What should be paid attention to when a novice learns the guzheng? The key points are the following four!

First, mastering the correct method is the key to learning the guzheng well

Technology is needed for any discipline to progress. Learning the guzheng is no exception. For beginners, it is very important to master the correct method. If it is the wrong way of playing, once a habit is formed, it will seriously affect the improvement of training and performance level.

Generally speaking, beginners need to know the correct posture, hand shape, finger movement and playing method. The posture is mostly sitting, generally sitting on the right side of the piano, the center of the body is aligned with the number one piano, and the waist is at the same height as the panel. The body is about a punch away from the side plank. The legs are separated in a "breathing" shape. The hand is half-clawed, like a baby's sleeping hand. When playing, the direction of the fingers is parallel to the surface of the zither, and the front of the armor is required to touch the strings. The playing direction of each finger is basically perpendicular to the plane of the zither, and the point of force is on the knuckles.

Second, rich expressiveness is a necessary condition for learning the guzheng well

The musical expression of the performer is of decisive significance. Excellent guzheng performers can often have a strong artistic appeal, making people immersive, blending scenes, and creating a vivid and vivid artistic image.

How to improve musical performance? Personally, I think that the first thing is to have the correct guzheng playing techniques, the correct grasp of the pitch and rhythm, and the use of the left hand kneading, sliding, pressing and trembling skills. Especially traditional music, the style of each genre is different. If you want to express the characteristics of each genre delicately, you need to press the strings with your left hand. This requires the performer to have a higher musical perception ability and listening ability. On this basis, the performer's understanding of the music, the background of the times and the content expressed by the music should be added, which requires the performer to have a higher cultural literacy. Therefore, I suggest that children who are learning piano must read more books on humanities and arts to expand their horizons. If possible, it is best to learn dance, painting and other related disciplines, so that they can study both inside and outside.

In addition, the rich expressiveness also requires the performers to have rich body language, so that every gesture can give people a sense of beauty, because guzheng performance is an audio-visual art, and the audience not only enjoys hearing, but also has visual beauty.

Third, a good interest in learning is the basis for learning the guzheng well

interest is the best teacher. The ancient Chinese educator Confucius pointed out: "Those who know are not as good as those who know well, and those who love to know are not as good as those who enjoy themselves." It means: As for knowledge, those who understand it are inferior to those who like it, and those who like it cannot catch up with those who are addicted to it and take pleasure in it. By extension, learning the piano is the same.

Interest is the main driving force for young people to learn, and the key to learning guzheng is to cultivate children's interest in playing the zither. Generally, when children first start learning, they feel relatively fresh, and the timbre of the guzheng is also very beautiful, so it is easy to cultivate interest. But after a long time, I always practice some etudes, and my left hand hurts when I press the strings, and I start to retreat. How to develop a child's short-term interest into a stable interest? You can add some familiar tunes to the teaching, such as "Little Swallow", "Nanniwan", etc., so that the children can go back and play to their parents after learning, so as to satisfy the children's expressive desire. In addition, let the beginners regularly watch the wonderful performances of children of the same age, and use the example method to cultivate the children's interest, which can also receive good results.

Fourth, reasonable arrangement of piano practice time is an important guarantee for learning Guzheng

In teaching, I have also heard many parents complain that their children learn piano at the same time as others, and their comprehension is similar. I'm not very proficient yet. In fact, this has a lot to do with the lack of a good guarantee for the child's practice time.

General beginners are required to practice the piano for more than an hour a day, but some children practice less than two hours a week, so one can imagine how good or bad they are. Nowadays, the heavy schoolwork load of children is a real problem. But I think that the children's slow learning of piano has a lot to do with the parents' lack of good supervision. Parents should set a scientific time for their children to practice the piano, so that both learning and piano learning can be taken into account.