The dulcimer is a kind of national percussion and plucked instrument, the only world instrument in folk music. The pronunciation principle is the same as that of the piano, which can be roughly divided into the European dulcimer system, the West Asian, South Asian dulcimer system and the Chinese dulcimer system. Among them, the Chinese dulcimer has a crisp and bright tone, which can play traditional Chinese music as well as foreign repertoire. In recent years, there are many new pieces.

For many beginners, no matter what kind of musical instrument they are learning, the first question they care about is whether this musical instrument is easy to learn? For the dulcimer, compared to other musical instruments, it is relatively easy to get started.

Knowing how difficult it is to learn will give you a little more confidence in learning the piano. However, there are still many questions for dulcimer lovers and beginners. Today, I will summarize and answer them one by one for you here:

1. What are the requirements for beginners to play dulcimer?

Learning dulcimer is the same as learning music, there are not too many restrictions, as long as people who can distinguish the pitch, distinguish the rhythm and can swing the bamboo can learn the dulcimer.

The dulcimer is a musical instrument with one tone and one tone. Beginners should pay attention to the basic aspects of learning when playing. The memory of the phoneme is the key. Practice playing scales repeatedly, and after you are familiar with the phonemes, you can play the dulcimer according to the music score or sound memory requirements.

After that, you should gradually practice your hand's reaction ability, so that your hand's waving ability is handy, and you can achieve the learning effect that you can play when you think of it in your mind.

2. How long does it take to learn dulcimer to play?

Everyone's definition of performance is different, and the standard is to be able to play a dulcimer piece independently:

This problem is related to the individual level and learning progress of each learner and the learner's own music foundation and performance foundation. Generally speaking, it takes only a few days or weeks to play songs in a self-entertainment style. just fine

Players who insist on practicing and have a certain musical foundation will often shorten this period, and this is also the case when playing dulcimer ditties, such as the first- and second-level pieces of the test piece "The Tractor is Coming" and other melody pieces with a single rhythm.

However, if you want to be able to play appreciative dulcimer music, you can easily complete the repertoire of grade 3 or above in the examination repertoire in at least half a year or as much as a year. Therefore, learning any musical instrument must not be eager for quick success and must persevere.

3. What is Yangqin Bamboo Method?

The dulcimer bamboo method is a rule of using the order of left and right qin and bamboo (that is, left and right hands) in dulcimer performance. It is divided into right bamboo method, left bamboo method and mixed bamboo method. At present, the right bamboo method is commonly used.

Generally speaking, the rules of the right bamboo method require that the right hand should be used for the strong notes of each beat, and the right bamboo is mainly used for the octave backing, and it is not recommended to play the left and right hands.

In 1921, Qiu Heqiu, a native of Taishan, Guangdong, wrote the book "Xinxue of Qin Xue" and proposed the concept of bamboo method, and stipulated the method and principle of alternating right and left bamboo in the right bamboo method. Shun three dozen, Qi Bamboo, dense Bamboo and other bamboo methods. The left bamboo method is usually used to finish the performance of strong beats or strong notes. Compared with the right bamboo method, the decorative accent performance is different from the right bamboo method when playing a lower octave.

Hybrid bamboo method is a phenomenon of bamboo method proposed in recent years. Its main feature is a new bamboo method that avoids the intersection of qin and bamboo.

4. What are the simple rules of Yangqin Bamboo Method?

Generally speaking, there are mainly seven to eight rhythm patterns in folk music.

After the basic mastery, you can complete the general performance. For example, when playing the following rhythm Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da︱, the bamboo method can be corresponding to: right, right, left, right, left, right, left, left, right, left, left, right, left, left, left, left, left, and left︱ , As for the bamboo method of playing triplets, there are right left left left left or right left left left and so on.

According to actual needs and habits, you can arrange the bamboo method by yourself, so as to facilitate the performance and mastery.

5. How to choose Qinzhu for beginners and different learning stages?

When choosing qin and bamboo for beginners, one should choose according to the teacher's suggestion. The second is according to personal habits.

With the improvement of performance ability, gradually began to understand the bamboo, and began to appear the phenomenon that the playing of the bamboo will have an impact.

At this time, it is very important to learn to choose piano and bamboo. When choosing, consider the type of piano bamboo from the aspects of the width, thickness and thickness of the bamboo handle, the size, length, width and width of the bamboo head, the feel of the bamboo, and the elasticity of the bamboo. After you have a certain ability to play, you should especially consider the need to apply the spring wheel (chamber) and play fast in your studies.

After you have some insight into the performance of dulcimer, the more important thing is to choose the bamboo to try on the dulcimer whether the timbre played by the selected bamboo meets your personal preferences, whether you like the appearance of the bamboo, whether the control of the bamboo is smooth, and whether the piano is well controlled. Whether bamboo can show the strength and weakness of music and performance skills. Of course. Sometimes it is necessary to choose different types of qin and bamboo for backup due to the needs of the musical mood, emotion, skills and other content expressed by the performance.