It's winter vacation, and my mom enrolled me in an erhu class. To tell you the truth, I am not interested in erhu at all. Black in color, with only two strings, it looks like an unearthed relic and is out of place with modern music. If I had to choose, I would have picked piano or violin, how elegant and poetic. Since mom signed up for it, let's learn it!
When I first started practicing the empty strings, the erhu made a "squeaky" sound, which was awful! It was the worst sound I had ever heard. So I gave up the idea of learning erhu, but I had already paid the tuition fee, so I could only learn with my head. One morning, I just walked to the door of the erhu classroom, I heard a pleasant sound from the classroom, the teacher was playing "The Moon Reflecting in the Two Springs"! It was so beautiful! I couldn't believe that this was the sound of the erhu. So I made up my mind that I must learn this "ancient thing"!
After that, I set up a learning program and increased the intensity of practice, starting with the most basic sitting posture and fingering. I was not afraid of the blisters on my fingers. I'm not afraid of the blisters! Soon, I learned to play the empty strings and fingering exercises. After the efforts of this vacation, slowly I learned to play simple tunes, such as "Spring in the Fields", "early dawn of the mountain spring" ...... Listening to myself play a wonderful and beautiful ditty, I felt immensely happy. Because this is with hard work and sweat in exchange for, no pay where there is harvest. I also think that the erhu is worthy of the classical instrument, playing up the sound unique, elegant and beautiful. I like the erhu, and I like its sound even more.
In this winter vacation, I not only learned to play the erhu, but also learned how to overcome the difficulties, overcome self. I think that with determination, patience and perseverance, all difficulties will disappear.