How to play Hulusi and Bau's portamento

197 views · Organized by 橘子猫 on 2022-05-12

In the performance of Hulusi and Bawu, portamento plays a major role in making the transition between sounds and sounds, so as to achieve a mellow, beautiful, smooth and rich national style, especially the application of portamento in the performance of Dai style music is indispensable. of.

How to play Hulusi and Bau's portamento

Portamento can be divided into portamento and portamento. First of all, I will explain the performance of the portamento. The portamento is marked with an inverse parabola. The portamento slides from the bass to the treble. The method of playing is to move the finger from the bass to the treble. To play the portamento, we only need to remember one sentence. Direct lift changes to wipe lift, and the effect of portamento appears naturally.

The glissando is opposite to the upward glide. From the point of view of the symbol, it is identified by a positive parabola. From the point of view of performance, it slides from the treble to the bass. The off becomes a gradual off, and the glide sound appears naturally.

Hulusi and Bawu are embellished with ascending and descending notes, which make the performance of the music more charming and distinctive. From a microscopic point of view, in the performance of adagio, almost every note adopts the technique of portamento, the difference lies in the length of time it takes. An important factor in determining whether the music is beautiful or not.

The more difficult part of the portamento is the portamento that exceeds the fourth range, which requires close coordination of the fingers and requires a higher level of coordination and requires more practice.

Reference materials and contributors
葫芦丝的滑音

Involving musical instruments

Hulusi (pinyin: hú lu sī), also known as "calabash flute", is a musical instrument of ethnic minorities in Yunnan. Hulusi originated in Lianghe County, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, and is mainly popular in Dai, Achang, Wa, De'ang and Brown. The Dehong and Lincang areas in Yunnan where ethnic groups live together are rich in local colors.
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.

Guess you like

Organized by 碍与暧 on 2024-03-11
In the southern coastal areas, due to the high humidity and obvious temperature changes throughout the year, the maintenance of wooden and bamboo wind instruments such as fenugreek is particularly important. The following are suggestions and specific measures for hulusi maintenance in view of the climate characteristics of the southern coastal areas.
read >>
Organized by 辞惘 on 2024-03-11
Among the various skills of hulusi performance, Boeing is an extremely important expression technique, which gives the unique charm of lively, graceful and melodious to hulusi music.
read >>
Organized by 湛鹰 on 2024-03-11
Hulusi, as the treasure of Chinese traditional national Musical Instruments, has a graceful and melodious tone and great charm. In the technique of fenugreek performance, the overtone is an important means of expression, which greatly enriches the artistic expression and appeal of fenugreek music.
read >>
Organized by 小小瞬 on 2024-03-10
Hulusi, as a unique wind instrument in southwest China, is deeply loved by music lovers for its unique timbre and rich expression. Among them, "percussion", as a basic and important performance skill, plays a key role in improving the expressive force of hulushi music.
read >>
Organized by 尼禄 on 2024-03-08
Among the many ethnic wind instruments, hulusi and Bawu are the most distinctive ethnic instruments in Yunnan Province. They are melodious and easy to use, and are welcomed by music lovers. For beginners, whether they should learn fenugreek or Bawu first needs to be comprehensively considered according to the characteristics, playing skills and personal interests of the two instruments.
read >>