Not long ago, I joined a group with many friends who are learning the guqin. There are many self-taught guqin friends. Seeing that the qin friends are so entangled, let me tell you how to learn guqin by yourself.

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Students who want to learn Guqin by themselves must first have a piano.

At this time, you will want to buy a piano. Usually, you have the following options: ask a familiar friend to help you choose the piano, buy it in a physical store, or go to Taobao to join Jack Ma’s father.

Then the author visited countless groups and Tieba forums and found that, emmm, most people chose Taobao.

In the first case, if your friends are not cheating, they should not overturn. In the second case, it depends on your luck, because if you don’t know how to play the piano, you may buy a chemical piano that is resistant to finger pianos and wooden pianos. In the third case, it depends on luck and the seller's conscience. Since everyone chooses the third option, let me talk about buying pianos on Taobao. First of all, there are many pianos in the 500 to 2000 range on Taobao. I tell you responsibly that they are definitely not made of lacquer. If you don’t believe it, you can Baidu. You will know why I say this after looking at the guqin craftsmanship and raw lacquer prices. Even if you choose a piano in a physical store, it is difficult for beginners to choose a good piano.

What should you do if your conditions do not allow you to buy a good piano, or you are not sure whether you can continue learning? It's simple, rent a piano. If you want to learn the piano before you have enough financial means, you can choose to rent a piano. You can rent a piano online or go to a nearby piano club. This is the best choice compared to spending money to buy a wrong product. Then, after getting familiar with the guqin, you can choose a piano that you like. After all, buying artifacts also has a negative impact on learning piano.

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For elementary fingering learning, if you have a piano, self-taught friends will choose to find a famous teaching video to watch. After searching on the Internet, you will find many videos by famous experts, then open any one and start learning.

However, I want to say that learning from a video is two different things from actually playing it yourself. Being able to make sounds does not mean you can play the piano. Pay attention to the fingering. For example, if you pick this fingering with the index finger, you should pay attention to the coordination of the longan and phoenix eyes, the hitting point, and the way to use force. At this time, you need to read more information and teaching materials instead of just watching videos. There are usually many details that need attention, and beginners should pay attention to the details. Commonly used textbooks include "Thirty Lessons on Guqin" edited by teacher Li Fengyun, "Practical Guqin Teaching Materials" by teacher Li Xiangting, and "Children Learning Guqin" by Teacher Yang Qing.

To study systematically, it is taboo to watch this famous teacher teach today and that teacher teach tomorrow. Even if you want to take more references, you must insist on reading the teachings of at least one teacher. Only by combining books can you study systematically.

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Now that you have learned the basic fingering techniques, it’s time to start playing music formally.

Generally, there will be instructional videos for common songs, such as Autumn Wind Ci and Phoenix Seeking Phoenix. For learning music, we still recommend reading books and following the order of the books step by step, because unlike other musical instruments, the guqin has many fingering methods and is extremely complex. It is almost impossible to learn if you don't proceed in order from easy to difficult.

Secondly, we must pay attention to rhythm and coherence. This beginner can feel during the practice process, why does he and the audio player play the same piece of music differently? I always feel that my playing is very strange and very simple. There are several possibilities: firstly, the rhythm may be wrong; secondly, the continuity may be poor; and finally, the emblem card is wrong. At this time, you need to slow down the pace and make careful corrections. My teacher once told me that it is impossible to play a piece of music less than 200 times. To learn the piano, you need to prepare a small bag of beans and count one after each play. The song is considered complete after counting 200. Why do you say that? No matter how small a piece of music is, just being able to play it does not mean you have played the piece well. It requires continuous practice to make it coherent and express the charm and artistic conception of the piece itself.

The harp player is forbidden. Therefore, prohibiting sexual misconduct is to rectify people's hearts. Playing the piano is a kind of practice. Here are some suggestions for self-taught piano players who are learning piano for the first time. If you have any other questions, you can post them in the comments. I will definitely reply if you see them here.