Post by phoenixiao on Apr 25, 2018 4:20:14 GMT
After having trained intensively for half a year, I've some experience/realisation which I hope to check with expert players.
For beginner instructions, they almost always speak of the difficulty getting sound from closing all finger holes (筒音). This implies it is easier to reach/sustain a note if more holes are opened, and beginners are asked to start from there.
When it comes to the highest notes (3rd octave 5, 6, 7, 1), there are often alternative fingerings for each note. What I discovered is that the fingering that has more holes covered is actually easier for reaching/sustaining the note. This seems to go against the idea that having more open holes is easier. I'm guessing there's some sound theory to why this happens and curious to verify this observation.
For beginner instructions, they almost always speak of the difficulty getting sound from closing all finger holes (筒音). This implies it is easier to reach/sustain a note if more holes are opened, and beginners are asked to start from there.
When it comes to the highest notes (3rd octave 5, 6, 7, 1), there are often alternative fingerings for each note. What I discovered is that the fingering that has more holes covered is actually easier for reaching/sustaining the note. This seems to go against the idea that having more open holes is easier. I'm guessing there's some sound theory to why this happens and curious to verify this observation.
