Chapter 59 Don't go too far!
There are many musical instruments in the world, and no one knows exactly how many are there. There are countless musical instruments playing and singing. The reason why Liu Xiu chose Erhu was not because he loved this kind of instrument, but when he wanted to create an instrument to adjust his life, a picture suddenly popped up in his head.
He himself forgot when he once saw a video screen playing on his phone. It was an old man playing erhu in the park. Liu Xiu didn't understand music, so he couldn't judge whether he played it well or not. In short, he just felt that the old man played erhu music in his heart.
He couldn't tell what he felt. Anyway, after that picture popped up in his mind, he wanted to play a erhu. Anyway, he didn't understand musical instruments, so everything started from scratch, everything was the same.
With this idea, the question facing Liu Xiu now is where to set up an erhu?
Recalling his previous two experiences in Qingliu Town, Liu Xiu vaguely remembered that he seemed to have passed by a musical instrument store and looked inside. Now he has a great memory and can roughly recall what instruments there are in that musical instrument store.
"There are many instruments playing, such as Flute Xiaoluo, etc., and there are many instruments playing, similar to the guqin, with single and double strings, and many strides, and there are also hitting instruments, and Drum Luo Bell... But it seems that there is really no instrument like Erhu..."
As he tried hard to recall the scenes he had seen before, Liu Xiu couldn't help frowning.
He didn't know if there were any instruments like Erhu in this world. At least he had never seen them at the moment. So the problem arises, there is no ready-made one. What should I do?
Even if there are ready-made erhu instruments outside, I traveled thousands of miles away just to buy an erhu, and if I have that free time, I might as well get one for myself to pass the time...
Thinking of this, Liu Xiu decided to slowly make a erhu and just try to kill time.
The question is again, how did the erhu do?
The same thing is said, Liu Xiu doesn’t understand any musical instruments. If it is an instrument like Xiao, he would probably be able to make it quickly by making some bamboo tinkering, but the erhu is not that simple.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand. Have you never eaten pork and you haven’t seen pigs running away?
Recalling the erhu that I had seen before, Liu Xiu recalled the details about the erhu little by little.
"There are many types of Erhu, but no matter which one is it, it's just a matter of tone. The structure is the same. There is a barrel underneath, a rod with strings, which seems to be two. There are two tone-adjustment on it. I don't know what it is called. By the way, there are also a pulling bow..."
After murmured to himself, roughly recalling the structure of the erhu, Liu Xiu began to recall the details.
There seems to be no hard material requirements for the bow arm of the Erhu. Bamboo, wood and metal seem to be fine? The key is the elasticity of the bow string. Oh, by the way, what is the bow string made of? Ponytail or something?
Then there is the tube under the Erhu. It seems that one end is empty and the other end is closed. What material is used to cover the closed end? If it is made of, bamboo or wood?
Then there is the question of strings. Are the two strings the same size? Are the strings metal or what?
There is also the vertical rod and the tuner...
The more I thought about it, the more I felt headache. Liu Xiu was a little annoyed. Why didn’t I read more information about Erhu at the beginning? I’ve been fooled now.
Of course, these are not problems. Liu Xiu's obsessive-compulsive disorder is coming again. The more I don't know how to do Erhu, the more I have to make one. I don't know if it's not important. I'll do a little bit of experiments. The structure is not complicated, and the materials are probably only those. After a thousand or eight hundred experiments, I don't believe it, but I can't make it a Erhu!
After being stubborn, Liu Xiu couldn't stop being idle and immediately set off to decide to slowly make a erhu.
Back at the bamboo house, I took a hatchet out, cut two old bamboo trees, a few small trees, and slowly thought about it. Then I spent three days to create hundreds of bamboo tube vertical poles, bow arms and other erhu parts based on my memory.
He thought so. After all, he had seen something like Erhu before. He didn't create it out of thin air. He could always do it by preparing more materials and experimenting. Anyway, he was bored, so he just used it as a waste of time.
Not to mention, when he is busy like this, his life is quite fulfilling, he is silent in his own world and is not disturbed by external things, and he is content with leisure.
"I have made a lot of components now, both of which are large and small. The next thing is the assembly problem. There is no rush. What I need to solve now are several other key things, the problem of the bow string drawn, as well as the sealing material of the two strings and the barrel below..." Liu Xiu muttered as he looked at a lot of messy parts.
Because he didn't know the specific materials, he had to experiment slowly, so his mind suddenly became active.
The bowstring seems to be a ponytail? But where do I go to find a ponytail? Can it be used instead of other hair? For example, the hair of other animals or some plant fibers, if it doesn't work, my hair is long enough now, right? Well, give it a try.
Another thing is the problem of two strings. What material should be used? Silk thread? Steel string? Is the same size? The length is tight and tight, but I don’t have it. Can I use anything instead? Well, let’s just sew the silk thread for clothes, but there are no steel strings. It seems that I have to look for some tough plant fibers or animal tendons to experiment. Anyway, it’s probably the sound.
Then there is the sealing material of the cylinder. What kind of skin is it? Snake skin? Cowhide skin? Deerskin? No matter what, I can get some skins from any animal to experiment, I don’t believe it…
After a mess of thoughts in his heart, Liu Xiu, who couldn't stop, started to act again and rushed into the jungle with a hatchet.
In the next half month, a large area with the bamboo building as the center can be described as a mess. Anyway, as long as Liu Xiu thinks he can experiment, he will not miss it.
Because it was snowing heavily, this undoubtedly caused great trouble to his journey to find materials. Fortunately, Liu Xiu was strong in five senses, and he pulled out many hibernating snakes. Several blind bears were also affected. He also digged snow pits to find tough vines to obtain fibers. In short, he was very busy.
Lin Lin collected all the materials for half a month, and there were a lot of messes. His bamboo house almost couldn't be installed. After two more days of materials, Liu Xiucai finally started assembling experiments.
You can imagine how complicated this kind of experiment that is purposeful but does not understand the specific one. Liu Xiu persisted in experimenting over and over again.
For a whole month, with his bamboo building as the center, all kinds of noises were constantly harsh and he was not worried about disturbing the people, and he enjoyed it on his own.
After almost two months of working hard in this world, his first erhu was finally released.
The main structure of the erhu is made of bamboo. He tried dozens of hair or plant fibers and was not satisfied with it. In the end, he used his own strand of waist-length hair to replace it to be slightly satisfied.
Not to mention, Liu Xiu's physique is inhuman, and even his hair is extraordinary. His single hair is as soft and tough as a steel wire. It was then that he realized that no wonder he had not suffered any damage to his hair after breaking through the speed of sound.
The second is the two strings of the erhu. The final experimental results are one big and one small, and it is difficult to distinguish if you don’t pay attention. After screening dozens of materials, he chose a tendon that was obtained by him from the hibernating snake that was excavated from the geography. This tendon is very thin after treatment, tough and flexible. The sound he pulled out is not much different from the sound of the erhu in Liu Xiu’s memory.
For this reason, he went to find such snakes and killed more than ten tendons to be used...
Finally, there is the skin that is closed by the Erhu bamboo tube, and the snake skin is the best effect.
In short, it's just a sentence. With his obsessive-compulsive disorder, after countless experiments, it took two months to be born in this world. The effect is not satisfactory, but he is satisfied anyway.
Let's just let it go, and then experiment and replace it slowly when you encounter better materials in the future.
Looking at the erhu that was not very beautiful in his hand, Liu Xiu subconsciously looked towards the lake, thinking in his mind that the closed skin of the erhu is snake skin, and the string is snake tendon. If you use the neighbor's body...
Forget it, there is no if, don’t even think about it!
It is worth mentioning that the lake has been completely frozen, and Liu Xiu hasn't seen his neighbor for a long time. He guessed that his neighbor should have gone hibernation.
By the way, my neighbor is no longer a snake in the ordinary sense. Do you also need to hibernate?
I have no intention of asking. Since the erhu is ready, the next thing is to learn how to create beautiful music.
"Any music should be played with erhu, right? But it depends on the level. So as a beginner, what song should I choose?"
Thoughts flashed, Liu Xiu had a good memory, and he could recall the general melody almost all the songs in his memory.
"Erquan Yingyue is too sad. The original scenery of my hometown is not suitable. It is easy to miss home and make trouble for yourself. Men should be self-reliant? Forget it, why are you so passionate about it..."
After thinking about it, Liu Xiu thought that he had come to this world for no reason, which was simply a myth, so he used the song Myth as his practice goal for beginners.
Having an idea, Liu Xiu immediately went to the second floor of the bamboo building to sit down, put the erhu on his legs, closed his eyes and pretended to be intoxicated and began to play the erhu.
Squeaking squeaking squeaking squeaking squeaking squeaking s
When the erhu started to pull, the sound that appeared was pulled by himself. Liu Xiu also took a breath of air conditioning in his ears.
What kind of magic sound is this? It's even more harsh than scratching glass with nails!
Forget it, it doesn’t matter if it’s my own, it doesn’t matter. For beginners, they will get better in the future.
Liu Xiu, who was unbeliever, muttered in his mouth, then slowly played the erhu to find the feeling, first touched the sound correctly, and then thought about the problem of pulling out beautiful music.
From this day on, the harsh noises will be heard wherever Liu Xiu goes. With him as the center, it is simply a god. Who can withstand the magic sound jar ear that makes people's scalp numb?
When Liu Xiu officially started learning to play the erhu on the third day, his neighbor who had not appeared for a long time appeared!
With a rumbling sound, the ice on the lake surface was broken open, and the ice and snow were flying all over the sky. The giant python stretched out half of its body and stared at Liu Xiu tightly. His gaze seemed to be saying, don't go too far, I have tolerated you for a long time, and others will rest if you don't rest!
Faced with the unfriendly gaze of the neighbors, Liu Xiu had to shrink her neck, smiled brilliantly, and tried to practice far away from the lake.
"Isn't it just a little harsh? As for you to come out to warn me? Can you hear it? Are snakes all hearing mentally retarded? Whatever you stare, I will play beautiful music in the future. If you want to listen to it, I won't give it to you..."
Chapter completed!