Suona is a very difficult national musical instrument. It is difficult for friends or beginners who have never been in contact with it to play the suona, let alone its famous songs, because it requires high vital capacity, and airflow control and fingering by holes are also very important, which is also the reason why it is difficult to play the suona. If you want to play the suona well, the key is to learn the correct playing method and pay attention to the practice of playing posture, finger position, mouth shape and breath. Let's see how the suona is played. First, is the suona difficult to play?

In the past, suona was often heard in rural weddings and funerals, and the sound of suona was very loud. But many friends who haven't played suona for the first time will find that suona can't play at all. Why? Is the suona difficult to play?

For untrained or beginners, it is really difficult to play suona. There are two main difficulties: one is the control of strength and airflow, and the other is the fingering of holes and the distance between fingers. Beginners don't have enough vital capacity, don't know how to breathe, and don't know how to put their fingers on the hole, so they can't blow it out naturally.

If you want to play the suona and play beautiful music with the suona, the key is to learn from the orthodox suona and practice more, so as to play the suona well.

Second, how to blow the suona?

Actually, it's not difficult to play suona. When playing the suona, your lips are naturally closed, and you can play the whistle of the suona by putting your finger on the hole of the suona. When playing suona, we should pay attention to the following aspects:

1, playing posture

Generally, suona is played standing or sitting, but it requires higher vital capacity. When standing and playing the suona, pay attention to the natural straightening of your legs. The distance between feet is about 25 cm, with the left foot in front and the right foot behind. When sitting on the suona, pay attention to separate your legs, don't tilt your feet, keep your waist straight, and sit in half a chair.

2. Finger position

After holding the suona well, the fingers naturally separate, with the left hand on top and the right hand on the bottom, and put them into the appropriate holes. The specific placement position is: the left index finger is placed on the fifth hole, and the little finger is naturally relaxed. The thumb of the right hand is placed between the three holes and four holes at the lower end, the index finger is placed on the fourth hole, the middle finger is placed on the third hole, the ring finger is placed on the second hole, and the little finger is placed on the first hole. Pay attention to the principle that fingers are not too stiff and do not leak.

3, blowing suona mouth shape

The mouth shape of suona is very important. Whether you can blow depends on your mouth shape. Pay attention to the shape of your mouth when you blow. Put the suona whistle between the upper lip and the lower lip. The upper lip is close to the whistle root, and the lower lip contains about one-third or two-thirds of the whistle (more than two-thirds are weak whistle). In the process of playing, the control of mouth shape should change with the strength, volume, timbre and skill of blowing.

4. Breathing exercises

Pay attention to the use of gas when playing, learn chest-abdomen breathing, relax the lower abdomen when inhaling, inhale through the nose as much as possible, gradually contract the lower abdomen when exhaling, and exhale evenly and rhythmically.

Generally speaking, if you want to play the suona well, you need to pay attention to the correct suona playing method and practice more. If not, you can find more tutorials or consult a professional teacher.