How can I teach myself how to play the Chinese Nguyen and Da Nguyen?

It's best not to teach yourself because it's about a lot of technique, choice of instrument, knowledge of music theory, etc., and you need to be guided. Zhongruan Da Ruan is the second best folk music to learn, only the more difficult solo pieces will be more demanding. Ruan is a kind of accompaniment in the orchestra, with only some simple harmonies and melodies, which is easy to learn, and if you know it, it's easy to practice it. If you have never touched it, it is recommended that you find a teacher to teach you the basics. A false start is not good for learning afterwards, and the main thing to learn is the posture of holding the instrument, the way of touching the strings, the fingering, and so on.

Zhong Ruan and Da Ruan have become the regular accompaniment instruments in the Peking Opera orchestra. Ruan's sound is soft, rich and has a wide range. It combines well with the four major pieces in the Peking Opera orchestra, playing the melody in its entirety and supporting the melodic accents. Zhongruan is a mid-range instrument, and Da Ruan is a bass instrument. Zhongruan and Da Ruan fill out the mid-range and bass sections of the Peking Opera orchestra. Although commonly used to play in unison with the voice, they also enhance the thickness of the sound and rhythmic undertones.

Small ruan words is the basis of the middle ruan, relative to the remaining two in the ruan solo song more in the band is also more common, big ruan solo song is not a few, but must be a person long high play, in the band is to play the rhythm, the instrument ruan according to the different ranges of the ruan is divided into the bass ruan, soprano ruan, in the ruan, big ruan. Combine them together will have a wide range of sound and rich expressive power, the middle ruan, small ruan, big ruan is more widely used.