How to make the flute mellow?
In order to make the sound of the flute mellow, we should not only pay attention to the adhesion of the flute membrane, but also pay attention to the player's skills. Performers' skills can be summarized into four basic skills: qi, finger, tongue and lip. Qi kung fu is the most difficult to master, and finger kung fu requires cleanliness, average speed and flexibility.
Tongue kung fu requires average strength, average granularity, average rhythm and average durability; Lip kung fu must pay attention to the proper performance of the big and small throttle and mouth strength. No matter what skill, as long as you practice it often, you will definitely make perfect.
The flute needs to be covered with a flute membrane. The flute membrane is generally made of a thin film in the stem of reed (some called reed). Some are tender and old, the tender is bright and shiny, and the old is thick and yellow. Generally, the tender film is better, but this kind of film is hard to buy in the market, so players had better make it themselves. To make a flute membrane, it is best to choose reeds that grow by the water a few days before Duanyang Festival and rarely see sunshine.
You can cut the reed into sections first, then gently cut the reed with a sharp knife (if the knife is not sharp, it is easy to cut the reed skin and white film together), take out a circle of white film, twist it together by hand, and then poke it out with chopsticks and put it in a colored paper clip or wrap it in colored paper for later use. Do not heat when storing, avoid sunlight, and it is best to put it in a damp place. Also be careful not to put it in your pocket for too long in case it goes bad.
What is the flute made of?
Generally, flutes are made of bamboo, but there are also stone flutes, Yu Di, mahogany flutes and bone flutes in ancient times. But the best raw material for making flutes is bamboo, because bamboo flutes have better sound effect and lower production cost. There are many kinds of materials for making bamboo flutes, among which there are many kinds of bamboos, such as bamboo knots, bitter bamboos, purple bamboos, white bamboos and torreya grandis.
There are also many flutes made of other materials, such as mahogany, sandalwood, ivory, serpentine jade, silver, synthetic resin, copper and iron.
Flute is an ancient traditional musical instrument, and it is also the most representative and national playing instrument among traditional musical instruments.
The sound holes of flutes range from five holes to eight holes, of which seven holes are the majority, and some sound holes are added with small holes. Bamboo flute is made of bamboo tube, which is hollow inside and cylindrical outside. There are 1 blowhole, 1 membrane hole, 6 sound holes, 2 sound holes and 2 auxiliary sound holes on the pipe body.
Flutes are not only rich in playing skills, but also varied, including Qu Di, Bangdi, Fixed Tone, Keyed Flute, Yuping Flute, Seven-hole Flute and Eleven-hole Flute. , and formed two schools with different styles.
According to pitch classification, flutes are generally divided into Qu Di (with a long flute body, a low pitch and a mellow tone, which is mostly distributed in southern China), Bangdi (with a short flute body, a high pitch and a clear tone, which is mostly used in various operas in northern China) and alto flute (with the appearance and pronunciation characteristics between Qu Di and Bangdi).
What are the advantages of learning flute?
1. Improve temperament
Learning flute can improve children's temperament. People with artistic accomplishment always have a distinctive elegance, and flutes naturally have such an effect. If you insist on playing the flute, you will find that your artistic accomplishment is improving, and your manners inadvertently reveal your unique charm.
Increase confidence
Learning flute can make children full of confidence. Children have more skills and more confidence. On campus and at home, children will be loved by everyone with their own skills and their personality will be more sunny.
3. Exercise vital capacity
Learning flute can exercise children's vital capacity. Vital capacity refers to the amount of gas exhaled as much as possible after a maximum inhalation in an infinite time, which represents the maximum functional activity of the lungs in a time and is one of the important functional indicators reflecting the level of human growth and development. Learning flute is the simplest and most convenient practice, which can be carried out in winter and summer vacation, regardless of the weather. To enhance children's vital capacity, learning flute can make the respiratory tract unobstructed, promote blood circulation, improve vital capacity and enhance immunity.
4. Promote metabolism
Learning flute can promote children's metabolism. It makes it easy for chubby children to lose weight, because when playing the flute, you need to hold your chest and abdomen. Holding your chest and abdomen is the most basic exercise to lose weight. Breathing through the chest and abdomen can quickly bring out the toxins from the body, which is very helpful for losing weight. Some studies have pointed out that accumulating effective breathing for 30 minutes is equivalent to 70% to 80% of healthy exercise every day, because breathing oxygen can promote metabolism and excrete waste in the body. By playing the flute, you can achieve an approximate sports effect.
The origin of flute
In the west,
The origin of China flute "comes from the west" only represents the opinion of one family. The saying "from the west" can't explain the origin of the flute. It just shows the influence of the cultural elements of the western nationalities, including the flute culture, on the culture of the Central Plains, and promotes the flute, a musical instrument bred and developed in China for thousands of years, to be scientific, reasonable and perfect gradually after the Han Dynasty.
After the Han dynasty
After the Han Dynasty, the flute has occupied a very important position in the drum music of the court and the army. This fact reminds people that the development of China's flute has been divorced from its original form, and it may be more reasonable and perfect in melody and modeling after absorbing the reasonable components of other national flutes, and the cooperation with other instruments in the band is becoming more and more perfect.
Sui and Tang Dynasties
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, both the "big cross-blowing part" and the "small cross-blowing part" of drum music used cross-blowing flute. In the "Le Yan" music for people to enjoy and entertain in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the flute (then called Liu Heng) was widely active in the band, and it can also be seen in Dunhuang murals in the Sui Dynasty and musicians' pictures in the Tang Dynasty. In some other historical pictures, we will also find the flute playing posture in two directions (flute tail to the left or flute tail to the right).
the Tang Dynasty
There are records of famous flute players in the Tang Dynasty, such as Li Mo, Sun Chuxiu, You Chengen and Yun. Among them, Li Mo, a musician from Qiuci in the Western Regions, was praised as "the best in the world" in the Kaiyuan period because of his excellent flute performance and excellent skills.
After Tang dynasty
After the Tang Dynasty, the flute was more widely used in court and folk music activities, such as the drum music in the Northern Song Dynasty, the "Great Music with the Army" in the Southern Song Dynasty, the "Drum Plate" in the folk instrumental music in the Wafang House, the court banquet music in the Yuan Dynasty, the sacrificial music in the temple in the Ming Dynasty, the great music in the court, the peaceful and clear music, and the accompaniment of Yu Yaoqiang Opera and Kunshan Opera in the Ming Dynasty.
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