Chapter 1: I learned to play the guzheng

Four months ago, I learned to play the guzheng.

I remember when I first learned guzheng, my teacher taught me how to wear guzheng nails. She taught me to wear the nails on my thumb at an angle, and to wear the nails on my middle and index fingers in a straight line. I remember the first time I wore long guzheng fingernails, I thought it was fun. I could make a crisp sound by plucking the strings with my fingernails. Next, the teacher taught me about the strings. Each string represents a note. The teacher said, "These small notes are connected together to make the whole beautiful song. You must first remember the note represented by each string." ". I thought to myself: This is not a problem for me. After the first class, I felt that learning guzheng was easy and fun.

However, the next lessons were not so easy. Practicing single notes was okay. Especially when the teacher taught me to play the music, I found it difficult to learn, so I wanted to give up. The teacher saw what I was thinking, came over and said to me amiably: "Look at how well those big sisters play. They also learned step by step just like you. Take your time and don't be in a hurry." Looking at the teacher's encouragement Eyes, I thought: They can learn it, how can I not learn it? I must persist in learning.

Since then, I have practiced every new piece of music ten times when I go home from school every day. Whenever I go to the teacher to study on Sunday, I am still practicing while others are finishing class. That’s it. , in just four months, I learned 10 etudes, and also learned "On the Golden Mountain in Beijing" and "Gada Merlin".

In the folk music level examination on July 31, I successfully passed the first level examination. The teacher smiled and said to my mother: "Gao Jialei's performance is really good. She took this exam after studying for a year, and she passed it after studying for more than 4 months. If you train her well, she is a good child." Listen. With the teacher's praise, I felt happy...

By learning guzheng, I understand a truth: as long as you work hard, you will gain something. I secretly made up my mind to play my favorite guzheng well.

Chapter 2: Playing Guzheng

Whenever I play a beautiful ditty, I always think of the first time I learned Guzheng from Teacher Shishi, which often made me dumbfounded. .

I remember that I learned guzheng from teacher Shishi when I was 8 or 9 years old. At that time, I was extremely impatient and wanted to achieve success in everything at once. I never studied seriously, but this time, I have worked hard.

First of all, I must lay a good foundation. At the beginning, Teacher Shishi will first teach me how to play long notes and play some notes, and then give me the charm of each note. Each movement requires hundreds of exercises. At that time, I always encouraged myself in my heart: "Hold on, there will be no problem. It was the same when I practiced piano for the first time!

Persistence is victory." This is what I said, and it was an action exercise. More than a hundred times,...fortunately there are straps to protect the fingers...otherwise, the skin on the fingers will definitely be scratched. In order to practice the long and short sounds these few times, I am not the only one who is working hard. Teacher Shishi supervises me day and night. The position and movements are not standardized. The teacher demonstrates it in person. If I still can’t do it, the teacher will put my hands away. In her hands, she felt the charm of playing the guzheng.

After more than a month of repeated practice, I finally laid the foundation. I also spent 3 weeks practicing Teacher Shishi’s self-composed song "Dream Rainbow". Under the teacher’s guidance, I also tried to write some music by myself. Although it was very difficult when I was writing, the teacher never gave up. He not only told me how to do it, but also taught me the methods. Finally, with the help of the teacher, my The self-composed ditty "Dream Girl" was completed. When I played "Dream Girl" to the teacher, the teacher couldn't help but laugh. I believe that is a knowing smile. I kept the teacher's teachings in my heart from beginning to end. With the teacher's patience and hard guidance, I finally lived up to the teacher's high expectations and obtained the honorary certificate of Level 4 Guzheng.

Chapter 3: Composition on playing the guzheng

I love painting and reading extracurricular books, but my favorite thing is playing the guzheng.

It was a summer evening, and my mother and I came to the Workers’ Cultural Palace to watch a performance. On the stage, a young lady played a guzheng song "Mountains and Flowing Waters" for everyone. The melodious melody and skillful playing skills immediately won the applause of the audience. I was also intoxicated by her performance, with a smile on my face. Showing envy. My mother asked me quietly: "Do you want to learn to play the guzheng?" I nodded. My mother said to me again: "Learning the piano requires hard work. You must have patience and perseverance."

Later, my mother signed me up for a guzheng tutoring class and started practicing the most basic techniques. As my mother said, I was very interested in it for a while at the beginning, but as time went by and I played those monotonous and boring etudes repeatedly, I lost my enthusiasm for learning. The teacher noticed the change in my thinking and patiently told me the story of Darwin's egg painting. He told me that the most important thing in learning any skill is to lay a solid foundation. After careful consideration, I felt that the teacher made sense. , so I continued to practice.

After half a year, I developed a deep love for guzheng. My father and mother were very happy to see my progress in learning the piano. They saved money and bought me a guzheng.

Whenever night falls, after finishing the homework assigned by the school, I sit in front of the window, calm down, and practice the guzheng music repeatedly. The moonlight spread like a gauze on the ground outside the window. I raised my arms and plucked the strings with my dexterous fingers. One after another beautiful music echoed in the cabin. Play the song "Fishing Boats Sing Evening". In the soft and soothing music, I seem to see the land of fish and rice in the South: the sunset shines on the green lake, and the fisherman looks at the baskets of lively and jumping fish, feeling extremely happy; When the rhythm was cheerful, I seemed to see the fisherman driving his boat, leaving the waterside in the twilight with sparkling waves and colorful clouds. As the music came to an end, the fisherman returned home and the lake returned to calm. What a moving picture this is!

I love playing guzheng, which not only cultivates my tenacious perseverance and character in learning. It also cultivated my taste and allowed me to feel the beauty and fun of art.

Chapter 4: Playing Guzheng

How did I fall in love with playing Guzheng? That has to start with a concert.

One night six years ago, my grandma took me to a concert. I saw a guzheng solo program in the program, which suddenly aroused my curiosity: What does the guzheng look like? When the curtain slowly opened, I saw something like a bill placed on the stage. As the performer's fingers strummed on the piano, the beautiful music sounded like spring water, nourishing my heart, and I was intoxicated. After the concert, I dragged my grandma to the backstage, where there were four or five of these monsters. They are brown and black, about one meter long, with about 20 strings tied in the recessed place in the middle, some green and some white. My grandma told me: "This is the guzheng, our national musical instrument in China, with a long history of two thousand years!" I was very envious and hoped to learn to play the guzheng one day.

So, I pestered my mother to buy a guzheng. Later, my mother was so frustrated by me that she finally bought a guzheng. I can’t say how happy I was. From then on, I studied hard at my teacher's home during the day; at night, I trained hard at home. Sometimes after practicing for 3 hours continuously, my arms are so sore that I can't lift them up, but my strong interest in guzheng makes me forget about the pain. After six severe winters and scorching summers, I have learned to play many pieces of music.

Among them, I like the song "Fighting Typhoon" the most. It is Wang Changyuan's masterpiece. This piece is powerful, fast and fiery. Playing this piece of music, I seemed to see this picture: On the dock, workers were busy carrying goods. Suddenly, strong winds blew, the sea was rough, and a typhoon was coming! Longshoremen quickly battled strong winds and fought to protect state property. After the typhoon, there were still a lot of goods. The workers finally took a breath and smiled with relief. Playing and playing, I can't help but feel proud of the workers' spirit of safeguarding collective property!

"The Red Mountain Dandan Flowers Bloom" is a folk song from northern Shaanxi and one of my favorite scores. It describes that when the People's Liberation Army came to northern Shaanxi, the red flowers on the mountains were in full bloom, and it expressed the people of northern Shaanxi's love for the party and their praise of nature. The whole song was stretched at first and then cheerful, making me feel as if I was singing and dancing with my compatriots in northern Shaanxi to welcome the arrival of the People's Liberation Army...

The guzheng, its chanting is like singing, narrating like a story, and telling like crying. It turns into a waterfall. How many feelings it nourishes and how many ambitions it inspires. I am proud to play the guzheng. I love playing the guzheng!

Chapter 5: Playing Guzheng

There is a little girl in our class named Wang Honghong. She plays the guzheng very well.

She and I are good friends. Her flower-like face, autumn-like eyes, and cute little dimples make everyone fall in love with her. She was wearing fake nails on her hands, and I asked curiously: "What are you wearing them for?" She replied: "Playing the guzheng!"

Once, I went to her house to listen to her practice the piano. I stared at her blankly, seeing her dexterously playing with the zither with her hands, and suddenly asked, "Don't you feel bitter after playing like this all day?" She said as she played, "Bitter? Why is it not bitter? There is joy in suffering!"

After playing the etude, she played another song "High Mountains and Flowing Waters". The melody was harmonious and sweet, sometimes low, sometimes high, sometimes crisp, sometimes majestic... Each note seemed to turn into clouds fluttering like gauze, and turned into gorgeous and dazzling ribbons. Suddenly, it was like a stream of clear spring falling into the pool from a high and steep mountain. The sound of splashing water was as pleasant as the sound of big beads falling on a jade plate. I seemed to be standing next to Butan, looking up at the silver-banded spring water. Unknowingly, she finished playing.

She took a break and I raised my thumbs up, saying it was great! She dug out the score of "Fishing Boats Sing Evening". I asked: "What does this piece of music express?" She said: "This piece of music expresses the scene of fishermen rushing home in their boats in the evening." As she said that, she started playing again. It starts with a gentle, clear and melodious tone. I seemed to see the sunset shining on the green lake, and the fishermen looked at the baskets of lively and jumping fish, and were extremely happy. Then, the tone became passionate, full of laughter, and gradually calmed down again, as if the fisherman had returned home.

One after another beautiful music was played under the hands of Wang Honghong, which made me immersed in the sound of the piano and seemed to have forgotten everything...

A person appeared in front of me. On a new type of stage, Wang Honghong is playing guzheng on the stage, and the audience is intoxicated by the performance.

Chapter 6: Playing the Guzheng

I have many hobbies, such as dancing, singing, playing chess... Among them, my favorite is playing the Guzheng. Speaking of how I became interested in playing guzheng, I have to start with an incident during the summer vacation of my first grade. That day, I saw an older sister playing the guzheng on TV. I thought the tune was very nice, so I pestered my mother to let me learn the piano. My mother agreed. From then on, I fell in love with playing the guzheng.

The first time I went to learn the piano, I couldn’t hold back the joy in my heart. I thought: "What song will the teacher teach me to play?" Maybe it is my favorite song - The Little Mushroom Picker. Girl!" But when I got there, I was disappointed. It turned out that the teacher asked me to recognize the strings first. I thought: "What's so difficult about recognizing the strings? It's just about playing a string and singing a note!" Then he sang 21 notes in order. But when the teacher reversed the order and asked me to sing, I was speechless. Only then did I realize that identifying strings was not an easy task.

It’s time for the next piano lesson again, and I thought: “I’ll be able to practice the music this time!” However, the teacher asked me to practice fingering, such as “hooking” and “trembling”. ..., and some basic skills, four points, octave..., I learned it for several weeks. It wasn't until I had a solid foundation in basic skills that the teacher let me play music. Alas, it turns out that it is so difficult to learn basic skills. I really wanted to give up, but when I thought of the famous saying: How can you see a rainbow without going through the wind and rain, I gritted my teeth and persisted in learning the piano.

One day, the teacher told me that I was going to participate in the preliminary competition for the top ten piano boys in Shanghai. I was very excited. So, I took the time to practice the piano every day. I remember one time, my right index finger was accidentally pinched by the door. My mother said distressedly: "Ma Xinchao, I don't think we can practice today." I endured the excruciating pain and said, "It's okay, I can do it!" So I continued to play for more than two hours. Although my fingers were red and swollen by then, I felt it was worth it. Hard work paid off, and I won the Excellence Award in that selection. Received praise from the instructor.

In the past three years, I have been practicing the piano unremittingly. Not only did I pass the level 7 guzheng exam, I also participated in many performances at Jiuting Cultural Square. I love playing guzheng.

Chapter 7: I like playing guzheng

I have many hobbies, such as dancing, singing, playing chess... Among them, my favorite is playing guzheng. Speaking of how I became interested in playing guzheng, I have to start with an incident during the summer vacation of my first grade. That day, I saw an older sister playing the guzheng on TV. I thought the tune was very nice, so I pestered my mother to let me learn the piano. My mother agreed. From then on, I fell in love with playing the guzheng.

The first time I went to learn the piano, I couldn’t hold back the joy in my heart. I thought: "What song will the teacher teach me to play?" Maybe it is my favorite song - The Little Mushroom Picker. Girl!" But when I got there, I was disappointed. It turned out that the teacher asked me to recognize the strings first. I thought: "What's so difficult about recognizing the strings? It's just about playing a string and singing a note!" Then he sang 21 notes in order. But when the teacher reversed the order and asked me to sing, I was speechless. Only then did I realize that identifying strings was not an easy task.

It’s time for the next piano lesson again, and I thought: “I’ll be able to practice the music this time!” However, the teacher asked me to practice fingering, such as “hooking” and “trembling”. ..., and some basic skills, four points, octave..., I learned it for several weeks. It wasn't until I had a solid foundation in basic skills that the teacher let me play music. Alas, it turns out that it is so difficult to learn basic skills. I really wanted to give up, but when I thought of the famous saying: How can you see a rainbow without going through the wind and rain, I gritted my teeth and persisted in learning the piano.

One day, the teacher told me that I was going to participate in the preliminary competition for the top ten piano boys in Shanghai. I was very excited. So, I took the time to practice the piano every day. I remember one time, my right index finger was accidentally pinched by the door. My mother said distressedly: "Ma Xinchao, I don't think we can practice today." I endured the excruciating pain and said, "It's okay, I can do it!" So I continued to play for more than two hours. Although my fingers were red and swollen by then, I felt it was worth it. Hard work paid off, and I won the Excellence Award in that selection. Received praise from the instructor.

In the past three years, I have been practicing the piano unremittingly. Not only did I pass the level 7 guzheng exam, I also participated in many performances at Jiuting Cultural Square. I love playing guzheng.

Chapter 8: I learned the guzheng

Whenever I play the guzheng, I will think of the time when I first learned it, and that time is still unforgettable.

One afternoon two years ago, my mother and I went shopping in a nearby shopping mall after class. When we walked to the fourth floor, I was surprised. Because this place is not selling things, but is filled with a variety of musical instruments. And I saw at a glance the musical instrument that best represents a lady - the guzheng.

I said to my mother: "I want to learn guzheng", and my mother agreed to my request with her gentle smile! At this time I saw a little girl playing the guzheng in the piano room next to me. She played really well. Her right hand was hooking and she was wiping the strings with her left hand. The strings made beautiful sounds under her hands. I was fascinated by it. When my mother saw that I liked it so much, she signed me up for a class. From then on, I made friends with the guzheng.

In the first class, I happily came here to take the class. When I saw the etude that was simple but difficult for me as a beginner, my mood changed. The teacher first handed me: "Hook" and "Tuo". I thought to myself: It’s so simple, I will definitely do it. But when I was playing, my little hands didn't listen to me and scratched randomly on the piano. The teacher asked me to take my time. I listened to the teacher and it really got better. After a few classes, I almost knew all the etudes. A few days later, the teacher said that I could learn music. I was very happy. But the problem comes again, I don’t have a piano at home, how can I practice? Mom thought of a good way to put birthday gifts together. What? You don't understand? oops! Just treat the guzheng as my birthday gift! On my birthday, I got my dream guzheng. Playing my guzheng and listening to its beautiful sound, I was so happy!

This is how I learned guzheng.

What? Do you also learn musical instruments? Then tell me how you study, okay?