Guzheng, also known as Han Zheng, Qin Zheng, Yao Zheng and Luan Zheng, is a traditional Chinese musical instrument, belonging to plucked instruments. Guzheng structure consists of panel, strings, front Yueshan, string nails, tuning box, piano feet, back Yueshan, side plates, sound holes, bottom plate and string holes.
The shape of the Zheng is a rectangular wooden sound box. The string frame "Zheng Zhu" (that is, Yan Zhu) can move freely, with one string and one tone arranged in five tones. The earliest is the 38-string Zheng (Fense Zheng). In the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were 13 strings, and then it increased to 16, 18, 2 1 and 25 strings. The most commonly used specification is 2 1 string. Generally, the models of guzheng are preceded by S2 1, and S stands for the S-shaped Moon Mountain, which was invented by Wang Xunzhi and Miao Jinlin. 163 means the length of the guzheng is about 163 cm, and 2 1 means the number of strings of the guzheng.
Playing skills:
When playing, pluck the strings outward, that is, pluck the strings in the bass direction. The angle of plucked string should be forced downward from syncline. And avoid bending the first joint and the second joint of the thumb in an oblique direction and forcibly "buckling" the strings. Joe's movements are natural, ingenious and coordinated through his shoulders, arms, hands and fake nails. When playing, the knuckles of the fingers are not bent. Take the root of the big finger as the basic point, and naturally exert force. Pluck the strings below the syncline.
Ongoing support is called Ongoing Support. You can use the method of keeping your fingers on the string continuously, or you can use the method of bouncing (your fingers get up after each sound). The former has a coherent voice, while the latter has a firm voice, which is helpful to the training of finger strength. Tuo is the basic fingering method in the performance of Zheng, which is used to play single-tone or scale melody downward. The plucking method of Tuo is also used for fingering such as "double hook splitting Tuo" and "next calendar sound".
Above content reference: Guzheng-Baidu Encyclopedia