To learn dulcimer, you should first maintain the correct playing posture, that is, the whole body is naturally relaxed, the feet are naturally shoulder-width apart, the sitting posture is correct, the chest and back are slightly held, the shoulders and upper arms are naturally drooping, and the forearms are bent and elbows flat. Holding the piano and bamboo, looking at the face of the piano, the expression should be natural and generous.

(1) Single-bamboo technique: It refers to the playing of the piano and bamboo on a single tone.

In the single bamboo technique, the method of holding the piano and bamboo should be mastered first. First of all, the hands are in a relaxed state with half fists, palms facing each other. Secondly, the holding point of the bamboo should be placed at one-fifth of the whole length of the bamboo, that is, the holding point should be placed at the first joint of the index finger, the thumb should be pressed on the holding point in a natural state, and the tail of the bamboo should be Stick it on the belly of the middle finger, the ring finger and the little finger are in a natural bending state, so that the qin bamboo is held firmly in the hand. Second in the single bamboo technique, you should master the method of hitting the strings. The hammering process of the dulcimer is also the process of the whole arm movement, which relies on the overall cooperation of these movement organs from the shoulder joint to the bamboo-holding points of the fingers to complete the hammering.

1. Monophonic single bamboo: refers to the single-handed playing of the piano and bamboo on a single note. Monophonic is an important part of musical language. When playing, we can try to play a single tone in four different forms: long, short, strong and weak to practice repeatedly. In this way, you can not only feel the strength of the strings, but also consciously relax your arms.

2. Monophonic double bamboo: It means that each hand holds a piano and bamboo in order to play alternately and in turn on the monophonic. When playing, the cooperation of both hands should be coordinated, the speed should be relatively uniform, and the strength should be uniform and uniform.

The difficulty of the single bamboo technique is: to master the correct method of holding the bamboo and the strength of the strings, the emphasis should be placed on the practice of skills from slow to fast. When holding the bamboo, it should be noted that the three fingers of the bamboo should be relaxed, and it is best to hold the bamboo firmly and not too tight or loose. When hitting the strings, pay attention to the change of intensity, and use the appropriate strength for each note in the high, middle and low ranges, and keep the bamboo keys that can quickly return to the original position by rebounding after hitting the string point. The natural relaxed state before hitting the strings. In this way, a perfect stroke is successfully completed. This sentence is easy to say, but it is really difficult to do. This requires our players to use both hands and brains, practice diligently, and practice hard in the usual practice process, and experience the correct method of holding the bamboo and the strings.

(2) Wheel bamboo skills:

The so-called wheel bamboo is what we usually call wheel tone, wheel beat, roll beat, and wheel, which refers to one hand or two hands using piano bamboo to make dense, uniform and continuous sounds on one note or several notes in turn. And the coherent rotation gives people a feeling of continuation. Wheel bamboo is mainly completed through the cooperation of shoulders, arms, elbows, wrists and fingers under the premise of natural relaxation.

1. Single Bamboo Wheel: It refers to the intensive, even and coherent playing of one or more tones with the left or right hand using a bamboo bamboo. The practice of single bamboo wheel is to lay the foundation for double bamboo wheel. Players can unify the rhythm, volume, timbre and dynamics of the left and right hands through slow practice, so as to achieve the best effect of round bamboo.

2. Double Bamboo Wheel: It refers to the rapid alternate rotation of double bamboo on one or several notes, which is a very common technique used in wheel sound techniques. Double bamboo can be divided into three types: single-tone bamboo, double-tone bamboo and continuous bamboo.

(1) Monophonic Wheel Bamboo: It refers to the rapid alternating rotation of double bamboos on a single note in turn. The monophonic wheel bamboo requires that the left and right hands should be coordinated when the wheel is rotated, and the rhythm, strength and timbre should be unified. When practicing the monophonic wheel bamboo, the speed can be slow first and then fast, and the strength is first weak and then strong, so as to achieve the best effect of wheel bamboo.

(2) Double-tone wheel bamboo: refers to the double-tone bamboo that rotates rapidly and alternately on two tones at the same time. Since the two-tone wheel bamboo makes rapid alternate rotation on the two tones, it is required that the process of the wheel bamboo cannot be interrupted, and at the same time, it is necessary to maintain the unity of the strength and timbre of the two tones. Two-tone round bamboo plays an important role in the technique of dulcimer playing.

(3) Continuous rotation: that is, continuous rotation of bamboo, which refers to the rapid and alternating rotation of double bamboo in one section or even more than a few sections. It is suitable to appear in the soulful and beautiful tunes. It requires the player to keep the strength of both hands evenly and uniformly, so that the primary and secondary are distinct and there are ups and downs. When Lian Lun interleaves the phonemes, try to make the alternate two tones coherent and compact, and the smaller the gap, the better. The basic requirements are: the player should move quickly when playing legato, and maintain the best coherence of the phrase.