Erhu is easy to learn, but difficult to master, and some people who have been practicing for decades are at the same level. It depends on who teaches and how.

I think middle-aged and elderly people should learn the key of G first.

Why do middle-aged and elderly people learn the key of G first? Everyone knows that pitch and rhythm are the keys to mastering the erhu well. Not only learning the erhu, but also learning other instruments if the pitch and rhythm are not well controlled, it will be hard to hear them together, especially It is an erhu, and its sound is worse than any musical instrument.

The key of G is theoretically a little harder to pull than the key of D because of the different finger positions on the inner and outer strings. There is a semitone relationship between the inner strings 7 and 1, and the middle and ring fingers are closer together. The relationship between 3 and 4 of the outer strings is also a semitone, and the index finger is closer to the middle. Unlike D, the finger positions of the inner and outer strings are the same. This is the difficulty of G.

Finger map of Erhu in G and D keys

Middle-aged and elderly people generally sing "Three Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention", "Learn from Lei Feng's Good Example", and "Return from Targeting", these songs are all played in the key of G. Since you can sing, you can grasp the pitch and rhythm according to the singing when you are pulling. These songs have a common feature, that is, the rhythm is cheerful and the rhythm is relatively strong, so when pulling No need to learn to sing. Especially for those who are not very good at reading music. Besides, these songs don't need to be changed, it's more effective to learn. Anyone who can sing these songs can start from the G key, which is N times more efficient than those who can't sing. This is also a quick way to learn erhu. I learned erhu from these songs when I was a child. Now I teach some middle-aged and elderly people to learn erhu from these songs. If you can play these songs smoothly, you can play "Flower Girl" ", "The Husband and Wife Return Home", "Song of Selling Newspapers", "Socialism Is Good", these songs are not as good in rhythm as the above three songs, but they are all songs that don't need to be changed.

After you have learned these songs, you can try to change the practice, and you can practice "Nanniwan", "Mother's Kiss", "Only Mother in the World", these songs are all songs that middle-aged and elderly people can sing, then You basically have a certain basic skills when you can master these, and it will be much easier to learn the key of D below.

Middle-aged and elderly people learn erhu

After learning the above few songs, you can then play the key of D. There are very few songs in the key of D that do not change the handle. That is to say, there are very few songs that the middle-aged and elderly will sing in the key of D. To a penny", this song is very simple, and you don't need to change it.

I have played some songs in the key of G, and finally I have the foundation for changing the keys. Then I can practice a few songs in the key of D. The ones that are easier to play are the following songs, such as "Little Swallow", "The North Country" Spring, etc. After pulling these together, practice the F key (6//3) string, such as "Aobao Meets", this song is played in F key without changing the key, you can also learn G key first and then learn F key, The key of C (2//6) is the more difficult of these keys, followed by the key of B flat (3//7) and the key of A (4//1). The key of A is the most difficult of the six keys, and songs in the key of A are generally rare.

There are actually only four tunes that are most common in songs. They are G, F, D, and B flat in order. The tune of C is the most common in Hunan's Huagu Opera. Of course, people from other places are not very familiar with Huagu Opera. I like La Huagu Opera, but it should be noted that the fingering of Huagu Opera and La Ge are completely different. In general Huagu Opera, there is no need to change the handle, and there are very few Huagu Opera that needs to be changed.

To learn Erhu, according to my own experience, it is better for middle-aged and elderly people to learn the G key first. Moreover, ordinary middle-aged and elderly people learn erhu for their own entertainment. It's no problem to pull some of your favorite songs.

In addition, I want to remind everyone that you must practice according to the bowing and fingering on the score, so that after you develop a good habit, no matter how many people play in an ensemble, the bowing is the same, just like walking straight, neat and orderly , It looks imposing, and you must pay attention to the method of holding the bow. Bowing is the basic skill for pulling a fast bow in the future.