I am a pure "happy blind", to what extent "blind"? I'm about to retire, I don't know any musical instruments, not even "Doo Mi Fa...""Corresponds" 1234...."Every Arabic numeral needs to be calculated!
I have always been envious of those classmates and colleagues who can play musical instruments. I was about to retire, and I had a lot of free time, so I had the idea of learning a musical instrument. My daughter knew my idea, and based on my almost blank foundation of music theory, she bought me a musical instrument on the Internet that is said to be the easiest and easiest to learn, the "Ethereal Drum", which is a musical instrument that has just become popular in recent years, full metal, oblate, like the size of a basin mouth, and uses two drumsticks to strike the tongue-like blades on it to vibrate and make sounds, so it is also called "steel tongue drum". Some say that the ethereal drum originated from ancient Chinese chimes, while others say that it was born in the United States in 2006.
The ethereal drum is simple to learn, with the tongue-like blades marked with the Arabic numerals "1234....According to the score, hit the corresponding note with a drumstick to play the tune.
My foundation in music theory is almost "zero", and I choose the simplest and crudest way to learn musical notation, which is to put "1234..." on a piece of paperThe pronunciation is marked out in Chinese characters, and then read repeatedly, "1 a 哆 2 a 唻 3 a mi 4 a hair 5 a whoosh 6 a la 7 a west", quickly memorized, just take out a random number, I can immediately read the correct pronunciation.
When the ethereal drum mail came, it came with a practical tutorial, which contained many pieces suitable for ethereal drum percussion, and I chose a simple and familiar song "Jasmine" to start practicing. Later, I hummed the score one by one, and then repeatedly struck it one by one, and the previous one was able to be struck coherently, and then the next one, and the more times I did, the score was imprinted in my mind, and I could knock out the tune without looking at the score, and finally formed a muscle memory, and I could knock the tune out without thinking.
There are many small mysteries on the score, some notes have small black dots on them, and some notes have small black dots below; Some notes have arcs above them, and some notes have horizontal lines below; There are also one or two vertical lines between the notes. I don't know what it means. Fortunately, I have two "teachers", one is my daughter-in-law, she can play the electronic piano, can play the harmonica, and is also self-taught. Another one of my classmates has a certain knowledge of music theory and has also helped me a lot.
The sound of the ethereal drum is clear, long, deep, and mellow, and it is refreshing to beat. I can now skillfully percussion a number of songs, "Let's swing the sculls", "When is the bright moon", "The sun that never rises on the grassland", etc., the most ethereal drum is "Yunshui Zen Heart", there is really an ethereal inspiration that forgets both things and me; My favorite song is "A Laugh in the Sea", "The sea laughs, the tide on both sides of the strait, the ups and downs with the waves only remember the present day..."It is as if you are in the middle of a river and lake full of pride and happiness.
The ethereal drum made me understand music theory roughly, and I took off the hat of "music blind". Next, I want to learn another instrument, I have a ready-made electronic organ, harmonica and ukulele at home, which one is more suitable for learning? I like ukulele more, I don't know if it's good to learn?