"That's a handmade flute. Because of the war, the trade between cities was interrupted.
The handmade flutes I sell are made by an old man nearby who is proficient in musical instruments, but he has moved away. I have not seen him for many days, and I have not been able to contact him...
Therefore, new goods should not be available in a short period of time. Girls can choose other musical instruments to have a look, our musical instruments all sound very good."
The old man showed me the instruments one by one and tried the timbres of each one.
"But what I want to buy most is the flute..." Is it useful to buy other musical instruments as a substitute? I'm thinking.
"If that's the case, I can't help you, girl..." the old man said regretfully.
"Isn't this Pipa good?"
Dorgon picked up a wooden pipa with a semi-pear-shaped speaker and gave it to me.
"lute?"
Not wanting to go against his good intentions, I had to take the pipa and look at it carefully.
The pipa has a wide range of sounds, various playing techniques, and rich expressive power; when playing, each finger of the left hand presses the strings at the corresponding fret, and the right hand wears a celluloid fake nail to pluck the strings to pronounce the music.
"Girl, you can try."
The old uncle handed me the prepared fake nails, "I just don't know if fake nails are suitable."
"Then...let me try..."
Put on the fake nails, gently pluck the strings, once, twice, the sound is very good, I can't help but play my favorite pipa song "Ambush from Flying Daggers".
This piece of music is widely circulated. It is a large-scale pipa piece with historical themes. There is no definite conclusion as to when the music was created. The data can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty.
I remember that when watching large-scale historical dramas like The Reign of Zhenguan, this majestic piece of music often appeared.
"Girl, you have great piano skills."
The old man's applause marked the last note for me, and then I realized that there were people watching around me.
They clapped their hands vigorously and praised my music.
I haven’t had this sense of accomplishment for a long time. In every music competition at school, as long as it involved Western musical instruments, I lost to Li Duolun, even though I was the princess of musical instruments.
Of course, when it comes to Chinese classical musical instruments, he is far inferior to me, and this is something I am proud of.