A Beginner's Guide to Effectively Learning Guqin

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Many people who learn guqin have no rules when they practice the guqin, and they practice all by feeling. You also need to pay attention to the rules of the piano!

1. Learn to memorize

Many people watch one note play one note at the beginning of their practice. Do you think that the efficiency of practicing the piano like this is very low? This is because you put most of your attention on reading notation and finding strings!

If you want to improve the efficiency of piano practice, you must first learn to memorize. We can recite one sentence at a time, and finally concatenate it into a whole song. Only when we have a spectrum in our hearts can we focus more on technology (whether the wrist is correct, whether the hand shape is standard, etc.) Over time, the efficiency of piano practice will naturally improve!

A Beginner's Guide to Effectively Learning Guqin

2. Finger split practice

People who are new to the guqin are often eager for success and practice the whole piece every day from beginning to end. Although the whole piece is played, the details cannot stand up to scrutiny!

The correct way should be that we practice basic fingering first. First, practice the basic fingering of the right hand. When practicing, keep your eyes on the right hand and pay attention to maintaining the shape of the hand. After the right hand is proficient, add the left hand practice. Only wait until the basic fingerings are mastered before you start practicing the whole piece! In this way, the tunes that pop up can be connected to each other and the melody is beautiful!

A Beginner's Guide to Effectively Learning Guqin

3. Targeted practice

In the process of learning the piano, everyone encounters different problems. We need to find our own problems, highlight them, and practice over and over again. It is recommended that you use a video to record the process of your own piano practice. After playing it, you can check the video to find any deficiencies. You can also send it to your teacher, so that the teacher can give opinions and make targeted corrections. Every time you practice, use a video to record it. After a period of time, you will find that you have improved rapidly by comparing the current and previous videos.

4. Refuse invalid piano practice

Anyone who really knows how to practice the piano knows that practicing the piano for ten hours a day for a year is not as good as practicing the piano for an hour a day for ten years. Practicing the piano requires efficiency and persistence. If you practice the piano for a long time every day, it is easy to get tired of learning the guqin. How long can you persist? With perseverance, rotten wood will not break; with perseverance, gold and stone can be carved. Persistence and efficiency are the keys to learning Guqin well!

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Involving musical instruments

Guqin (pinyin: Gǔ Qín) is a traditional Chinese musical instrument with a history of at least 3,500 years. Guqin is also known as Yaoqin, Yuqin and Seven-stringed Qin. The guqin has 13 emblems that mark the rhythm, and is also a ritual and musical instrument. It belongs to the silk in the octave. Guqin has a wide range, deep timbre and long aftertone.

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