A flute teacher

My parents and I went to the High-Tech ParkCultural Plaza for a walk after lunch last Friday evening. My mother and I were wandering around the plaza, while my father picked up a Dizi and played it for fun. After a while, my father stopped playing. Next to him stood a man, playingDizi as well. How beautiful the sounds he produced! It was as if a bird swinging jauntily on a tree. Many pedestrians passing by were attracted to the sounds. They stopped and listened to it. Some of them even use mobile phones to record the videos.

“Are you a professional performer?”I asked.  “I was but now have been retired.” He said. We then have a short conversation, from which I knew that he was once a professionalDizi performer, having taught Dizi for more than twenty years. He could master several musical instruments that linked to the mouth, such as Dizi, Xiao, Hulusi, and harmonica. I then told him that I played Xiao in ordinary days. I said that I would bring my Xiao here on Monday and would like to consult him a few questions regarding playing Xiao. He agreed pleasantly.

We met him at the same time on Monday as expected. I picked up my Xiao and played the main theme of the musical composition Spring, River, Flowers, Moon and Night. He said I played quite well. I then told him that my Xiao seemed sounding incorrect, as I used a software-based tuner to check the sound and the pitch seemed a little lower than the standard. He then picked up my Xiao and played for a while. He said, “This Xiao is Okay. The problem is that you blow it not strong enough. ” While he was blowing the xiao, I used my mobile to measure, and this time the sound matched the standard well. He then taught me to practice prolonged sounds. Then he asked me for whether I knew DAYIN, CHANYIN, and HUAYIN. I said I didn’t. He then suggested me to find a book and practised that one by one. He demonstrated to me for what DAYIN was by playing a passage in the musical composition A VISIT TO SUZHOU. Finally, he said I should have a book and if there were any questions from the book, he would be happy to explain.