My goal is to learn to play one of the wood wind insrument the belong to chinese orchestra. The instrument is Di Zhi. One of the reasons I choose to learn Di Zhi is because I want to learn more Chinise orchestra instrument. At the same time, I had joined the NYP Chinise Orchestra.Last time i had learned before Gu Zheng which is also belong to chinise orchestra instrument. So now I am looking towards Di Zhi. I will explained in detail by the SMART checklist below.
Specific- What I really plan to achieve is to be able to learn all the basic skill of the Di Zhi by the end of week 13.Beside that I also want to join the NYP Chinese Orchestra senior performance group to performance at different places. Besides that, I also want to learn all the level 3 song at the end of week 13.In addition, I will put more colour in my life by learning Di Zhi so that i would not waste my leisure time.
Measurable-The way for me to measure my improvement in Di Zhi is I will attend the practical test .By reffering to the practical result I can know which level I belongs to.Then, I will also conduct comment from my conductor . I will perform some song in front of my conductor then gets some comments from him.Good comment will easily prove that I can play well and bad comment will means that i still far away from my goal which means that more hard works are required.
Achievable- By having enough practice i strongly believe that I can play Di Zhi very well. Although I knew that 13 week is not a very short time, I trust that by the help from my conductor , senior and my own hard works , I can play Di Zhi very well.
Relevant- By learning Di Zhi, I also can learn many musical theory. I can handle the pitch, tempo, volume, chord, and lyrics of the song more perfectly after i had learned all the musical theory.By achieving this goal ,it may also help to have some advantages when I apply for university in the future.The chances to be taken in to the university will be highier compare to others who didnot learn music.In addition, I may be a Di Zhi performer in the future and it also put colour ub my future life. By the way, I also can fill up my leisure time by doing this meaningful activity instead of doing nothing all the time.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
About DiZi
The dizi is the most common transverse flute of China. Dizi are made from bamboo and have six finger holes and are characterized by an additional hole covered by a piece of very thin paper-like fibre that buzzes when played. This fibre, known as Di mo and either made from the inner layer of a certain type of bamboo or from a type of river reed, is readily available in Chinese music stores. The do mo is held in place by placing a small amount of natural gum or garlic juice around the hole, and slightly moistening as it is placed into position. The di mo must dry to the proper tension to produce the dizi's characteristic loud sound. Modern dizi can be found with additional keys to aid in playing accidentals, but traditionally players had a set of dizi, one for each desired key, and accidentals and slides were accomplished by very subtle adjustments of the fingers to cover only a quarter or half of a hole. Although a relatively easy instrument at first, the standard for good dizi playing is extremely high, and professional dizi players from China are stunning in their virtuosity, although they often lack the emotional depth that is found in flute playing from other cultures.
To know more about Di Zhi http://www.2measures.com/dizi.html
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