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Making Lion Dance Music (Tutorial)

Red Lime
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This video is a tutorial to help understand and teach the fundamentals of Chinese Lion Dance Music to beginners. The music created here is very much a 'hybrid' style.. a more western performance, where the crashing cymbals seen in Traditional Lion Dance are toned down to enable it to be performed in close proximity to the audience; in restaurants etc... Sadly Western ears don't appreciate 6 pairs of cymbals crashing for a full performance close to their table :) The video covers practice techniques for playing the Drum, with explanations of the rhythms and patterns used in a Traditional Chinese Lion Dance for each of the instruments. 0:00 Introduction to making Lion Dance music 1:00 Drum Techniques 1:44 Grip 2:31 Single Strokes 4:12 Double Strokes 5:19 Paradiddles 7:59 Ruffs 10:05 Dynamics and Accents 11:50 Cymbals and Gong 12:00 Cymbals Introduction 12:12 Cymbals - Rolling 12:30 Cymbals - Crashing and Muting 13:00 Cymbals - Muted Taps 13:20  …...more
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Introduction to making Lion Dance music

0:00

Drum Techniques

1:00

Grip

1:44

Single Strokes

2:31

Double Strokes

4:12

Paradiddles

5:19

Ruffs

7:59

Dynamics and Accents

10:05

Cymbals and Gong

11:50

Cymbals Introduction

12:00

Cymbals - Rolling

12:12

Cymbals - Crashing and Muting

12:30

Cymbals - Muted Taps

13:00

Cymbals and Drum Together - Examples

13:20

The Gong Introduction

14:17

Gong - Rolling

14:33

Gong - Stricking and Muting

14:56

Drum and Gond Examples

15:58

Lion Dance Structure

16:28

Three Star Pattern

17:35

Sleeping Lion

18:23

Standing Lion (Awake Lion)

21:02

Long Bows

22:07

Long Bows (with Bent notes

22:50

Five Star Pattern

23:33

The Greens

25:40

Seven Star Pattern

26:12

Ending Bows

28:11

Final Words

29:30

Example Music with Drum , Gong and Cymbal

30:30
Making Lion Dance Music (Tutorial)
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72,976Views
2016Nov 3
This video is a tutorial to help understand and teach the fundamentals of Chinese Lion Dance Music to beginners. The music created here is very much a 'hybrid' style.. a more western performance, where the crashing cymbals seen in Traditional Lion Dance are toned down to enable it to be performed in close proximity to the audience; in restaurants etc... Sadly Western ears don't appreciate 6 pairs of cymbals crashing for a full performance close to their table :) The video covers practice techniques for playing the Drum, with explanations of the rhythms and patterns used in a Traditional Chinese Lion Dance for each of the instruments. 0:00 Introduction to making Lion Dance music 1:00 Drum Techniques 1:44 Grip 2:31 Single Strokes 4:12 Double Strokes 5:19 Paradiddles 7:59 Ruffs 10:05 Dynamics and Accents 11:50 Cymbals and Gong 12:00 Cymbals Introduction 12:12 Cymbals - Rolling 12:30 Cymbals - Crashing and Muting 13:00 Cymbals - Muted Taps 13:20 Cymbals and Drum Together - Examples 14:17 The Gong Introduction 14:33 Gong - Rolling 14:56 Gong - Stricking and Muting 15:58 Drum and Gond Examples 16:28 Lion Dance Structure 17:35 Three Star Pattern 18:23 Sleeping Lion 19:65 Waking Lion 21:02 Standing Lion (Awake Lion) 22:07 Long Bows 22:50 Long Bows (with Bent notes 23:33 Five Star Pattern 25:40 The Greens 26:12 Seven Star Pattern 28:11 Ending Bows 29:30 Final Words 30:30 Example Music with Drum , Gong and Cymbal WEB: http://www.red-lime.co.uk VIMEO: https://vimeo.com/redlime FACEBOOK:   / redlimestudios   TWITTER:   / redlimestudios   #LinDanceMusic #MakingLionDanceMusic #ChineseLionDance

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Red Lime

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