1. Breathing exercises

1. When breathing, all parts of the body that have nothing to do with breathing should be relaxed. The breath should be controlled well and the amount of air used should be used as needed. Generally speaking, inhale more and faster; exhale less and slowly.

2. To maintain the continuity between exhalation and inhalation, do not wait until the first breath is completely exhaled before starting to take the second breath, but start taking the second breath before the first breath is completely exhaled. Take a second breath so that you can continue continuously.

3. In general, inhale through the nose. Only when you are struggling for air or when inhaling through the nose is not enough, inhale through the mouth and nose at the same time.

2. Suona skills

1. Circular ventilation method

Circular ventilation is generally not commonly used, only when playing certain long and sustained sounds. use. Use the strength of your lower abdomen to control your breathing, inhale through your nose and exhale through your mouth. When the nose inhales, the ribs bulge and the lower abdomen contracts inward to make the breath flow upward, that is, the pressure of the lower abdomen is used to send the breath into the mouth; then the breath in the cheeks is gradually discharged out according to the required amount. As the breath is exhaled, The lower abdominal muscles also gradually relax.

2. Qi trill

Qi trill is a kind of chanting sound, which is expressed by adding "~" to the note. Take a full breath and use your lower abdomen to support the breath and contract elastically, causing slight fluctuations in the sound produced. The effect is like vibrato on a string. This kind of vibrato can be fast or slow and strong or weak according to the requirements of the music. Generally used for long sounds, the fluctuation can express the styles of different ethnic groups or places.

3. Teeth trill

Teeth trill is also a kind of chanting sound, which is expressed by adding the word "teeth" to the sound symbol "~". Use your lower teeth to gently vibrate the base of the whistle to make it vibrate. Teeth vibrato is often used on one note. At this time, attention should be paid to the uniformity of the vibrato.

4. Finger trill

Finger vibrato is also called "finger flower" among the people. It is a technique with many uses. This technique is often used to express cheerful and enthusiastic emotions, and it is even more diverse when used to decorate the emotions expressed by certain sounds in more lyrical music. The characteristic of the performance is that you can clearly hear the rapid alternation of two adjacent sounds.

5. Forearm vibrato

The effect of forearm vibrato still sounds different from finger vibrato. Use your forearms to shake quickly to move your fingers. The direction of the vibration is perpendicular to the wooden pole, and the fingers repeatedly press and close the sound hole to cause the pronunciation to vibrate. This kind of vibrato has the characteristics of evenness and density, and it is also more sustained in time. It is often used in passionate passages in performance, especially in upper notes.

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Regional characteristics of Suona

1. Hakka Suona

Hakka Suona has a long history. According to historical records, as early as More than a thousand years ago, "drummers were held on the road, going to and from people's homes, and never stopped during the night." Hakka suona is divided into sad and happy tunes. The happy tune is light and joyful. When played, it is loud and exciting, harmonious and sweet. The sad tune is deep, low-pitched, euphemistic and resentful.

2. Zhoujiaban Suona

Zhoujiaban is the Zhoujia percussion class, also known as Zhoujia Suona Class, Zhoujia Drum Class, and Pine Forest Trumpet among the people, so it is located in It is a Chinese folk music troupe composed of Chinese wind instrument master Zhou Zhengyu and other Zhou clan members from Bolin Village in Yinji, Lingbi, Anhui Province. Since its founding in the late Qing Dynasty, Zhoujiaban has been passed down to six generations of the family and has gone through more than 100 years of vicissitudes. There are more than 100 musicians, male, female, old and young, spanning Sulu, Anhui and Zhejiang, and they are well-known among the people and overseas.

3. Zichang Suona

Zichang Suona mainly refers to the large suona with a stem length of three feet or two five feet. Adagio includes adagio and adagio, both of which are in 4/4 time. The original tempo is slightly faster than the adagio. Both the medium plate and the allegro are in 2/4 time, and the allegro is faster than the medium plate when played. The medium plate includes the flow plate and the stacking plate; the allegro plate includes the second flow plate and the first plate. The playing basically follows the pattern connection rules of starting slowly, continuing in the middle, and ending quickly.

4. Dazhu Bamboo Suona

Dazhu Bamboo Suona is a bamboo suona unique to Yuehua Township, Dazhu County, Eastern Sichuan. It is recorded in the intangible materials of Sichuan Province with its fresh and beautiful phonology. Cultural Heritage List. Hundreds of years ago, the suona was introduced to Bashu. The Dazhu people made the suona from local bamboo.

After development, the bamboo suona production technology has become increasingly sophisticated. Bamboo suona consists of four parts: whistle, Tianxin, pole and trumpet.

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