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Correct Erhu Posture

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ID: 2927 Intermediate
In today's video lesson, we demo a real Er hu and show off this wonderful instrument for you. In the dialogue you'll hear a music teacher give some useful tips to their student on correct posture to make the er hu sing out. Living in China? Click to watch on QQ Photo by nasrul ekram
Gwilym,Fiona Tian
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练 liàn to practice
肩膀 jiānbǎng shoulders
几乎 jīhū almost
紧张 jǐnzhāng tense
老师我练琴第一个礼拜就练到肩膀好痠几乎不能动怎么办
lǎoshī 老师wǒ 我liàn 练qín 琴dì yī ge 第一个lǐbài 礼拜jiù 就liàn 练dào 到jiānbǎng 肩膀hǎo 好suān 痠jīhū 几乎bù 不néng 能dòng 动zěnme bàn 怎么办
Sir, I've been practicing the erhu for a week and already my shoulders are aching. I can hardly even move, what should I do?
这是因为你太紧张会耸肩
zhè 这shì 是yīnwèi 因为nǐ 你tài 太jǐnzhāng 紧张huì 会sǒngjiān 耸肩
That's because you're too tense. You tend to tense your shoulders.
可是我都会先松松肩膀再开始拉琴啊
kěshì 可是wǒ 我dōuhuì 都会xiān 先sōng song 松松jiānbǎng 肩膀zài kāishǐ 再开始lā 拉qín 琴ā 啊
But I always loosen up my shoulders before I start playing.
那你现在拉这首曲子我帮你看你的姿势
nà 那nǐ 你xiànzài 现在lā 拉zhè 这shǒu 首qǔzi 曲子wǒ 我bāng 帮nǐ 你kàn 看nǐ 你de 的zīshì 姿势
Then when you're playing this tune, I'll help you by inspecting your posture.
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