World Enigma 1 (erhu & piano) 二胡, 鋼琴

In World Enigma 1, I begin a new series of simple music in which I do not use any software for the creation or organization of the music. Working with only the five traditional pitches used in most Chinese music, I create musical phrases that move in particular ways that suggest their Chinese origin, yet remain unresolved in either the Asian or Western sense. Due to this ambiguity, the music also begs to be transcribed for different small chamber groups. There are two versions available: the original version for erhu and piano, and a second version for xun/dizi, guzheng, and harp.