Fingers of Bau Training Skills

70 views · Organized by 汤圆 on 2022-02-15

Bawu is a kind of wind instrument which is very distinctive among Chinese traditional national musical instruments. The following are mainly aimed at the common difficulties encountered in the training of basic skills for beginners, and put forward some ideas, hoping to give some guidance to learners, so that when they encounter similar problems, they can Do some reference.

Fingers of Bau Training Skills

There are many requirements for the training of fingers, but how the fingers can move naturally and quickly is the focus of everyone's attention.

The speed of the fingers can be solved by the long-tone-based tapping training. It is necessary to remind the learner to focus only on the long-tone and the supporting point of the hand (the supporting point is the rest other than the finger that is playing. On the finger on the bau), thinking less about the finger you are hitting will help it move freely and gracefully. It can be likened to hitting an iron nail with a hammer. Relaxed wrists and fingers can make the whole movement coordinated and accurate.

 The speed of the fingers is not the most important issue in beginners. Generally, you should relax as much as possible (relaxation itself is the theme of beginners), do not reach the highest speed, at most 80% of the highest speed, and fully relax your wrists and fingers. The speed can only be increased when the movement of the fingers is fully grasped correctly. When accelerating, you need to increase the tension in your wrist and fingers a little, so that you can achieve the highest speed you can achieve.

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巴乌(百度百科)

Involving musical instruments

Bawu (pinyin: bā wū), alias Bawu, Gebi, Bai, Bilu, Ule, is a bamboo-winded and copper-reed musical instrument, popular among the Yi, Miao, Hani and other ethnic groups in Yunnan.

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