According to the principle of acoustics: each accurate musical tone has its fixed vibration frequency, if each played tone conforms to a specific vibration frequency, then these tones are accurate, otherwise they are inaccurate. Erhu is a musical instrument with no fixed pitch, because the height and method of pitching vary in different pieces of music? For example: "Erquan Reflecting the Moon"...
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Expert Tips :
Practice the longbow every day, and pay attention to the smooth, straight and steady movement of the bow.
With daily practice and constant experience, remove excess strength from any part of your body for easier and more precise control.
The fast bow must be practiced slowly, and the purpose of the slow practice should be clearly defined to ensure the quality of ...
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Both the flat octagonal erhu and the flat round erhu belong to the high-end professional improved erhu. The size of the piano barrel is highly compressed and the width is elongated, which increases the horizontal amplitude, so that a loud volume can be obtained, and the improvement of the volume can be achieved. Compared with the hexagonal erhu, the volume Larger and more penetrating. Because t...
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In the music describing the galloping horse in the grassland, there are often passages that simulate the neighing of horses, such as "War Horse Galloping", "Riding on a Thousand Miles of Grassland", "New Herdsmen on the Grassland" and so on. There are two ways to simulate the neighing of a horse: one is the double-string trembling method. The playing method is: put the middle finger of the righ...
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Erhu wolf tone is in the state of standard tone A, 1 and 5 strings, outer string treble 3 and treble 6, if the volume is weakened or the positive tone does not appear, that is the wolf sound, and the wolf sound is related to the production of the erhu itself.
All other parts are noise, which can be controlled. How to control it depends on the player's skill and proficiency in th...
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The fan-shaped rolling of the fingers on a certain position on the string is called "rubbing the string". The rubbing of the string will make a wave-like sound. The proper use of the rubbing string can make the melody more singing and enrich the playing skills of the erhu. If changing the handle is the first door to improving the expressiveness of the erhu, then the vibrato is the second door. ...
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Erhu's playing skills are relatively rich, mainly divided into two categories: fingering and bowing. Among them, glissando and vibrato are the most distinctive among bowed string instruments.
Portamento is the sound produced by consciously sliding your finger on a string. The sliding method is different, the resulting portamento effect is also different. In terms of the range of sliding, ...
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The broken bow uses the tension of the muscles of the forearm to make the wrist obtain a free and elastic trembling motion, thus pulling the bow back and forth on the piano barrel rapidly, causing a small section of bow hair to frequently rub the strings, thus making a tight sound. Crunchy sound.
Playing a short bow is accomplished by commanding the wrist to perform rapid flexion and exte...
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In musical works, the pauses are required to be short, light, and sonorous. If it is the erhu to play the pause, it is necessary to use the "jumping bow" technique.
What is a jump bow? When we use the bow to push and pull quickly on the qin barrel, the bow rod is quickly pulled by the movement of the bow, producing an inertia of forward impulse, but the bow hair has a certain frictional f...
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A Bing's erhu music is a swan song that gathers the essence of Chinese folk music and is naturally revealed after the fusion. When I played it, I especially felt the characteristic of "hibiscus comes out of clear water, and natural decoration is removed". The huqin used by A Bing with the tuning G and D was called Tuoyin huqin in the past. This kind of huqin is not used for playing the main tun...
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