How to play the bass Aiji

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When playing, take a seated position with a slightly upright chest, place a wooden tail post or a meniscus seat on the left leg (the bass Aijik is placed on the ground, and the two legs are clamped), support the piano rod with the left hand, and press the strings with the fingertips. , the right hand holds a ponytail bow dipped in rosin and played outside the strings. The method of using the bow is the same as that of the erhu.

How to play the bass Aiji

The bass Aiji is also tuned by fifths, which is an octave lower than the high Aiji. The tuning is: G, d, a, e1, and the range is G-g2, with three octaves.

They have fresh, bright and rich tones, respectively, beautiful and beautiful. These new four-string Aijie absorb the bows and fingerings of erhu and violin, and have extremely rich performance skills. The left hand can play various glissando, overtone chords and various decorative sounds; , broken bow and other bow techniques.

They have new improvements and developments in terms of volume, timbre, range and performance skills compared to Dolang Aijk. Today, this new type of Aicek has become the main stringed instrument in the musical life of the Uyghur and Uzbek people.

Often used for solos, instrumental ensembles, or to accompany "Twelve Muqam" and "Maxhrop".

Reference materials and contributors
低音艾捷克-百度百科
低音艾捷克-搜狗百科

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Bass Aijie (Pinyin dī yīn ài jié kè), also known as Harzak, is a Uyghur stringed instrument. In the Qing Dynasty, it was included in the Jiabu music. There are two kinds of Aijie musical instruments: one still retains the resonant strings, and the other has no resonant strings, and the latter one is commonly used.