CN104835481A - Percussion mallet and percussion instrument - Google Patents

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CN104835481A
CN104835481A CN201510158328.0A CN201510158328A CN104835481A CN 104835481 A CN104835481 A CN 104835481A CN 201510158328 A CN201510158328 A CN 201510158328A CN 104835481 A CN104835481 A CN 104835481A
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罗曙光
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The invention provides a percussion mallet. The percussion mallet comprises a mallet head, a mallet rod and a mallet handle, the mallet rod is connected between the mallet head and the mallet handle, and the mallet rod is made of an elastic material. Because the mallet rod is made of the elastic material, in dependence on the elasticity of the mallet rod, the percussion mallet is elastic, by means of the reaction force generated when the mallet head hits keys, the mallet head can reciprocate up and down to vibrate in a certain amplitude quickly, a string of dense and short sounds is generated, the percussion mallet can play continuous and dense long tremolo and short tremolo, sustained tone, sliding tone, vibrato and the like, the sound effect can be improved, and the percussion mallet is beneficial to playing a musical instrument. In addition, the invention also provides a percussion instrument provided with the above percussion mallet.

Description

One is played mallet and plays qin
Technical field
The present invention relates to musical instrument field, particularly relate to one and play mallet and play qin.
Background technology
Beat the body crying musical instrument of a class unlike material such as qin general reference xylophone, celesta, aluminum plate musical instrument, bamboo chip qin, carillon, vibraphone, Ma Linba, Shi Qin, porcelain qin, glass harmonica.Playing qin is beat to hit and play key with playing mallet and send the musical instrument that musical sound performs music, and beats the important accessory that mallet is dozen qin.Usual player at least uses a pair to play mallet and plays, and two pairs or three pairs also can be used simultaneously to play mallet and play.Aluminum plate musical instrument is the one of playing qin, and the present invention plays qin for aluminium sheet and is illustrated.
Aluminum plate musical instrument pronunciation button on/off alloy aluminium sheet is made, and hits with playing mallet the musical sound played pronunciation button on/off and send, and its tone color is sharp-pointed, bright, clear and melodious as silver ring, and penetration power is very strong, sounds having the sensation that pearls falling on a plate of jade, has special tamber effect in solo and in instrumental ensembling.Dulect when playing single-tone, also can play double-tone or forte.Aluminum plate musical instrument is a kind of characteristic musical instrument, has the effect of its uniqueness, dark liking by music-lover in the happy active mood of performance and scene, Woild of Faivy Jale, lofty artistic conception or illusion, fairyland.
Aluminum plate musical instrument is in solo, and be suitable for showing cheerful and light-hearted, jump, the musical works that timing, graininess are strong, as " young pines is grown up soon ", " I is the little cavalryman of the people " etc.According to the difference of pronunciation button on/off material, the musical instrument of similar structures also has xylophone, celesta, bamboo chip qin, carillon, vibraphone, Ma Linba, Shi Qin, porcelain qin, glass harmonica etc.
Aluminum plate musical instrument by key, qin body, qin frame, beat the main parts size such as mallet and form.Obtain satisfied performance tone color, audio, one, need accuracy in pitch specification, a tonequality perfectly to play qin.Two, need at least one pair be convenient to player's performance and created playing technique to play mallet.Three, rely on the playing technique of player.Four, need the understanding of player to musical works emotion to be melted in works.
To playing mallet in prior art and playing the analysis of qin: play mallet and comprise ball-type hammer head, cylinder round bar shape mallet bar and mallet handle.It is as a whole that hammer head and mallet bar adopt embedding to be fixedly connected.Usual mallet handle is the extension part of mallet bar.Material: hammer head is metal, timber, rubber, synthetic plastic etc., hammer head can be wound around parcel with synthesis cotton cord.Mallet bar is rattan bar, rod or synthetic plastic etc.
Tone color and audio aspect, tone color and hammer head material, shape are closely related, and audio is relatively single.
Playing technique aspect, use common hammer of beating when playing, wheel mallet needs higher skill, and learning training acquires a certain degree of difficulty.
The material of mallet bar of the prior art and structural feature are analyzed, and be do not have flexible, therefore tone color audio is relatively single to belong to a class " rigidity plays mallet ", and study playing skill acquires a certain degree of difficulty.
At the existing technical elements beating qin key, usually adopt the arrangement of fingerboard arranged type to beat qin key, form horizontal-type and play qin.Beat qin spread pattern single, learning and mastering playing skill acquires a certain degree of difficulty.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides one play mallet and play qin, can audio be improved, and be convenient to play.
On the one hand, the invention provides one and play mallet, comprise hammer head, mallet bar and mallet handle, described mallet bar is connected between described hammer head and described mallet handle, and described mallet bar is that resilient material is made.
Wherein, described mallet bar is cylindrical helical spring.
Wherein, described mallet handle is cylindrical helical spring, and described mallet handle is closely connected between two adjacent rings spiral, and described mallet bar is provided with gap between two adjacent rings spiral.
Wherein, described mallet handle is the Reducing screw spring of fusiformis.
Wherein, described mallet bar is dull and stereotyped for having flexible strip.
Wherein, described mallet bar and described mallet handle are formed in one.
Wherein, described hammer head is wrapped with soft material.
Wherein, described hammer head is axe-shape, one be blade-like edge on be surrounded by rubber sleeve.
On the other hand, the invention provides and a kind of play qin, described qin of beating has and aforesaidly plays mallet.
Provided by the inventionly play mallet and play qin, mallet bar is that resilient material is made, the elasticity of mallet bar can be relied on, make to play mallet and produce elastic force and the reacting force impacting key by hammer head, allow hammer head in certain amplitude, do the upper and lower vibration of fast reciprocating, make it a string intensive and very brief sound occurs, intensive long wheel can be played continuously more for convenience and shortly take turns sound, continue the audios such as long, erasure, trill, can audio be improved, and be beneficial to performance.
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In order to be illustrated more clearly in technical scheme of the present invention, be briefly described to the accompanying drawing used required in embodiment below, apparently, accompanying drawing in the following describes is only some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skill in the art, under the prerequisite not paying creative work, other accompanying drawing can also be obtained according to these accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram playing mallet that first embodiment of the invention provides;
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram playing mallet that second embodiment of the invention provides;
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram playing mallet that third embodiment of the invention provides;
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram playing mallet that four embodiment of the invention provides.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the present invention, be clearly and completely described the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention, obviously, described embodiment is only the present invention's part embodiment, instead of whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art, not making the every other embodiment obtained under creative work prerequisite, belong to the scope of protection of the invention.
The invention provides one and play mallet, mallet bar is that resilient material is made, the elasticity of mallet bar can be relied on, make to play mallet and produce elastic force and the reacting force impacting key by hammer head, allow hammer head in certain amplitude, do the upper and lower vibration of fast reciprocating, make it a string intensive and very brief sound occurs, intensive long wheel can be played continuously more for convenience and shortly take turns sound, continue the audios such as long, erasure, trill, can audio be improved, and be beneficial to performance.
As shown in Figure 1, what provide in first embodiment of the invention beats in mallet 100, plays mallet 100 and comprises hammer head 11, mallet bar 12 and mallet handle 13, and hammer head 11 and mallet handle 13 are connected to the two ends of mallet bar 12.Hammer head 11 is wooden spheroidal, and mallet bar 12 is cylindrical helical spring, and makes for metal; Mallet handle 13 is that metal flat is dull and stereotyped, and the shape of mallet handle 13 is roughly food and drink spoon shape, and makes for metal.Hammer head 11 is arranged on one end of mallet bar 12, and hammer head 11 can be connected by screw to mallet bar 12.The other end of mallet bar 12 is fixedly connected with one end of mallet handle 13, can be connected by screw or weld or other modes are connected between mallet bar 12 with mallet handle 13.
In the first embodiment, mallet bar 12 is cylindrical helical spring, utilize volute spring to make mallet bar 12 have elasticity, and the mallet bar 12 of cylindrical helical spring can have unstable multi-direction elastic deformation ability, therefore plays off beat, trill, smears glide more for convenience.
Provided by the inventionly play mallet 100, new playing technique skill and technique and music effect can be produced.
Mallet bar 12 provided by the invention is conducive to bullet wheel.Bullet wheel point single bullet wheel and two bullet wheel.In single bullet wheel performance method, player's right hand or left hand are held and are played mallet 100, by the dynamic action that wrist refers to, rely on the elasticity of mallet bar 12, make to play mallet 100 produce elastic force and impact the reacting force of key by hammer head 11, allow hammer head 11 in certain amplitude, do the upper and lower vibration of fast reciprocating, make it to send a string intensive and very brief sound.In two bullet wheel performance method, with right mallet at front, left mallet rear, almost start simultaneously and do both hands and to quiver mallet, right mallet hits bullet first single-tone sound head, and left mallet hits bullet second single-tone immediately, just creates one right one left intensive and very brief single-tone thus.
Mallet 100 of beating provided by the invention is beneficial to generation erasure, can play out quick major second continuant, as 123 (do-re-mi), 4567 (fa-sol-la-si) etc. with smearing the method for playing.
Provided by the invention beating when mallet 100 is played can produce trill, can play out multiple trill with back and forth smearing the method for playing.Make this sound with its above or below two degree, four degree or fifth alternately occur fast, equably, form two degree, four degree or five degree of trill (i.e. tr, tr4 or tr5).
Mallet 100 of beating provided by the invention reduces the technical difficulty that mallet is taken turns in exercise." elasticity plays mallet " is than traditional " rigidity plays mallet " easier ejection bullet wheel sound.Be adapted to popular study and play qin, amusement, be conducive to promoting to beat qin popularizing in popular music culture.
Mallet 100 of beating provided by the invention has enriched and has beaten qin tone color.For Da Chui family adds new kind, expand and beat mallet use range of choice.Tone color or clear and melodious, energetic, very brief, or soft, mellow and full, warm, fine and smooth, weak etc.
As shown in Figure 2, what second embodiment of the invention provided plays mallet 200, comprises hammer head 21, mallet bar 22 and mallet handle 23, and hammer head 21 and mallet handle 23 are connected to the two ends of mallet bar 22.Hammer head 21 is wooden spheroidal, and hammer head 21 is arranged on one end of mallet bar 22, and hammer head 21 can be connected by screw to mallet bar 22.Mallet bar 22 is cylindrical helical spring, and makes for metal; Mallet handle 23 is also cylindrical helical spring.Mallet handle 23 is closely connected between two adjacent rings spiral, to make mallet handle 23 have certain degree of hardness, not easily elastic deformation occurs, be convenient to hand-held simultaneously.Mallet bar 22 is provided with gap between two adjacent rings spiral, thus makes the relative mallet handle 23 of mallet bar 22 have larger elasticity, be beneficial to generation deformation.Further, mallet bar 22 identical with the diameter of mallet handle 23 and the two be formed in one, structure is simple, facilitates mallet handle 23 to prepare with the overall processing of mallet bar 22, saves the assembling between mallet handle 23 and mallet bar 22.
As shown in Figure 3, what third embodiment of the invention provided plays mallet 300, comprises hammer head 31, mallet bar 32 and mallet handle 33, and hammer head 31 and mallet handle 33 are connected to the two ends of mallet bar 32.Hammer head 31 is wooden spheroidal, and hammer head 31 is arranged on one end of mallet bar 32, and hammer head 31 can be connected by screw to mallet bar 32.Mallet bar 32 is cylindrical helical spring, and makes for metal; Mallet handle 33 is the Reducing screw spring of fusiformis.Mallet handle 33 is closely connected between two adjacent rings spiral, to make mallet handle 33 have certain degree of hardness, not easily elastic deformation occurs, mallet handle 33 for fusiformis can so that hand-held.Mallet bar 32 is provided with gap between two adjacent rings spiral, thus makes the relative mallet handle 33 of mallet bar 32 have larger elasticity, be beneficial to generation deformation.Further, mallet bar 32 and mallet handle 33 are formed in one, and structure is simple, facilitate mallet handle 33 to prepare with the overall processing of mallet bar 32, save the assembling between mallet handle 33 and mallet bar 32.
As shown in Figure 4, what four embodiment of the invention provided plays mallet 400, comprises hammer head 41, mallet bar 42 and mallet handle 43, and hammer head 41 and mallet handle 43 are connected to the two ends of mallet bar 42.The axe-shape that hammer head 41 is made for ox horn, hammer head 41 is arranged on one end of mallet bar 42.Mallet bar 42 and mallet handle 43 are integral type structure, are bamboo wood and make, utilize bamboo wood to make mallet bar 42 have certain elasticity.Mallet bar 42 thickness, width smooth excessiveness, and there is elasticity.Mallet bar 42 and mallet handle 43 are strip flat board.One end of mallet bar 42 embeds and bonds in hammer head 41, is connected as a single entity with hammer head 41.In the present embodiment, hammer head 41 is double-bit ax capitiform, one be blade-like edge on be surrounded by rubber sleeve 44.Rubber sleeve 44 can mount, be wrapped on the edge of a blade-like of hammer head 41 for the proofed sleeve of middle opening.The non-rubber coating cover in edge of the opposite side blade-like of hammer head 41.Can just mallet anti-mallet checker tone color in using.Play with hammer head 41 both sides playing mallet respectively and play qin, have different tone colors and off beat effect.The degree of tightness thickness difference of rubber sleeve 44 can make the mellow and full degree of tone color different.When the one side of utilization band rubber sleeve 44 is played and played qin simultaneously, qin sound is weak, can be used for playing qin exercise and avoids disturbing residents.In use, rectangular tabular mallet bar 42 and mallet handle 43 set direction good, be easy to control to play mallet and play direction, convenient performance.
In the present embodiment, hammer head 41 is double-bit ax capitiform, and certainly, in other embodiments, hammer head also can be single-bladed ax capitiform.The hammer head transverse gage size of axe-shape is less, and interference is touched in the mutual wiping of playing mallet about reducing in performance, can effectively improve the accuracy of hitting and playing key, thus convenient performance.
In the present embodiment, mallet bar 42 is with mallet handle 43 for bamboo wood is made, and herein, in other embodiments, mallet bar and mallet handle also can become for metal, such as, for sheet metal is made.Also can be respectively mallet bar and mallet handle metallic elastic thin slice and nonmetallic materials combine and make.
In above-mentioned four kinds of embodiments, hammer head is spherosome or axe-shape, it should be noted that, the shape of hammer head is not limited thereto, and the shape of hammer head can also be other spheroids such as oval ball, egg spheroid, and hammer head can also be mushroom-shaped, hammer shape etc.
In the above-mentioned first to the 3rd embodiment, hammer head can also be enclosed with flexible material, as felt, cotton, rubber sleeve etc., weak to make playing dozen Qin Shiqin sound, can be used for playing qin exercise, thus avoid disturbing residents.
Provided by the inventionly play mallet, can be connected for detachable between mallet handle with mallet bar, thus can provide multiple mallet handle type formula to play mallet available, player can select the mallet handle of good hand touch according to the custom of oneself; Mallet bar also can be connected for detachable with between hammer head, and player also can select suitable hammer head according to the custom of oneself.
Provided by the inventionly beat in mallet, hammer head can become for metal, and can make for nonmetallic materials such as timber, rubber, synthetic plastics, hammer head can be made for a kind of material, can form for multiple material compound.Mallet bar and mallet handle can be made for metal material, also can make for nonmetallic materials.Mallet bar and mallet handle can be one-body molded by identical material, also can be made from a variety of materials respectively.
Present invention also offers and a kind of play qin, this dozen of qin have aforesaidly plays mallet, and playing qin can be any one in xylophone, celesta, aluminum plate musical instrument, bamboo chip qin, carillon, vibraphone, Ma Linba, Shi Qin, porcelain qin, glass harmonica.The mallet bar playing mallet is that resilient material is made, the elasticity of mallet bar can be relied on, make to play mallet and produce elastic force and the reacting force impacting key by hammer head, allow hammer head in certain amplitude, do the upper and lower vibration of fast reciprocating, make it a string intensive and very brief sound occurs, intensive long wheel can be played continuously more for convenience and shortly take turns sound, continue the audios such as long, erasure, trill, audio can be improved, and be beneficial to performance.
Above embodiment, does not form the restriction to this technical scheme protection domain.The amendment done within any spirit at above-mentioned embodiment and principle, equivalently to replace and improvement etc., within the protection domain that all should be included in this technical scheme.

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1. play a mallet, it is characterized in that, comprise hammer head, mallet bar and mallet handle, described mallet bar is connected between described hammer head and described mallet handle, and described mallet bar is that resilient material is made.
2. according to claim 1ly play mallet, it is characterized in that, described mallet bar is cylindrical helical spring.
3. according to claim 2ly play mallet, it is characterized in that, described mallet handle is cylindrical helical spring, and described mallet handle is closely connected between two adjacent rings spiral, and described mallet bar is provided with gap between two adjacent rings spiral.
4. according to claim 2ly play mallet, it is characterized in that, described mallet handle is the Reducing screw spring of fusiformis.
5. according to claim 1ly play mallet, it is characterized in that, described mallet bar is dull and stereotyped for having flexible strip.
6. according to claim 1ly play mallet, it is characterized in that, described mallet bar and described mallet handle are formed in one.
7. according to claim 1ly play mallet, it is characterized in that, described hammer head is wrapped with soft material.
8. according to claim 1ly play mallet, it is characterized in that, described hammer head is axe-shape, one be blade-like edge on be surrounded by rubber sleeve.
9. play a qin, it is characterized in that, described qin of beating has described in any one of claim 1-8 and plays mallet.
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