How to practice fingering in Banhu of Henan Opera

When playing the Hu board, the left hand holds the piano, the tiger's mouth holds the stick, the thumb is naturally straight, and the other four fingers press the strings. The right hand holds the bow, the thumb and forefinger hold the handle, the middle finger is placed outside the bow axis, and the ring finger controls the hair of the bow.

Banhu's bow and fingering are colorful. Bowing methods include full bow, middle bow, connecting bow, shaking bow, broken bow, bright bow, jumping bow, splitting bow and hitting bow. Fingering includes pressing strings, kneading strings, Tik Tok, clicking, hooking strings, playing strings, plucking strings, overtones, disyllables and various sliding sounds.

Although Banhu's bow and fingering are basically the same as erhu's, Banhu mainly uses the middle bow, and the sliding sound is also widely used, which is both crisp and crisp. The bow and fingering characteristics of Banhu Qin and its crisp and high-pitched timbre constitute Banhu's unique playing style.

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Practice and application of fingering skills

When banhu accompanied Henan opera, his fingering was not as good as other solo instruments. But more importantly, skills are not used. Once applied, skills must be standardized and in place, and cannot look different. Common techniques are as follows.

Fingering is divided into "sliding back", "sliding up", "sliding down", "playing strings", "kneading strings" and "cutting strings". The application of fingering in banhu is very important, not banhu. Because fingering is the characteristic technique of banhu charm in Henan opera. Whether it is used properly or not will directly affect the performance level of Banhu and the accompaniment effect of the whole band.

It can be seen that it is very important to use banhu skills reasonably and practice seriously and regularly. Let's focus on the practice and application of fingering skills.