Youth Learning the Yangqin: Audio Version

Author: Ding Yanyi
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book incorporates the author's nearly four years of experience in playing and teaching the yangqin, comprehensively covering more than twenty basic techniques of yangqin performance, such as simultaneous hammering on the same note, octave splitting, unison playing, sitting tone, accompanying tone, and tremolo.
1. The author aims to achieve a comprehensive grasp of these techniques through fifty etudes in a relatively concise format.
2. The etudes are designed for children and adolescents, emphasizing melodic appeal and vivid imagery in their composition.
3. To address common issues in children's playing posture and techniques, the etudes emphasize training with each hand individually and introduce two-part exercises early on.
4. Considering the lack of professional yangqin teachers in small and medium-sized cities and rural areas, the etudes progress from easy to advanced techniques, forming a systematic teaching plan. Additionally, to promote music theory education, each etude includes explanations of playing methods and theoretical knowledge.
5. Twenty intermediate and advanced solo yangqin pieces are selected, including traditional masterpieces, folk music, Cantonese music, Jiangnan silk and bamboo music, original compositions, and arrangements of Chinese and foreign songs. Children's themes are also included. To enhance practice interest, arrangements for yangqin ensemble, accompaniment songs, and pieces for the erhu are also included.