Teacher Li Guanghua's introduction to the pipa: the angle of the pipa's fingernails touching the strings
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The pros and cons of the quick strumming technique in the pipa performance determines the player's ability to control and grasp the priority of the strumming technique, and the quick strumming often directly affects the musical expression and stage effect of the pipa performance.
The upper side of the nail is called the upper side front, and the lower side of the nail is called the lower side front; the second is the horizontal angle, which is the angle formed by the right fingernail and the pipa panel, generally 40 degrees. Only by mastering these two chord-touching angles can the pipa be played with roundness and brightness.
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Li Guanghua (1947.5.29—2018.3.4) male, native of Shandong, was born in Beijing. Han nationality. Since 1966, he has been engaged in the teaching of Pipa. Pipa player and educator. Member of the Chinese Musicians Association, executive director of the Chinese National Orchestra Society, executive vice president (and secretary general) of the Pipa Professional Committee, and a member of the Hong Kong Buddhist Cultural Industry - Buddhist Music Committee (Buddhist Musical Instrument Committee). He was the former deputy director of the National Instrumental Music Department of the Central Conservatory of Music (1992-1995).
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Pipa (pinyin: pí pa), the first plucked instrument, is a traditional plucked instrument in East Asia, a plucked stringed musical instrument. Made of wood or bamboo, the speaker is half-pear-shaped and has four strings on the top. It was originally made of silk thread, but now it is mostly made of steel wire, steel rope and nylon.
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