The sheng is likely something you’ve never heard … or heard of. It’s a Chinese mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes. It’s been described as looking as if someone is taking a hit on a giant bong! But it’s one of China’s most ancient instruments, with images depicting it dating back to 1100 BCE. Some people say that it was this instrument that gave the idea for the western pipe organ. And is sounds … amazing.
Experience what that sound is like with me, as I happened upon it at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music - and enjoy the coments of Professor Wu Wei, one of the world’s leading sheng players.
Recorded with a Rode NT mic in XY stereo.
