2. Requirements for Level 2: correct playing posture and bowing technique, initial mastery of the technique of changing handles, stable pitch control in the upper and middle handles, and a good sense of rhythm. Repertoire: "Ovoo meeting", "kite flying", ("White Haddad").
3. Requirements for the third level: upper, middle and lower handles, stable pitch, good rhythm, and initial mastery of vibrato and glissando techniques. Repertoire: "Little Flower Drum", "Embroidered Gold Plaque", ("August Laurel Blossoms Everywhere", "I am a Little Rider on the Grassland"). Exercises: "Long Bow Exercise".
4. Grade 4 requirements: better use of commonly used techniques, short, fast bow clean, clear, out of the sound with elasticity, slow, long bow solid tone, tone mellow, able to play a complete piece of music. Repertoire: "Horse Racing", "Good Night", "The River Rises", "Singing for a Good Harvest", "Pulling the Camel", "Walking in the Light", "The Sons and Daughters of the Soldiers and the Common People", and "The Ballad of Yellow Water". Exercises: "Exercises for Correcting Intonation of the Upper Handle in the Key of B-flat".
Note: The first piece in the repertoire of Grade 5 or above is compulsory, and the rest are optional.
5. Requirements for Grade 5: good control of intonation and rhythm, complete and smooth performance of the piece, sure jumping handles, good sound quality, and a certain degree of expressiveness. Repertoire: "the village has changed", "listen to the pine", "happy to send grain", "hometown line", "flower drum tune", ("Benz in a thousand miles of grassland"). Exercises: "Exercises in the key of C strength".
6. Grade 6 requirements: fast handle change, jump handle, inside and outside the string change and other techniques can be applied more freely, the two hands with a good, musical performance has a deeper expressive power. Songs: "Song of Praise", "Catch the Market", "Candle Shadow Rocking Red" ("Southern Song"), Exercises: "Exercises in Triple Tone String Changing".
7. Grade 7 requirements: good use of various techniques, complete performance of music, pitch, rhythm without obvious errors, beautiful tone, rich in infectious energy. Repertoire: "River Water", "Henan Song", "Birds on the Empty Mountain", "New Herdsmen on the Grassland", "Walking Street", "Xiangjiang Music". Exercises: "Comprehensive Exercises".
8. Grade 8 requirements: a good grasp of various stylistic pieces and difficult techniques, playing with depth and expressive power. Pieces: "Yu Bei Narrative Song", "Idle Chant", "Spring Colors of Jiangnan", "Flowing Wave Song", "Grapes are Ripe". Exercises: "Comprehensive Exercises".
9. Requirements for Grade 9: Skillful use of various techniques and a deep understanding of the traditional repertoire, profound performance, and a good grasp of the flavor of various pieces. Repertoire: "Two Fountains Reflecting the Moon", "Random Thoughts on the Theme of Qinqiang", "Sanmenxia Fantasy", "Blue Flower Narrative", "Singing in Sickness". Exercises: "Exercises for Changing Strings in Fixed Tone Patterns".
10. Grade 10 requirements: comprehensive technology, good temperament, a good grasp of all kinds of music, a complete concerto, and a certain degree of artistic contagion. Repertoire: A Branch of Flowers, Autumn Moon in the Han Palace, Red Plum Reflections, Reflections on the Great Wall, Farewell to the Newlyweds. Exercises: "Concert Exercises".
The tenth level is the highest level of the erhu amateur examination, which focuses on the comprehensive improvement of the player's overall quality. This level not only requires comprehensive and skillful playing skills, but also pays more attention to cultivating the quality of music culture and a good sense of music, so that the player's ability to understand and express musical works can be further improved and tend to be mature, so that the player can gain the ability to master large-scale works.
The first set of textbooks selected "Concert Etudes" as the mandatory practice pieces, and included the erhu concerto "The Great Wall", "Red Plum Rhapsody" and the transplantation of Bach's famous violin concerto "Concerto in A Minor, First Movement", which is the purpose of this!
I've been practicing the fast bow part of "Spring Colors of Jiangnan" for a long time, and it's good in general, but the little phrase at the beginning of the split bow where the middle, ring, and pinky fingers work together is often stuck together, and it's not good enough to practice, so you'd better learn the dialectical unity of exertion and relaxation.
Some excellent folk artists in the past said, "The first thing you need to do is to learn the art, and the second thing you need to do is to put in the hard work." The so-called "right way" is the right way. In the basic skill training of erhu, I think the most important issue is to learn to "relax". "Relaxation" is not a bit of no force, it is for the stiffness, and force is the unity of the discernment, that is, in the relaxation of the basis of the elasticity of the use of skillful force. Such as patting the ball, is the right wrist relaxation and elastic force movement. Pat the ball when the wrist force, shoot immediately after the relaxation, force small ball bounced low, force big is bouncing high, force uniformly to maintain a certain height, so keep the wrist loose force, can be tens to hundreds of times a continuous easy to shoot. On the contrary, if your wrist is stiff, you will have sore hands and wrists if you don't shoot a few times. The basic method of bow transportation in erhu playing is the same as shooting a ball. If the arm muscles are tense, the wrist is stiff, and the fingers press the bow hairs with too much force, the pronunciation is bound to be stagnant and difficult to listen to, affecting the quality of the sound and the tone of the performance. If you master the correct way to carry the bow and change the bow, and correctly experience the feeling of "relaxation", then the pronunciation will be transparent, pure, and good sound.