The teaching of waist drum performance is as follows:
First hang the waist drum on the right shoulder, the drum body is slung over the left waist, and the bow is tied to the right waist. When one holds a pestle, the thumb of the right hand faces the pestle to hold the drum stick, the little finger of the right hand passes through the drum stick, and the other three fingers of the right hand naturally hold the drum stick, so that the palm becomes a ball grip.
The little finger of the left hand passes through the drum stick in the direction of the drum pestle, and the left and right fingers hold the right hand. The waist drum has a constant drum beat and a cheerful rhythm.
Basic footwork, standing still, the first to ninth bars are the same, the ninth bar squats, the tenth to thirteenth bars rise and fall with the drum, and the fourteenth to sixteenth bars are the same. Finally, turn your body to the left in one direction, and repeat this four times to return to the original direction.
The manipulation teaching of waist drum is as follows:
First of all, there are four techniques of waist drum, which are the combination of dialing, pulling, patting and dialing. Dial is to dial the pick on the waist drum and make a "click" sound; Pull is to pull the waist and drum skin with your fingers and make a "click" sound; Slap is to slap the waist drum skin with thumb and forefinger and make a "click" sound; The dialing combination is the "click" sound made by the dialing combination.
Secondly, there are two rhythms of waist drum, namely single rhythm and double rhythm. Single rhythm is one beat, double rhythm is two beats. In double rhythm, the first beat is the dial and the second beat is the pull.
Finally, there are three ways to play the waist drum, namely, one-handed playing, two-handed playing and double-beat playing. One-handed play is one-handed play, two-handed play is two-handed play, and two-beat play is two-beat play.
Extended data:
Waist drum is a very unique folk large-scale dance art, which belongs to percussion instruments and is deeply loved by the people. When people dance in a venue, they dance with their waists, change their formation, or walk or tap dance. Folk yangko also uses it. Waist drum was first popular in Shaanxi, and then it was popular in all parts of China.
In the form and skills of performance, the variety is extremely rich and deeply loved by the people. It is a popular form of performance. Waist drum dance rises among residents in many large and medium-sized cities, mainly for self-entertainment, but also a rich amateur life activity.