Fingering of blowing cucurbit silk

Hulusi is one of the traditional Chinese musical instruments, belonging to the playing category. It is deeply loved by music lovers for its unique timbre and wonderful melody. Playing cucurbit requires mastering the correct fingering and breathing skills. The fingering of cucurbit silk will be introduced in detail below.

I. Preparatory work

Before learning the fingering of cucurbit silk, you need to prepare a suitable cucurbit silk. When buying cucurbit silk, you need to pay attention to the thickness and length of the tube, and choose the mouth shape and pitch that suits you.

Second, the basic fingering

Blow pronunciation

Playing cucurbit silk with your mouth requires you to master the correct mouth shape and breathing method. Form a small round mouth with your lips, blow out the air in your mouth, and let the air flow through the cucurbit pipe to produce music. Pronunciation requires correct breath and playing strength, and playing skills can be improved by practicing lip muscle training.

fingering

When playing the cucurbit flute, you need to plug or open the hole of the cucurbit flute tube with your fingers, thus changing the pitch and timbre. Hulusi generally has seven holes, namely: big finger hole, index finger hole, middle finger hole, ring finger hole, little finger hole, upper flute hole and lower flute hole. Among them, the big finger hole and the index finger hole are generally not blocked, and other holes need to be blocked according to the requirements of tracks and pitch.

Finger chart

The following is the fingering diagram of cucurbit silk:

proclaimed in writing

Copy code

o o？ Oh, oh, oh, oh.

o o o o？ Oh, oh.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

In the diagram above, O represents the hole that needs to be plugged, and the space represents the hole that does not need to be plugged. The schematic diagram on the left shows 3-hole cucurbit silk, with 6-hole cucurbit silk in the middle and 9-hole cucurbit silk on the right.

Third, advanced skills.

glide

Slippery is a special playing skill, which realizes the change of pitch through the sliding of fingers. In the process of playing, first block a hole with your fingers, and then slowly slide your fingers to the next hole, thus achieving a smooth transition of pitch.

Adjustment; adjust

Tuning is to change the mode of the original song, thus changing the pitch and timbre of the song. In the process of tuning, it is necessary to adjust the position of finger hole blockage according to different modes, so as to realize the change of pitch.

Finger coordination

When playing cucurbit silk, you need the coordination of your fingers to keep its flexibility and agility. You can improve the coordination of your fingers by practicing their flexibility.

In a word, the fingering of cucurbit silk is the basis of learning and mastering cucurbit silk, which needs serious practice and mastery. In the process of learning, you can combine different tracks and playing skills to continuously improve your playing level.