Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (with Shen Qi)

I have been taking erhu lessons since October 2009 with Shen Qi. I am not very good at playing the erhu but I do enjoy the instrument. Shen Qi has shown tremendous patience with my admirable deficiencies. However, sadly (for me) and happily (for her) she has been contracted to play her erhu in a major production scheduled for Macau in China. Her engagement is for two years.
Today was my last lesson so I brought my camera and asked her to accompany me on my Martin backpacker guitar. Shen Qi (being a good sport as well as a fantastic musician) agreed.
Here is the result of our first collaboration... a little East meets West.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Lew
• Dite
• Shen
• Qi
• Martin
• backpacker
• guitar
• erhu

[SirCoughsalot]

Beautiful musically, and so very moving. This is probably the closest anything can come to being my favorite song, consistently (it's also the first I learned on the mandolin). Best of luck to Shen Qi...

How do you like that Martin backpacker, Lew?

[lewdite]

@SirCoughsalot I bought my backpacker when I used to go canoe camping. It was very easy (it lived up to its name). I don't use it a whole lot nowadays but I still like it.

[JEMCO2008]

Thank you for the post.

[guitardolly]

WHERE DO YOU GET THESE INSTRUMENTS VERY BEAUITFULL

[ctrymaus]

This is wonderful!!

[YoppyKyabetsu]

Very cool to hear how the music she has grown up and played colors how she plays along with this very familiar song.  I hope y'all do get to play more together.

[WilliamCerf]

Incredible!!!!

[lescowplunks]

Haunting and memorable.

[billkilpatrick]

fabulous! good news about the macau gig - sad for you but must be good news for her.

[russelljenkinsfearn]

Wonderful

[raymondcrooke]

What a wonderful collaboration! You sound pretty good on the erhu yourself, but it's great to hear it played by an expert.

[simpletunes2]

Beautiful!