"The five-string guqin is worthy of being the will of heaven. Dad, you said: How can you compare to the tricks and tricks on the mountain road? Now my daughter has entered a different place and has a trick again. I hope you won't mind my choice."

Donghuang Mingyue murmured to himself, stroking the guqin with both hands, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

The quality of the piano depends on the Nine Destinies. A good piano often has many advantages in its sound, such as: the bass should be thick, the high notes should be metal and stone, the sound should be loose and round, without noise, etc.

The key to the music of the piano is to penetrate the hearts of the people, so the standards for determining a good piano are often based on its rhyme and expressiveness. Generally, it does not directly require the volume. This also shows the strict requirements of Chinese pianos for sound quality and the noble aesthetic style.

To this end, the ancestors of Qinmen summarized the theory of the Nine Virtues through long-term analysis and research.

The so-called nine virtues of the piano means that an ideal piano should have nine standards, namely: strange, ancient, transparent, quiet, moist, round, clear, uniform, and fragrant.

Of course, the "Spring Thunder" made by Lei Wei and the "Nine Sky Ring Pear" with both the nine virtues are very rare treasures. Generally speaking, having all virtues is already a rare good zither.

Nine De Jian said

(One)

The so-called strange refers to the zither's relaxed, crisp and smooth, and the material is easy, crisp and smooth. The sound is also easy, crisp and smooth.

(II) Ancient

The so-called ancient refers to the sound of the piano and the elegance of the music of the metal and stone.

(Three)

The so-called "transparent" refers to the pronunciation of the piano with clear and long distance without being blocked.

(Four) Quiet

The so-called quiet means that the sound of the piano is pure and has no noise.

(V) Run

The so-called moist refers to the sound of the piano without dryness, the rhyme is endless, and the clear and remote are cute.

(Six) Circle

The so-called round refers to the sound of the piano that is not dispersed.

(Seventh) Qing Dynasty

The so-called Qing refers to the sound of the piano like metal and stone, like a bell and bell in the wind.

(8) Even

The so-called uniform refers to the seven strings of the piano, which are both clear and round, even and balanced, and there is no disease of three solid and four deficiency.

(9) Fang

The so-called "Fang" refers to the longer the piano is played, the more sound it sounds.

Just now, Donghuang played the bright moon and knew that this piano was both of nine virtues, which was a rare good piano, which really made her love.

The bright moon in the Eastern Emperor closed his eyes and listened to the sound of things. With the jade fingers, the wonderful sounds of heaven and earth came out according to the strings, so that all the five lakes could hear the sound.

Although Donghuang Mingyue plays the piano, she also uses Tao to enter the piano and evolves into the piano. What is the real piano?

The guqin is a musical instrument with a deep Taoist color. Like Taoist swords, whisks and other magical instruments, its function is not only to cultivate the mind and cultivate nature, suppress evil and cleanse worries, but also a medium for Taoism to connect with the universe.

Its own structure reflects the Taoist view of the universe and life, and its tone is also subtle and restrained, simple and profound. Most of the songs passed down are far away from the dust and have a slight meaning. Therefore, people have been talking about the piano and the piano for many years.

The guqin can be used for entertainment, but it embraces a wider space of connotation. Its path is deep and colorful, connecting the vast vastness of the world and bringing the sentient beings from the world.

A person who plays the piano but does not know the qin is like being a human being without knowing the cause and effect. He will do nothing all his life, spend his time and be a craftsman. After all, he will look at flowers in the fog, and his appearance is in harmony with his spirit.

So what is the real piano?

The piano is the projection of the correct understanding of the universe and life of those who practice Taoism on the guqin, not a simple way to play the piano.

Chinese culture is a culture of cultivation, and piano is a concentrated reflection of this culture of cultivation in music. In summary, it should be reflected in the following aspects:

1. The correct understanding of the motivation for playing the piano

The ancients said: If you want to accomplish something, you must first correct your heart; the same is true for playing the zither. If your heart is not upright, it will be difficult to be skilled. Our ancestors often learn zither to cultivate morality and calm their minds. Therefore, there is a saying that "prosperity is based on poetry, standing in etiquette, and achieving music."

Poetry enlightens people's spirituality, etiquette corrects people's behavior, and joy ultimately improves people's character, which is also the best way to achieve the virtues of gentlemen.

It can be said that practicing etiquette is an external constraint, while studying music is an active assimilation path that comes from the heart, and dissolves into harmony with the same heaven and earth.

Music of course refers to the elegant music of ancient times, which is not the general music that people understand. Most of the music in the world is mostly vulgar music, full of vulgar feelings and madness, similar to the sound of conquest that people hate deeply, and some are even music from the devil.

What is elegant music? Elegant music is the presentation of the music of the world. One is manifested in the music of the temple, which is the joy of the Huang Zhong Dalu who praises the gods and praises the ancient sages, the great chapters and the great elegance; there is also elegant music in the palace, which is now unknown; the other is the guqin music used by gentlemen to cultivate themselves, and they are alone and travel around the world in their hearts. They have been passed down through the years and have been passed down to future generations.

Ancient sages used music to educate sentient beings, and gentlemen used elegant zithers to mingle with gods. The zither was used as a means of greatness to communicate with the universe and shake the wind and clouds. The finest could also harmonize the spirit and lead people to goodness.

Life is a painful journey and a lonely journey. Literary and wise men, fishermen, fishermen, floating and rising between officialdom and proud of the songs of mountains and rivers. How can we settle down in unjustness? How can we express our thoughts of mist and clouds? And the guqin is the best companion.

Therefore, the ancients played the piano not for the entertainment of ordinary people in the market, but forbidden the mind of dust to be in harmony with the way of heaven; not for seeking fame and fortune to the world, but for sending distant feelings to the heaven to hear; not for venting the momentary anger, but for sending elegant thoughts to the whole world.

2. Review of the piano state

Some music performances are mostly a kind of performance art, which has penetrated many impure factors and lost the true meaning of music. However, the ancients played the piano completely based on their understanding of life, either for meditation or pure thoughts; or for wandering in the ancient times, or for spreading their thoughts to soulmates; or for enjoying the empty mountains or singing in the fairy hall.

Here, the individual's mind can enter a wider space and time, communicate with the spirit of heaven and earth, be one of ancient and modern times, and all things flow together.

Playing the piano is actually a spiritual practice. The piano person must have a heart towards the Tao before he can gradually enter the hall and achieve a good state.

If you want to play the piano, you must first sit upright, calm your mind and calm your thoughts, and enter into tranquility. If you cannot get up, then you can click the piano into the strings and the palace and Shang will continue to ring.

The heart moves and points to respond, and the heart goes; the heart and hands are united, and the human and the piano are blended together, and the wonderful environment is everywhere; it is like white clouds wandering in the vast void, and the orchids are born in the empty valley; the clear scenery in the world is endless, and the mist and clouds on the piano are infinite.

The zither is the most pure thing, and it cannot be used to enter music in the common sense, and should not be adjacent to the defeated scenery. It is said that there is something to play, but there is something not to play.

The ancients often chose elegant and quiet places to play the piano in order to correspond to nature. Under the breeze and bright moon, when flowers fall and birds sing, in the quiet room of the house, all three or five close friends can touch the scene to understand the heart, and when they feel it, they will chant. When they point the lower finger, the wind and clouds will arise, and when the song ends, the sound will be silent. The wonder of this is difficult to tell outsiders.

3. The understanding of the connotation of the piano music

Music is the beauty of virtue. Wonderful music should be the presentation of the author's state of mind, the crystallization of virtue, or the flower blooming of the spirit of life; when people caress these music, they enter the author's time and space field, everything here is a living life display, bringing people spiritual pleasure and life enlightenment.

To be perfect, what is the most words! Beauty is the form of expression of the work, and goodness is the essential connotation of music; without the premise of goodness, beauty will only mutate and lead people to the wrong path.

Therefore, the recognition of the connotation of the music is a tracing of the moral realm of the sages, and then leading to a broader source of life.

The ancients said: "Of the eight sounds, only the string is the best, and the zither is the first."

The guqin has been passed down to this day. Influenced by philosophical thoughts, the musical style tends to be quiet, implicit, soft and elegant.

"There are only three sounds to play the piano. It is called scattering, scattering, and pressing."

Any scattered sound is empty, bright and loud, just like the vastness of heaven and earth and the simplicity of Feng Shui, which is the scattered sound.

Any sound that is crisp, beautiful, light and clear, like bees and butterflies picking flowers, and dragonflies tapping water, is the overtone.

The sound of the press is simple, quiet and solid, like the towering bells and drums, and the cliffs are bright and the so-called real sound.

Depending on the performance method, a normal guqin can play seven scattered notes, ninety-one overtones, and more than one hundred and forty scattered notes.

Guqin music focuses on the contrast between virtual and real tone, and pursues the combination of sound and rhyme of music. "Sound" refers to the sound and is classified as the "real" sound, and "rhyme" refers to the slip and continuation sound produced by the slip and play method, and is classified as the "xu" sound.

Since guqin music rarely uses the abrupt sound stop technique, in order to pursue the musical expression effect of "walking around for three days without stopping", the performers often use the expression method of gradually becoming empty and quiet, making the guqin music gradually becoming quiet, leading the musical thoughts and aesthetic imagination to the distance in the distant world, and sublimating the soul in the lingering sound. (To be continued)
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