How can I buy a good lute?

You can play ** to the piano factory, my pipa was also bought in this way, the quality is very good, my piano is rosewood, 4800

You can pay the deposit in advance, and wait for the goods to arrive in full payment.

It is difficult to make a difference by learning pipa on your own, so you must have a good teacher to take it and let your teacher pick it for you.

1. Look. Let's look at the materials used in the pipa first. The material of the pipa, in terms of the raw materials of the back plate, is divided into four types: the highest grade, the highest, the middle grade, and the second grade.

The highest grade is to use red sandalwood as the back material, the best timbre, ** the most expensive, at present, the whole piece of red sandalwood back material of the pipa is very few, although there are, but by two or three pieces of red sandalwood material spelled together. High-grade is to use mahogany as the backing material, there are many varieties of mahogany, including the old mahogany (the color is black and red, it is difficult to buy at present) the new mahogany (the color is light red, most of the mahogany pipa that can be bought on the market at present are this one) as the backing material, the timbre is better, and it is slightly more expensive. The mid-range is made of rosewood and fragrant mahogany, and the timbre is still good, and the sound is moderate.

The inferior ones use white wood (such as (hole) wood, etc.) as the backing material, and the timbre is poor, and the ** is the cheapest. The whole material of the back plate is the best, and the elephant shell is the most expensive.

2. Listen. The lute with its strong volume and sonorous sound is the first choice of buyers. A well-sounding lute that you will love when you play it.

The more you play, the more you love to play, it can be said that you really "never get tired of bullets". Therefore, when buying a pipa, you must first play it and listen to its acoustics.

For the timbre of the pipa, the older generation of performers once listed the five timbres of "sharp", "tang", "loose", "crisp" and "explosive", and required that the five timbres of sharp, tang, loose, crisp and explosive on a pipa should be possessed. "Sharp" means that the sound of the lower treble is very bright, "Tang" means that the sound of the lower range is very strong, and "loose" means that the pronunciation is very sensitive after playing the strings; "Brittle" refers to the grade.

The timbre of the first, second, and third positions is crisp; "Explosion" refers to the timbre that can produce the sound of gold and stone, the sound has thickness and weight, and the music can be transmitted far. Among them, there is a great contradiction in the production. For example, on the pipa that can produce the sound of the hall and the song, the sound of the golden stone that can not be heard by most of the people who can explode is solid and rich in the sound of the golden stone, and most of the sound of the hall and the pine is lost.

How can you achieve a very loud volume and a very responsive response on a pipa, and at the same time, you can have the sound of gold and stone, and a solid and powerful timbre.

How to choose a pipa:

1. Materials: When purchasing pipa, you need to choose the back wood material of the pipa, usually the materials for making pipa are white wood, fragrant mahogany, rosewood, mahogany, old mahogany, ebony, rosewood, etc.

Among them, it is not recommended to buy thousands of pieces of white wood, safflower pear, fragrant mahogany and other materials of pipa, this kind of piano is often mass-produced, the material and timbre are poor, long-term use will lead to stubborn bias, the ear will be tragic.

If you have a limited budget and pursue high cost performance, you can choose wenge wood, African mahogany, etc., because the quality of the wood is uneven, this kind of set should be carefully selected. If you want to choose a piano with good sound quality and timbre, you can give preference to mahogany, old mahogany, and rosewood.

2. Appearance and appearance:

The thickness is moderate and it feels comfortable in the hand. The shape of the head should be elegant, and the thickness and width of the phase and back should be appropriate, so that the feel is better when the phase is pressed.

The thickness and roundness of the back of the first position of the grade should make the left hand feel comfortable when pressing the sound without feeling tired, if the thickness is too thick, the tone will be very tired, which is not conducive to pressing and releasing quickly, especially not conducive to pressing the string with the fingertips; Being too thin will also make it inconvenient to press the tone, which is not suitable.

The appearance of the pipa: pay attention to observe whether the back of the pipa is deformed and whether there are cracks, especially hidden cracks and cracks at the through. The cracking of the back of the lute is mainly due to the fact that the wood is not dry enough, and cracks appear in drier climates.

This phenomenon is particularly prevalent in the north; Of course, there are also lutes that are not painted; Some pipas are beautiful with carvings and various paintings on the back, and can be purchased according to your preference.

3. Covering hands: The materials for covering hands are now made of bamboo, and in the past, ivory horns, mahogany, rosewood and other materials were also used. The higher the position of the hand, the greater the volume of the lute will be, but the timbre is prone to emptying, the effective length of the string will be shortened, and the tension of the string will not be enough.

If the position of the overhand is lower, the opposite is true.

The thickness of the upper mouth of the hand should be slightly thinner, the winding side can be slightly thicker, and the sub-chord side should be slightly thinner. The slot on the left side of the overlay string should not be too narrow, as it will make the chord difficult to pass when changing the string, and the purpose of slotting will be lost.

4. Panel: When choosing a pipa, it is very important to look at the material and texture of the pipa panel. The panel material should be made of paulownia material. The texture of the paulownia should be loose, the distance between the straight lines is appropriate and average, and there are fine horizontal lines.

5. Zhenzi (pin):

When choosing a pipa, it is very important to pay attention to whether the treasures of the pipa are made of dense seams and do not shake, and the materials of the treasures are white horns, black horns, ivory, mahogany, red sandalwood, etc.

Pipa Zhenzi generally appears that the contact between the size of Zhenzi and the Pipa string groove is not tight. The size of the two round holes inserted into the string groove and the contact between the two round holes and the treasure should be very close, if one end is not close, there will be a "fried shaft" and "running sound" phenomenon.