Chapter 307 The flute is divided into four grades
Like Ma Di, Zhang Yanwu is a famous flute master in China. Although others are on Baodao, their flute skills are of the same origin as Madi and are nurtured by the "Wanwankong" music of West China. Therefore, the two of them have similar flutes, and their tempers are similar, so they become good friends. On weekdays, they will be together when they have time, or through the Internet or in reality. It can be said that their understanding of flutes is on the same level.
How much does a good bamboo flute cost? If you ask this question about ordinary people or flute students, there may be a hundred statements of one hundred people, but to their level, you have a clearer understanding of this issue. Generally speaking, putting aside those amateur shoddy bamboo flutes, professional playing bamboo flutes can be divided into four categories: ordinary, fine, top-quality and treasure flutes.
Ordinary flutes, that is, among the flutes sold to the outside world, the so-called "master identification" flutes. These flutes are often processed with professional technology and have guaranteed pitch. In addition, after the master identification procedure, they also have a certain degree of tone. In the eyes of everyone like them, they can barely take them to the stage to play. If this flute is not "blackly priced", it can be won by about 500 yuan.
Further, there is the "Boutique" series. This boutique is not the so-called "boutique" marked in the instrument stores, but the boutique recognized by these masters. It is a boutique selected from the previous category of flutes. Generally speaking, this flute has better pitch, more sensitive pronunciation, and a better tone than ordinary playing flutes. Of course, if you can identify this "boutique" flute, there are no more than two-handed people in China who have this qualification. This flute is generally not available on the Internet, only those who are with them.
Only teachers with close relationships can buy them, and the price is not expensive, usually more than 1,000 yuan. In fact, this type of flute is still in the category of "ordinary flutes" mentioned above, but it has been further "selected" by these masters. The price of this type of flute is more than doubled compared to the previous type of flutes. It is generally between 1,000 and 1,500 yuan. Of course, this price is also flexible. If it has a good relationship with the master who identifies flutes, it can be cheaper or free. However, there are naturally human favors here.
If you reach the "Best" series, it will be a "quality" change. Generally speaking, you can't buy this kind of flute because these flutes are the most handy and suitable flutes that the masters find when they are appraised. If you encounter this kind of flute, you will encounter it. It is something that is hard to come by and will naturally not be sold outside. Generally, these masters leave it to themselves. If you have to estimate the price, the friendship price will be two or three thousand yuan.
Finally, it is the "Bao Flute". The so-called "Bao Flute" does not have a certain standard, and it is only in the mind of everyone. The flute is a handmade musical instrument, and the materials are naturally grown and cannot be mass-made using modern industrial standards (those flutes that come down from the assembly line of dozens of yuan per piece are not counted). Therefore, strictly speaking, the pitch and tone of each flute are different. Being able to pick a flute that suits you the most and satisfactory among the many flutes is harder than finding a good girlfriend.
In this way, when you really encounter such a flute, you feel more cherished and precious. A truly good flute can make the performer feel like a tiger, and you think you can hear it. In the eyes of the masters, this flute is a "bao flute". This flute is truly hard to find and cannot be bought for no amount of money. In the past, some people were like each other and gifted with "bao flute" would become a legend that was circulated in the flute world. If a master got a treasure flute, he would invite many friends to taste it together, called "picking flute", which is even more beautiful.
Now, Zhang Yanwu is holding such an ordinary flute bag in his hand, and his friend Madi told him that the flute bag is worth "100,000 yuan". A set of flutes usually ranges from ten to twelve pieces. Even if it is at most twelve pieces, it will cost more than 8,000 per piece on average. This price is simply equivalent to the "bao flute". Although "bao flute" is priceless, how much is a musical instrument made of bamboo worth if it is really sold? The so-called "bao flute" is rare in the hands of these performers. If it is sold on the market, how many people agree to spend so much money to buy a flute?
Looking at Madi's expression "You can open it and try it out", Zhang Yanwu pulled open the black flute bag in confusion.
The flute bag is a very ordinary canvas bag, which is very simple and only costs a few dozen yuan per person outside. How can a truly good flute be used to pack it with this kind of bag? Zhang Yanwu muttered in his heart.
The flute bag was opened, but there were only seven flutes. Zhang Yanwu looked at it and was the keys of c, d, e, f, g, a, and a large a with a bass, which was far from being called a set. At most, it was just that the common tunes were all complete.
Zhang Yanwu first saw the workmanship of the flute. In his opinion, this batch of purple bamboo flutes are exquisitely crafted, with excellent materials and excellent appearance. However, they are better than this flute, and he doesn't know how many times he has seen, so he didn't show too surprised. If this pack of flutes can be called "Bao Flute" by its appearance alone, then "Bao Flute" would be too worthless!
The only thing that surprised him was that except for the big A, the rest of these seven flutes were actually one flute. Although the top purple bamboo flute did have the advantages of playing more effort and having a more beautiful tone than two flutes, it also had the disadvantages of changing pitch with the temperature and being difficult to adjust.
With doubts, Zhang Yanwu picked up a F-tune bangdi.
His representative work "The West China Narrative Song" was played with the F-tuning Bangdi, so when he was trying the flute, he subconsciously picked up a F-tuning flute.
The flute is moderately light and heavy, with even holes, and the flute head and tail are wrapped in high-quality natural horns. There is a Tang poem on the flute head, but it is Zhang Qiao's "Beast of the Band"
A song of Liangzhou Jinshiqing,
The wind blows in the river city.
There are old battlers in the audience,
Don’t blow the sound of the flute on the plug!
The word is a silver hook and iron painting, and the word is a golden sword and iron horse! Although it is only written on the bamboo wall, it has a sharp and awe-inspiring meaning! Especially the sentence "There are old soldiers on the battlefield in the seat", the words reveal a solemn and killing intention of an ancient battlefield, which makes people feel respectful and fascinated!
"Good characters!" Zhang Yanwu is also a person who knows things. People are often familiar with flutes. As the essence of Chinese studies, they naturally have research on calligraphy, and their appreciation level is not low. The inscriptions on flute walls are not new, and there are generally high-end flutes, but most of them are laser engraved, and they don't look interesting. However, these calligraphy looks completely hand-made, and the writing skills alone are enough to make people move!
Of course, this is only seen in the eyes of Zhang Yanwu, a "half-in-law". If there were really calligraphy here, everyone would definitely exclaim on the spot when they saw this stroke of calligraphy!
It is as sharp as a dragon, as graceful as a wind! Although there are only a few numbers, it is so vivid that the brushwork is as continuous as the Yangtze River! This kind of brushwork is probably enough to help the world's top calligraphy masters!
Of course, Chu Yang personally engraved this calligraphy. The final engraving of each set of "Bamboo Rhyme" flutes was completed by him. Although Chu Yang is not a master of calligraphy, he is well-versed in one method and a hundred methods. When he was writing, he did not deliberately copy any work, but he incorporated the rhythm of music into his strokes and directly outlined the artistic conception of the poem. This technique is much more clever than those who only copied the shape.
For example, when Chu Yang wrote a poem, the solemn and vast scenes of the ancient frontier battlefield naturally emerged in his mind, and this kind of artistic conception naturally emerged in his writing!
"Don't just look at the characters. Of course, Chu Yang's characters are good. It's not too late to read them slowly with time. Do you want to blow them first?" Madi looked at Zhang Yanwu and urged with a smile. As for the old friend who was surprised when he saw Chu Yang's words, he was not surprised at all. When he first saw Chu Yang's inscription on the flute, his reaction was similar to him, even more so than him. Because he knew that Chu Yang's flute was also very good, even above him. It is simply unreasonable for such a person to practice calligraphy to such a level! As long as an ordinary person can make a name for himself in his life, it is already very difficult. This guy is so powerful in both items?
Well, it seems that he can sing and won a championship in some competition!
In short, when Madi looked at Chu Yang now, he had completely regarded him as a monster.
"Okay, then try it." Zhang Yanwu straightened the flute, but found that the flute film had been pasted on the membrane hole, and it looked like it had been pasted for a few days. No matter whether it was the old or the technique of the membrane, he could not find any problems. So he simply did not re-add it, but just put the flute film on his face for a while, and "awakened" the membrane.
"Hey, why is the inner wall of the flute blowing hole so messy?" When Zhang Yanwu picked up the flute and was about to blow, he found that there were many fine small textures on the inside of the flute blowing hole. At first glance, it looked very messy, but when he looked closely, it seemed to have some strange rhythm.
He tried to blow the scale twice as he raised the flute. Suddenly, his small eyes, which were not big, immediately widened!
Smooth, moist, smooth and translucent! The scales that are blown out at will have an effect that is no less than those after professional equipment and reverb!
Chapter completed!