In this blog, let’s check out how to add an oriental touch or effect to your notes (Watch above video).

Rather than actually hearing these played by Asian musicians themselves in their music, I’ve heard them mainly applied in western interpretations of Asian music. I may be Chinese, but don’t ask me why – maybe it’s like having chop suey in America, when nobody in the East ever cooks Chinese food that way!

So, I’ve heard these oriental sounds applied in songs like (a few are my renditions):

- You Only Live Twice

- Rose Rose I Love You

- China Nights

- Green Island Serenade (The ending part)

- Sayonora (as played briefly in the above video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgvCQsX0Jn0

- Sukiyaki (watch this YoutTube version by A Taste Of Honey – very nice! )

…. amongst others.

You may have occasion to apply these oriental sounds, or otherwise use them for the fun of it.

Watch the video to try these notes out.

Thank you.