Suona has several holes and nine hole suona size

Suona is also known as a horn, and a small suona is also known as a siren.

Suona, eight holes are cut in the wooden conical pipe (seven in the front and one in the back), the upper end of the pipe is equipped with a thin copper pipe, the upper end of the copper pipe is covered with a double-reed reed whistle, and the upper end of the wooden pipe has a copper bowl-shaped amplifier. Although the suona has eight holes, the seventh hole sound is the same as the cylinder sound, and the eighth hole sound is the same as the first hole sound.

Vocal range and timbre.

D-key soprano suona is scored according to the actual pitch with a treble clef. It has a total range of a(1)-b(3) and a common range in bands is a(1)-d(3).

The middle and low tones of the suona are bold and strong, and all kinds of skills are easy to play and very expressive; The treble is tense and sharp, and should be applied cautiously in the band.

The suona has 8 holes, but now there is a keyed suona.

Suona, also known as the trumpet, as early as the two Jin Dynasty (AD 265 - 420 AD) excavated in the Xinjiang Kizil ancient cave has suona performance pictures, the Ming Dynasty Zhengde period (AD 1506 - 1521) called "instigation"; In 1759 of the Qing Dynasty, suona was called "Surnai" in the "Hui tribal music". Around 1805, suona spread in the interior of the Central Plains, especially in North China. Wang Pan of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the word "Chaotianzi":

Trumpet, suona, small song, big ......”

The suona is an oboe instrument, which is composed of a whistle, an air plate, a rod, a bowl and other parts, and the shaft has eight pronunciation holes. At that time, there were many types of suona in the Central Plains, including soprano suona (BB tune), sub-soprano suona (G tune), alto suona (A tune), siren (mouth stuffiness) and so on. Zhu Zai, a famous science and art superstar in the Ming Dynasty, gave up his title and wrote his life, with 17 works such as "New Theory of Law", "Ancient Texts of the Book of Music", "Spiral Palace Score", etc., in 1606, he gathered his life's energy to compile the brilliant masterpiece "The Complete Book of Music and Rhythm", using precise calculation method to create a "new secret law rate" - that is, twelve equal laws, solved the problem of "rotating phase for the palace" that has been discussed by the people in the past dynasties, and improved the pronunciation position of the suona, and developed the "three-eyed pipe" on the basis of the suona eight-tone hole. It made a great contribution to the development of national musical instruments at that time.

The dimensions are as follows:

Small suona: the rod is 22-30 cm long. The most commonly used is the 23 cm long rod (also known as the "triple squeak").

Medium suona: rod length 32-40 cm. The most commonly used is the 37 cm long rod (aka the "black pole").

Big suona: the pole is 42 57 cm long. The most commonly used is the one with a pole length of 50 cm (aka the "big pole").

One foot of four suona should be D tune:

First, use a measuring stick to measure the distance of the hole in the rod body, the distance from the top of the upper end of the rod to the center of the eighth hole is 46mm, the length from the seventh hole is 61mm, the length from the sixth hole is 76mm, the length from the fifth hole is 99mm, and the length from the fourth hole is 116mm.

The length from the third hole is 152mm, the length from the second hole is 177mm, and the length from the first hole is 204mm. Then use a punch machine to punch the hole according to the measured distance.

Summary. The following is the fingering table in the key of D, which is the fingering of the third hole of the suona in the key of D as do (1) and the cylinder sound as so (5).

The following is the fingering table in the key of D, which is the fingering of the third hole of the suona in the key of D as do (1) and the cylinder sound as so (5).

Summary. 1) Fat mouth. The new whistle reed is not conformable, as soon as it sticks and wets, the whistle opens wide again, and it can't be blown away.

The solution is to put the whistle on the bamboo shaojiao, and use a soldering iron to brand the front and back of the whistle, and burn the two corners of the whistle side. The whistle is kept pointed at both ends, and the middle drum is in the shape of a jujube pit. (2) The whistle surface is thick, the pronunciation is dull, and it is not bright.

You can use a knife to scrape the whistle surface (or grind it lightly with sandpaper), scrape the middle of the root of the whistle surface, so that there is a hard tendon in the middle, and the whistle surface is straightened up, which is conducive to vibration. The whistle is lightly ground with a grinding stone or fine sandpaper to make the whistle thinner and respond quickly when blowing.

1) Fat mouth. The new whistle reed is not conformable, as soon as it sticks and wets, the whistle opens wide again, and it can't be blown away. The solution is to put the whistle on the bamboo shaojiao, and use a soldering iron to brand the front and back of the whistle, and burn the two corners of the whistle side.

The whistle is kept pointed at both ends, and the middle drum is in the shape of a jujube pit. Disadvantage (2) The whistle is thick, and the pronunciation of Bu Xiao is slow and not bright. You can use a knife to gently scrape the whistle surface (or grind it with sandpaper), scrape the middle of the root of the whistle surface less, so that there is a hard tendon in the middle, and stand up the whistle surface to play the draft, which is conducive to vibration.

The whistle is lightly ground with a grinding stone or fine sandpaper to make the whistle thinner and respond quickly when blowing.

3) The whistle is thin, the treble is not easy to blow, and the upper handle is pronounced low. You can use scissors to cut off the round part of the whistle that is one small year old. (4) Cavity collapse.

The whistle is not a jujube kernel type, but a concave in the middle, so that the treble cannot be blown out, and the air sound of "eating and eating" appears when the weak tone is blown. You can use a bamboo skewer to prop up the whistle surface, and use a soldering iron to re-brand. If the cavity collapse is severe, it will be difficult to repair.

(5) Hiding gas. Since the reed has two shoulders, the whistle surface should be fan-shaped rather than square, and the square is called a shoulder, resulting in slow response. You can use your thumb - index finger to hold the whistle surface, pinch it firmly, use the thumbnail of the right hand to scrape two clips and punch it, press off the corners of the two clips, or use a soldering iron to solder the corners to make the square into a fan shape to avoid hiding gas.

It's not a matter of reeds.

It's that there is a problem with the pronunciation of the fifth hole.

What should be done?

If only one or two tones are inaccurate, it is caused by the inaccurate distance of the hole. The sound hole with the high pitch can be plugged with a little stove beeswax above the sound hole; For low-sounding sound holes, you can dig up a little above the sound holes.