When playing the major sanxian, sit in a sitting position with your legs apart naturally, your left leg slightly stretched forward, or your right leg resting on your left leg, the piano and drum placed on your right leg, and the head of the piano tilted to the upper left . Hold the piano rod lightly with your left hand, press the strings with your index finger, middle finger, and ring finger in a dragon-claw gesture. Use your thumb and index finger on your right hand to hold a pick or wear bone nails to pluck the strings to pronounce the sound. Hold the remaining three fingers in the palm of your hand. You can also use five fingers to play. Play.

There are many ways to tune the three-stringed string. Among the people, there are two types of tuning methods: "hard middle string" or "soft middle string". The "hard middle string" is the most commonly used. "Hard middle string" means that the middle string and the inner string are related by a fifth degree, and the outer string and the inner string are related by an octave; "soft middle string" means that the middle string and the inner string are related by a fourth degree, and the outer string and the inner string are related by an octave. relation.

In national bands or solos, the three strings are also designated as "hard middle strings", such as C, G, c; D, A, d or G, d, g, etc. The vocal range is one or three octaves. The sound of the three-stringed instrument is solid and crisp in the treble, bright and round in the midrange, and full and thick in the bass. The volume is louder.

The techniques of the left hand include boarding, sticking, kneading, buckling, sliding, etc., while the techniques of the right hand include playing, picking, double playing, double picking, rolling, dividing, sweeping, smashing, and rubbing. It can freely play major and minor thirds, pure fourths, fifths and octaves and other two-notes. It can also play chords composed of three notes, and can change the key to play.

Extended information

When playing, hang the strap around your neck, place the piano bar across the front of your abdomen, place the piano tube on the right side of your waist and hips, and place the piano head diagonally to the upper left. Hold the piano bar with the tiger's mouth of your left hand, press only the outer strings with your index, middle and ring fingers together, and hold the pick in your right hand to play the strings. The pick is made of hardwood or old bamboo. It is narrow and flat in the middle and slightly wider and sloped at both ends, both of which can be used for playing.

The extra large dasanxian cannot be played on the back, so it is hung on a large branch or stand and played. The major sanxian is often tuned according to the relationship between fifths and fourths or between fourths and fifths. For example, the tuning is: c, g, c1 or d, g, d1. Occasionally, it is also tuned according to the relationship between thirds and fourths, such as: : e, g, c1, etc.

The pronunciation is low, the volume is loud, and the tone is rich. The left hand does not change its position, but only presses the third tone above the outer string, and this tone and the open string sounds of the middle and inner strings form a rhythm and melody.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Da Sanxian

Baidu Encyclopedia - Da Sanxian of Yi Nationality