The guitar chords, the piano and the tabla and drum combination give it a very contemporary setting. Wild rose has the piano introducing the chord back-up on which the graceful pipa waltzes in. The tinkling notes of the pipa and the violin-like notes of the erhu combine with the piano and round off the acoustic sense of the orchestration. Bamboo dance shimmers with strong guitar notes, chords and a beat which supports the wild exploration of the pipa. A second verion has the pipa playing with the acoustic guitar instead of the piano.
True love seems to come straight from the heart of the musicians.
For Indian ears, the Chinese preference for the pentatonic scale of what we call Bhoop or Mohana may sound repetitive. The flute is at its most evocative here, and the erhu with its graces fills in the breaks. The guitar chords are tautly worked out, covering minors, fifths, sevenths and augmenteds and lend colour to the melody. The flute, the dizi and the shakuhachi soar and dip like birds. Well, that is perhaps good mood music.