What are the strings of the guzheng made of?

Guzheng strings in history have gone through several stages. Tendons of early animals were generally air-dried into strings (deer tendons), and animal hair was also used as strings (ponytails). The advantage of this kind of string is soft sound, but the disadvantage is low volume, easy out of tune and short service life. In the Tang Dynasty, the zither strings were mostly made of silk strings or tendons of Kunming birds. During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, fourteen-string and fifteen-string Zheng appeared again. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, copper and steel metal strings began to be used in southern China, such as Guangdong and Fujian provinces, where copper strings were first used. After 1930s, in addition to continuing to use traditional silk strings, steel strings began to be used. Steel string silver is clear and bright, with a long aftertaste, which is most suitable for expressing elegant and lingering music. In recent years, nylon strings have appeared in guzheng strings. This kind of wire is made of metal wire and nylon wire. To a certain extent, nylon rope not only has the crisp characteristics of metal strings, but also has the euphemistic and simple charm of silk strings. The rest of the notes are moderate in length, elegant and subtle in rhyme, which is most suitable for modern music with complex hands skills.

At present, the commonly used Zheng * * * has twenty-one strings, the first string close to the player is the lowest sound of the Zheng, and the third sound rising on the twenty-one strings is the highest sound of the Zheng. In the use of strings, according to different needs, a variety of strings such as copper wire strings, metal strings or nylon strings are properly configured. Due to different purposes, styles and habits, the configuration methods are also different. There are mainly steel wire strings, properly matched with metal strings or nylon strings; There are also nylon ropes, and the steel ropes are properly configured; There are also all nylon ropes or silk ropes. The timbre of steel wire string is bright, and the timbre of winding string is rich.

Note: In string-making specialty, steel wire strings are called bare strings (bare strings are opposite to wrapped strings), and strings with skin are called wrapped strings. Generally, steel wire string is used as the core of winding. www.maiqin.com/guzhengwenhua/80742.html