understood what the Sun ray was.
Appreciating presence of God everywhere, does not diminish the appreciation of His parts and parcels. Rather, when you see things in the proper perspective, your appreciation increases more and more.
menacingshadows 8 months ago
@menacingshadows What you say, and what I say really are just negligible, because you can't prove your "God" exists any more than I can prove it doesn't exist. My opinion remains the same, but consider the fact that I base my opinion from a perspective in a world without "god".
blackhorse1988 8 months ago
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@blackhorse1988 Actually, I can prove that God exists but it requires the willingness of the doubting person to perform an experiment on themselves.
I may not believe that atoms exist, but if I am willing to perform an experiment, I can verify it with my senses.
God is much more subtle than matter, so He cannot be perceived with our senses, although He is ever present.
The experiment is to sincerely chant His name in a prayerful mood. In a short time, He will show himself.
menacingshadows 8 months ago
@menacingshadows Yeah...I expected you to say something like that.
blackhorse1988 8 months ago
@blackhorse1988 Whenever you are ready, He is waiting.
Much love,
menacingshadows 8 months ago
@menacingshadows
WTF WHY ARE YOU HAVING A RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION ON YOUTUBE.
MCulpa 8 months ago 33
@menacingshadows trolling yourself you are?
WavesAreThere 7 months ago
@menacingshadows r u joking?
tzarnick1 7 months ago
@menacingshadows tbh i personally don't care if he exists or not (in the minds of deluded people usually). And tbh i don't care if he can be proven that he's real, it's not like he's gona show him, take me out for chinese and have his way with me after so for that.... he's not in my books!
SkittleSniffer 7 months ago
@menacingshadows Have you heard the word of Buddha? He is a great and honorable teacher through which we can learn many things. I promise, if you relinquish your hold on a possibly non-existant god and follow the teachings from the master, that you will achieve true happiness in life. C: Try Buddhism, the philosophy and way of peace and enlightenment.
giveittome143 7 months ago
@giveittome143 not that I want to get pulled into the discussion, but Buddha teaches of the path towards the higher existence which can be translated to Christianity's god
Musiqueization 7 months ago
@Musiqueization That's different than my sect however then. As the path leads not to a higher existence but to one of complete realization and oneness. Everything is the same on the most basic level including you and I. This is fundamentally different than Christianity's idea of the individual enduring soul.
giveittome143 4 months ago
@menacingshadows ahhahahah a lot of people were and are forced by christian to see this sun :D... Well u did a little mess... X3 I'm writing this cuz i like make fanatics angry! Eheh BTW u have also ruined Rome :P
pg40987 1 week ago
@menacingshadows ahahahah these people are too cool :,D
pg40987 1 week ago
@StewieSwan Thats not downplaying. Not anyone can jsut be a great musician despite putting a lot of effort. What about child prodigies? They couldn't of just had that skill all of a sudden/. Take Betthoven and Mozart. Beethoven himself, gave God credit.
You are probably just another arrogant Atheist who thinks every human accomplishment is solely that of humans. Beethoven was a child prodigy. Even at a young age, he showed great promise that didn't arise through many years of hard work
j814wong 6 months ago
@j814wong she would probably go to a hundred different types of hell anyway, depending on your religion.
KowaruKei 6 months ago
@j814wong How can you be sure that Beethoven wasn't just genetically inclined to develop a mind best suited for creativity? Or maybe the environment he grew up in, or the different influences in his life shaped him into the prodigy he was? The same goes for any "prodigy" since no two lives can ever be lived out exactly the same way, there is no way to determine what causes "natural talent" to develop. Fact is, no one knows. Even religion says that it's far too complex for humans to understand.
saccoal7 5 months ago
@saccoal7 shut up.
TheCaravanGirls 5 months ago
@StewieSwan Now thats not top say that people like Ma-Xiao Hu didn't get just get so skilled out of no where. Obviously, effort had to be put into music for her to learn the art.
j814wong 6 months ago
@StewieSwan she did it but god gave her the tools like making her born in this life, having her capabilities of her hands and brain etc so we must always thank god for what he gave us
ServantOfAllah0264 6 months ago
@StewieSwan God indeed did it, giving her the skill, courage and perseverance for the hard work you mention. We have nothing that has not been given.
maokoto 5 months ago
@maokoto True. Just as he gives skill, courage and perseverance to robbers, rapists and murderers, I guess.
74alicecooper 5 months ago
@74alicecooper So you think that robbers, rapist and murderers have skill, courage and perseverance? All good gift is from God. These people you mention are just left to their own human nature.
maokoto 5 months ago
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74alicecooper 5 months ago
Beautiful. I can not learn to play this instrument today but I can learn Chinese.
Duo Xie. She wo Zhongguo de panyou Keloudiya lai
Mrmarenostrum1 2 years ago
this is so nice
anouknaki 2 years ago 4
very nice =D
SytheClaw 2 years ago 2
where can you learn to play this instrument?
Francescaviolin1987 2 years ago 6
Who wrote the pinyin? It is all wrong.
It should be Jiang Nan Xiao zhen 江南小鎮
chan51944a 2 years ago 2
Its not wrong. Its korean pronunciation.
jrjrg 2 years ago 2
thank you for the correction
wwwtips 2 years ago
as i'v seen, almost all erhuists have thin wrist, and thin long fingers.
hullumies15 2 years ago
Es una nueva evolucion de la musica para la siguiente generacion,..tiene resonancia infinita que no tendria palabras para describirlo........ Mis felicitaciones
Tokykynay 2 years ago 2
This is beautiful....take a listen to my Eurovision entry for Ireland its on my site....leave a comment if you can
DavidLyons7 2 years ago
soooooooooooooo beautiful.
Thank you for upload this video.
ilovetrunghoa 2 years ago 3
I agree MINANTES! shes very beautifull like the song
divedeepinside 2 years ago
To fishbowl4202
If you like the long drawn-out notes look up Cao Yurong's music on iTunes. It's wonderful! Best erhu music I've ever heard!
madihwa 2 years ago
I love this woman! great china!
Minantes 2 years ago
If you are Korean, then great Korea. I used to visit Seoul a lot and stayed at Imperial Hotel downtown and vistied Itawon a lot. Great place; great country! This is good music!
david1234lee 2 years ago
she's very beautiful like this music!
Minantes 2 years ago 2
I was in this town before about 2-3 hour drive from Shanghai. Nice a little stremlet and good people!
david1234lee 2 years ago
does she have any famous slower songs? i love the sound the erhu makes in the long, drawn-out notes. please reply if you know
fishbowl4202 2 years ago
me gusta esta nusica es muy nostalgica
parachute512 3 years ago
that bow looks lazy
zaokoyechatma 3 years ago
she really plays well *-* wow 5 stars
JapaniseFan01 3 years ago 8
chine = perfect.
we will die unless the great chinese decide to save us with their great knowledge.
Yes they will know!
Chinese people, please help us with your knowledge to stop us dying - you will decide the fate of the world. :)
ImpaleUK 3 years ago 3
is it the beuty of chinese music or beuty of ma xiao or all of this but to me it is ma xiao loves... i love her ...now muslems & chrestians i can say that there is the most beutiful erhu playerin the world and also the most beutiful women too ......
egyptionusama 3 years ago
Her music perfectly portrays God's beauty which is all around us and in all religions. She is fantastic regardless of what religion she has. If she is Chinese, why is the writing on the video Korean? Do Koreans also play the same instrument?
alpidistra 3 years ago 2
It was translated for korean television or broadcasted there. The koreans do not play the same instrument, they have a similar one named the hae-geum.
cacalacapoo 2 years ago
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Maybe the best....but for sure, not the most beautiful
Jonhman 3 years ago
你觉得她是漂亮
zaokoyechatma 3 years ago
Most people don't listen to this sort of thing to comment on their physical attractiveness.
szantovitch 3 years ago 8
I think shes cute as a button, but thats besides the point, with playing like this she obviously has a beautiful soul.
hybredmoon 3 years ago 4
這是很可悲的
zaokoyechatma 3 years ago
GENIALLLLLLL!!!!
canciontotal 3 years ago
That was the most culturized Chinese melody I've heard.
Dante121892 3 years ago 3
Isn't she the Chinese erhu player from China? She was born in Hubei, China and had her training in Shanghai. She must be famous to perform in Korea.
soggypatch 3 years ago
Is she Muslim. Hui is Chinese Muslim
smurkledunk 3 years ago
not sure how u can correlate a last name to a religious background.....duhhhh!!!!!
my moms maiden name is hui, and she or us have no relation to any religious background. well anyway, lots of ignorant stupid ppl out there whos all talk blah blah blah, cant help u there....!!! case closed!!
and with a name like smurk??....shmuck is more like it!! haha
robo16888 3 years ago
sorry. It was a guess.
smurkledunk 3 years ago
How is that important again? I just love the music.
miltyu97 3 years ago
To miltyu 97, apparently it is important to Ma Xiao Hui since in her interview (read my previous comment) she states "I went to church then we celebrate, then I become really, really Christian and suddenly, you know, I think of the world become colorful. And it's directly influenced my personality; of course directly influence my music. Then I start traveling around the world. Then my music becomes powerful. Of course, the power from God." So apparently VERY important.
rhsjb 3 years ago
I don't dispute that her religion is import to her personally.
But for me, as long as people do not give her MUSIC more credit because of her RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, then people would be doing well to steer away from undue religious prejudice.
If she were a scientologist, atheist, or pagan, I think you'd get my point aptly.
miltyu97 3 years ago 2
An artists religion does play a role in their work if an artist such as Ma Xiao Hui uses it to influence their work. Understanding the influences is the only way you can truly appreciate the intent of the artist weather it be the writings of C.S. Lewis, the paintings of Marc Chagall, or the music of Ravi Shankar. Ma Xiao Hui is one of those artists since she has combined deeply spiritual Taoism, Buddhism, and Chinese folk music and found a voice using her own connection with Christianity.
rhsjb 3 years ago 3
Christian? I thought they said she was Chinese Muslim?
miltyu97 3 years ago
The quotes in my last two comments are correct and easily confirmed with the google search I listed in my previous comment.
rhsjb 3 years ago
一个艺术家的宗教不发挥作用，他们的工作，如果一个艺术家，如马肖辉用它来影响他们的工作。认识的影响，只有这样你才能真正欣赏的意图艺术家天气它的著作路易斯，画的夏加尔，或音乐的拉维香卡。马肖辉是其中的一个艺术家，因为她已经深深的精神相结合道教，佛教，以及中国民间音乐，并发现一个声音用她自己的联系与基督教。
zaokoyechatma 3 years ago
Ma Xiao Hui has stated about Christianity, "and it's directly influenced my personality; of course directly influence my music." How could one be so shallow, so hollow not to realize that of course religion or spiritual belief would play a profound role. An artist speaks with their soul.
rhsjb 3 years ago 3
Reply from a comment left a month ago: Ma Xiao Hui converted to Christianity when she was a child. The circumstances are quite touching and if you are interested just google search "hour of power ma xiao hui" and you'll find the interview on the hour of power website which is the website for the Crystal Cathedral in Calif. where she has performed.
rhsjb 3 years ago
@smurkledunk: Her surname is Ma, not Hui. Chinese naming convention places the family name first and the given name after, the opposite of our convention. Therefore, the question of whether people with the family name Hui are or are not likely to be Muslims is irrelevant to discussion of this artist.
This isn't intended to put you down--it's a natural mistake for anyone unfamiliar with the way Chinese names are rendered to make.
Her surname, Ma, means 'horse.'
bugatti723 1 year ago 7
you dont' need to 'download' it.. just save it as a 'favourite' ie. click on that button.
readerliz 3 years ago