Happy Birthday in Chinese Way

If you are patient enough, you will have your "Happy birthday" song in Chinese way. Recorded in Beijing in Summer 2005.

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Travel & Events

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• Chinese
• music
• Beijing
• Birthday
• song

[redbike2008]

I really loove the orchestration. Are they playing a recorder?

[gagavu]

Just saw your comment below. It was very much live as you mentioned below :) Very nice performance indeed!!

[lifesaver173]

@Emyth9 What is it made out of? Is it plastic?

[lifesaver173]

You mean it plays like a flute and accordion?

[lifesaver173]

What is a sheng?

[lifesaver173]

@Emyth9 Where does the sound come from? Is it the part which plays like a harmonica?

[Emyth9]

@lifesaver173 It is more like a harmonica than a flute. Sort of a cross between a harmonica, a set of panpipes and a bagpipe... It is a "free-reed mouth organ" according to the Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians... Wikipedia has a decent article...check it out if you are interested.

[lifesaver173]

@Emyth9 Is it like one of those things that makes a sound like a harmonica and flute?

[miadlzr]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAROLD!!!!

[Emyth9]

It's a "sheng"... Google it and you'll see pictures and then you can see that the young woman on the right is holding one up to her mouth and playing it.