Today 22:15 Guangxi Satellite TV "Guangxi Craftsman"
Carry forward the spirit of craftsmen Play the strong sound of the times
Qin Huabei, the fourth generation of Zhuang Longzhou Lyra making skills, learned to make a piano with his grandfather at the age of 13 and focused on Lyra production for 45 years.
The selection of high-quality gourds, just the beginning of making a good violin, the panel is the key to it, the panel of the Lyra is based on sycamore wood, which is the best in Longzhou local green paulownia wood, paulownia wood, in the eyes of Qin Huabei, other accessories for making the violin have alternatives, only the panel can not be replaced.
Under the guidance of Professor Fan Xim, a famous ethnic musician in Guangxi, Qin Huabei first changed the lyre from a three-section pole to a section through and then changed the cotton yarn string to a nylon string, and fixed the string according to the positive four degrees, and the range was extended to four octaves, which could be transposed at will; and finally the hand plucked string was changed to a plucked string.
The new improved Lyra, from only one part of the singing part, has changed to two and three parts of the playable singing part, enriching the rhythm of the lyre. The Lyra also gained a wider vocal range and a more elegant appearance.
Lyra became more and more "alive" in Qin Huabei's hands. His improvements have retained the traditional production methods of Zhuang Lyra and have been continuously improved. But Qin Huabei did not stop there, with the government's protection and encouragement of Lyra culture, Lyra performance opportunities are more and more, the stage is getting bigger and bigger, want to make the performance form more diverse and richer, Qin Huabei feels that Lyra instruments can be more diverse.
Qin Huabei uses the principle and raw materials of Lyra, combined with wireless receivers, to innovate and produce a number of different instruments, and strive to integrate Lyra into the modern music trend, while maintaining its simple and elegant characteristics, in the hands of Qin Huabei, Lyra has achieved a second improvement.
From the beginning of choosing a craft, it is destined to fight for its whole life, Qin Huabei tirelessly opened up a new direction in the inheritance of Lyra skills, not only improving Lyra instruments, but also organizing the literary and art lovers around him to explore and innovate Lyra performance forms and repertoire.
Editor| Luo Zecong
Editor-in-charge 丨 Tang Myron