1. Playing posture:

1. Standing posture means standing and playing. Generally, this posture is adopted in solo, which requires the body to stand, naturally relax into a vertical shape, with feet slightly apart, chest to be straight, left hand above and right hand below, arms slightly bent, elbows drooping, pipe body slightly forward, and upper body at a 45-degree angle, and it is forbidden to hold out the chest and skew excessively.

2. Sit upright. Generally, this posture is adopted in ensemble. It requires the body to sit in the chair naturally and relax, with legs slightly separated, the body to be straight, the head to be straight and shoulders flat, and the elbows of the left and right hands to form a 45-degree angle with the body. It is forbidden to be too relaxed and stiff.

second, how to hold the cucurbit silk:

1. There are two ways to hold the cucurbit silk, one is with the left hand on it, and the other is with the right hand on it. Practitioners can decide according to their own habits. Fingers and radians. When you are in the gourd silk, your fingers must be relaxed naturally, don't be too nervous, and your fingers should be curved when bending. You can imagine that I have an egg in my palm.

2. press the hole. At first, you can press one hole at a time in sequence until all seven holes are blocked. Note that when pressing the hole, you must press it with your finger belly. Many beginners make the mistake that they just want to press the hole with the tip of their hands. Be careful not to lift your fingers too high, just slightly higher than pressing the sound hole.

third, fingering. Beginners usually learn to do 5 with barrel sounds. Simply put, it is to plug all seven holes of cucurbit silk and make five sounds. Note that the bass 3 and bass 5 in the picture below have the same fingering, but the breath is different.

4. Basic knowledge of music theory. For beginners, just master some simple knowledge of music theory, just remember the single beat. In the music score, the vertical line used to divide the beat unit in front of the strong beat is called the bar line, which can be understood by combining the note table.

Extended information:

Attention should be paid when playing:

1. The little finger attached to the left and right sides of the sound tube should not be fixed, so it should be mastered flexibly according to the situation when playing, such as when playing with the upper three fingers (that is, opening and closing the 456 sound hole). When playing with the lower three fingers (that is, opening and closing one, two, three holes), the little finger of the left hand should return to the position of the auxiliary tube, and the little finger of the right hand can naturally lift with the performance.

2. When each sound hole is pressed (closed), be sure to press the sound hole tightly with the first finger belly, so as not to leak air, otherwise the pitch and timbre will be affected. When playing cucurbit silk, you should relax your arms and wrists and bend your fingers moderately inward. When opening the sound hole, you should not lift your fingers too high. Too high will affect the performance speed and flexibility, but not too low. Too low will affect the pitch and volume.