Nowadays, learning guqin has become more and more popular among both elders and young people. For beginners, it's very important to choose a good guqin.
In November, the period as the beginning of winter, even though it's cold ouside, inside the room it was overwhelmed by people's enthusiathm. Everyone was excited and passionate, because Si Yue music was holding a guqin learning seminar.
The main topic of this seminar was how to learn the guqin well. The aim was to let every learner find the best and the most proper way of learning guqin and to solve everybody's confusion during guqin learning.
In the discussion, teachers mentioned that for beginners, getting a guqin with accurate sound was very important. It's also important for the guqin to touch smooth, this way learners' hands wouldn't get tired even for long time practice. When chooseing a guqin, one can compare different guqins and find the most appropriate one.
After the seminar, people all wanted to try different guqins. Some experienced learners from Zhejiang province chose their favourite guqins and played them happily.
After playing, teachers explained the fingering. In the performace of the guqin, the most frequently used fingerings are Mo, Tiao, Gou and Ti. The Tuo and Pi of the thumb are often used on the 6th and the 7th strings while the Da and Zhai of the norminal finger are mainly used on the 1st and the second strings. But for composite fingerings, all strings may be involved. When playing the guqin, the right hand should be put between the Yueshan and the first Hui and the four fingers of the left hand should be put on either the inner side or the outside of the strings, relaxed and not touching the strings. Of course different people have different understandings of playing the guqin.
Along with the pass of time, the seminar was coming to the end. The seminar deepened the understanding of the guqin for guqin players and enhanced the interest of beginners. We believe that people will find their own learning methods in the future.
Learning the guqin is a long way to go. One can't get the marrow of the guqin if learning it just ocassionally, just like the words by Tu Long, the guqin master in Ming Dynasty, "Guqin is a graceful thing in the room, you can't spend a day without touching it". Guqin is a musical instrument that can't be put aside. Playing it frequently can make it alive.
现如今，古琴文化已成为当下流行的一种趋势，上至耄耋老人，下至垂髫小儿，无不相继习之。对于初学者来说，如何挑选适合的古琴就成了重中之重。
11月是立冬的季节也是令人活跃的季节。今天屋外寒风凛冽，虽是气候多变，但这丝毫没有影响到屋内的气氛，大家个个激情高昂、兴致勃勃。原因是思月乐器组织了一场“思月古琴研讨会”，对于这场活动大家纷纷跃跃欲试。
此次探讨会主要围绕“古琴的交流与学习”而展开讨论，让更多的学琴者面对学习阶段能够快速找到适合自己的学习方式，从而为广大琴友解决困惑。
讨论中，思月乐器的古琴老师提出初学者在入门时音色纯正至关重要，它可以影响我们的听觉审美；能否久弹不惫，手感也是关键；手感细腻的古琴，即使我们长时间的练习弹奏也不会有丝毫的疲倦。当我们选琴时，可以多去试听几床古琴对比琴音，合适的古琴在长久的时间里能够完美诠释。
探讨会结束后，大家都很积极踊跃的学习和参加古琴试音，在场的还有资深琴友，只见来自浙江的琴友选了床适合自己的古琴，便坐下尽兴弹奏起来。
演奏后，老师讲解了指法的运用，弹奏中用得最多的是抹、挑、勾、踢。而大指的托、劈主要用于六、七两弦，名指的打、摘主要用于一、二两弦，但在组合指法中，各个弦位都要用到。右手弹弦要在岳山和一徽之间。左手不按弦时要四指并拢放在琴弦的外侧或内侧，以不碰到弦又比较放松为好。
每个人对于古琴文化及指法的学习理解不一，千人千面。所以挑选古琴须音色纯正，在今后的演奏中也发挥着重大作用。
随着时间的流逝，本次活动已接近尾声。值得一提的是，此次交流进一步为琴友们加深了对古琴的了解，也促进了初学者对学琴的浓厚兴趣。相信在不久的将来，大家都可以找到适合自己的学琴方法。
古琴是个长久的习琴之路，能不能持久的继续下去很重要。三天打鱼，两天晒网的方式很难领悟到个中精粹。明代屠隆在论琴时曰：“琴为书室中雅乐，不可一日不对清音。”就是说古琴是一种不可闲置的乐器，长期让古琴处于有规律的振动状态，才能得以发挥它本身的价值意义。
