Furthermore, beginning students have always had to play along with the teacher from a gongchipu score, which is very difficult to memorize. After the extremely long musical score has finally been memorized, they then start in with the lyrics, repeating one line at a time after the teacher in order to pick up little subtleties not noted in the score. Self-study has always been out of the question.
初學者先要跟著師父背誦難懂的「工尺譜」，背熟長長的音樂骨架後，再跟著老師一句句跟唱，學得骨架以外細微的裝飾音或轉折等。