Playing methods and skills of suona

There are two playing postures of suona: sitting and standing. These two postures require the player to relax naturally, with his head straight, his eyes looking straight, standing naturally, his face relaxed, his hands raised to make the instrument form a 75-degree angle with his body, and his arms naturally set.

Mouth shape is an extremely important part in suona performance. The control of pitch, the mastery of timbre, the change of volume and the exertion of playing skills all play a very important role.

The correct mouth shape should be: the lips and corners of the mouth are naturally adducted (basically not touching the gas mark), the cusp is slightly curled (generally, the lower lip is wrapped around the upper lip), the orbicularis oris muscles of the upper and lower mouths are close to the gums, and the whistle is contained (the depth of the whistle is generally not more than the bottom of the whistle, so as to give full play to the control ability of the lip muscles on the whistle), and the mouth is slightly open and smiling.

This kind of mouth shape not only increases the thickness of the labial muscles, makes the pronunciation full, firm, powerful and elastic, but also prevents the labial muscles from relaxing locally, changing the mouth shape or even leaking air due to fatigue, and also produces a feeling of natural labor-saving, relaxation and comfort when playing.