"How to choose a guzheng" has become a hot topic. Nowadays, more and more people are learning guzheng, and choosing what kind of guzheng for themselves or for their children has become a big problem. Now the guzheng brand is also special, everyone is touting the brand in their hands, large and small guzheng brand, always let the enthusiasts have no way to start. So, what kind of guzheng is good to buy?
Selection skills of guzheng Analyze how to buy high-quality guzheng in many aspects
The unified specifications of the guzheng are: 1.63 meters, 21 strings. Most of the guzheng panels are made of tung wood from Lankao, Henan, the frame is white pine, the head, tail, and side panels of the zither have mahogany, old mahogany (Burmese acid branches), golden silk nan wood, rosewood and other precious woods, the sound quality of the guzheng depends on the panel and strings, and the surrounding materials slightly improve the timbre of the guzheng, with old mahogany, rosewood, golden silk nan wood as the best. From early to modern times, there have also been 12, 13, 18, 23, 25 strings, etc., and there are a variety of string setting methods for kites in different regions, and new types of kites include "butterfly kites" and "transpose kites".
The purchase of guzheng mainly looks at three points: timbre, material and process.
1. Usage fee
1. Panel
The sound quality of a guzheng depends on the panel and the strings, the panel is best in the middle of the yang side, the yang side refers to the whole paulownia tree placed in the water, the exposed side of the water surface is the yang side, the head and tail are the middle section, generally 9-12 years old paulownia wood is the best, especially the tung wood in Lankao, Henan, the sandy land, the wood is loose, which is conducive to the conduction of sound quality.
The panel of professional playing guzheng is the best with a through pattern, the texture spacing of the midrange area is 5-9 cm, the spacing between the treble and the bass area is 1.5-2.5 cm, and the thickness of the panel thickness is generally 9mm, 11mm, 10mm, and most of the panels currently use string cutting technology.
2. Strings
The early strings to the horsetail, deer tendon as raw materials, to the recent nylon steel wire string as the mainstream, increase the volume, but also improve the charm, the string to Germany imported steel wire mainly, carbon content is uniform, long life, good feel, to the five tone incomplete brand, Baoquan brand, Dunhuang card as the representative, more popular with professionals.
3. Kite code
Generally speaking, the mahogany guzheng supports the mahogany kite code, the Nanmu guzheng supports the chicken wing wood kite code, the rosewood guzheng supports the rosewood kite code, and there is also a saying that the color wood is the best material for the kite code, but there is no conclusive conclusion, the kite code requires the texture to be vertically downward for the best, the upper inlaid cow bone, and the stranded string groove is generally the best for 1/3 of the depth of the corresponding string.
Second, the timbre
Before trying on the timbre, you must first adjust the tone, without pitch, there is no sound quality, let alone timbre. It is recommended to make a slight adjustment before each performance to ensure the effectiveness of the performance. The timbre of the treble area requires penetration, the timbre of the midrange area should be solid, the timbre of the bass area should be thick, and the overall timbre is excessively harmonious.
Third, the process
The common processes on the guzheng are: carving, digging, shell carving, engraving, point snail, etc., in principle, the process has no impact on the timbre of the guzheng, but some processes have an impact on the sound quality of the guzheng, which has been gradually eliminated, such as the piano paint process and the cloisonné process, due to the excessive thickening of the side plate of the guzheng, affecting the resonance, the timbre is very stuffy.
Accessories for guzheng
1. One calibration wrench;
2. The violin frame (some guzheng is a kite frame);
3. Protective organ set;
4. Tortoiseshell armor.
How to buy guzheng? Multi-faceted analysis
First, do not buy high-priced guzheng. (Determine what grade of piano you want)
Good ones certainly won't be cheap, but expensive ones aren't necessarily good. It's like if you buy it in a normal mall, it's more expensive than at some musical instrument shops. At this time, the value of the guzheng cannot be directly proportional to the price.
Second, buy some good brand, big musical instrument factory products.
For example, Tianyun of Yangzhou National Musical Instrument Factory or Dunhuang of Shanghai National Musical Instrument Factory. There are some other brands that are also quite good. (For reference)
Third, patronize musical instruments with a long history, good reputation and clear price. These stores have fixed purchase channels, and they will not mess with inferior products from small factories.
Fourth, adhere to the above three points.
Not affected by anyone, including the sales clerk of the musical instrument shop and your guzheng teacher, or you have mastered certain guzheng playing skills, especially the left hand's up and down sound technology, you can refer to the following points to buy guzheng.
1. Feel
A guzheng that has been tuned has a certain elasticity when playing, and it will not be loose and collapsed, nor will it be too tight. When the left hand makes an up-and-down note, the code does not move in place.
2. Timbre
The most important thing is that the timbre should be good, when picking, you can let the boss prepare more (to more than a few, too few, no experience people can not hear) to tune each piano, and then play one by one, find a bass thick, high-pitched, rounded and no dead tone of the piano, the biggest feature of the guzheng is to rhyme, that is, the left hand on the left side of the code press, slip, chant, rub and other kung fu. These are all made with the aftersound of the left hand after playing the string with the right hand, if the aftersound is insufficient, how to make up for the sound with rhyme?
Play the 1do string with your right hand, slide the left hand to 2, stop at 2, and listen to see if the 2 is clear and lasts long enough.
The right hand plays the string, and the left hand makes a portamento. The echo lasts for a long time, and the change of tone can be clearly heard throughout the glide process, and the aftersound can still be heard after the left hand completes the action off the string. Neither right-handed or left-handed retouching should there be any noise.
The pronunciation of guzheng is the same as that of people, and it varies widely. Some people speak very clearly and sound particularly comfortable, like an announcer. But many people have problems with speaking, such as inaccurate pronunciation, too small voice, hoarse voice line, etc. A good guzheng is like an announcer, with clear pronunciation, crisp and bright, sufficient volume and strong penetration.
Common problems with guzheng pronunciation: loose sound, too small volume, covering the sound (like a person covering his mouth with his hand to speak) and so on.
3. Brand
If you are a beginner, it is recommended to buy brand-name products, choose the right one for yourself, and don't completely listen to the words of the salesman. Which brand of guzheng is good?
4. The price of guzheng is as follows:
Popular:
1, wheat flower popularization of guzheng. Ordinary wood, exquisitely made, the best choice for beginners, the market price of more than 1,000 yuan.
2. Safflower pear wood carved guzheng. Safflower rosewood, engraved, the market price is less than two thousand yuan.
3. Play the kite with a flat-ground screw. The market price is more than two thousand yuan.
4. Red pear framed stone carving playing guzheng. The market price is about three thousand yuan.
Upscale:
5. Ancient Nan wood carved dragon kite. The wood is superior, the carving pattern is exquisite, the shape is simple and elegant, and the market price is more than 4,000 yuan.
6. Ancient Nan wood carved landscape kite. The wood is superior, the carving pattern is exquisite, the shape is simple and elegant, and the market price is more than 4,000 yuan
7. Ebony carved dragon kite. Top wood, exquisite carving pattern, simple and elegant shape, the market price is less than 5,000 yuan.
8. Small-leaf red sandalwood carved landscape kite. Top wood, exquisite carving pattern, simple and elegant shape, the market price is also about 5,000.
5. Appearance
Finally pick the appearance, first of all, the chord spacing should be the same, and then see if there is cracking, the panel is smooth and flat, there is no wooden nodal, pay attention to the winding pins, elasticity is moderate, and the accessories are complete. Of course, there is one more thing that is usually not noticed. Even the purchase of guzheng is also divided into regions.
Generally speaking, in the north, the northern piano (Beijing Henan, Beijing), in the south, choose the southern piano (such as Yangzhou), this is because the north is drier, the southern piano is easy to crack in Beijing, and the southern temperature is more tide, and the northern piano is easily damp to the south and makes the tone become stuffy.