What is the basic structure of guzheng?

Guzheng, also known as Han Zheng, Qin Zheng, Yao Zheng and Luan Zheng, is a traditional national musical instrument in China, belonging to plucked instruments. It is one of the important national musical instruments unique to China.

There are many kinds of guzheng, but no matter what shape and string system, it is generally composed of the body, the head, the tail, the panel, the bottom plate, the side plate, the front Yueshan Mountain, the back Yueshan Mountain, the piano code, the string shaft, the tying needle (hole), the strings and the pronunciation hole.

Shen Zheng

The Zheng body includes a Zheng panel, a Zheng bottom plate, a Zheng head and a Zheng tail, and is a sound box. In general, a larger guzheng makes a sound than a smaller one.

Zheng Tou and Zheng Wei

Most of the early piano heads were sealed, which only served to tie the strings or let the fingers play have a place to put them. The average guzheng player likes to use this posture as a "stake" (supporting his right hand with his little finger). Because the head of the Zheng is sealed, the tuning shaft is naturally placed at the tail of the Zheng. Although the player sits at the head of the Zheng, it is really troublesome to adjust the strings at the tail of the Zheng. Many national musical instrument manufacturers make string-making guzheng, all of which put the tuning shaft at the head and the string-tying needle (hole) at the tail. The design of this kind of kite head is different from that of making natural and sealed kite heads. This kind of piano head is no longer closed, but easy to switch and adjust the strings (no need to remove the end of the piano). The space of the piano head has also been slightly expanded, and it has become a small wooden box in which a string wrench, adhesive tape, a small number of strings and a small number of spare parts can be placed.

Chord adjusting shaft and string tying hole

The tuning axis is used to tie the strings and adjust the tightness of the strings to change the pitch. Always at the other end of the string hole. The string hole is tied at the other end of the string, so it is always at the other end of the tuning shaft.

But in fact, no matter what shape the piano is, generally speaking, as long as the tuning shaft is designed at the head of the piano, the chord hole must be placed at the end of the piano; On the other hand, if the tuning axis is designed at the tail of the Zheng, the string hole must be placed at the head of the Zheng. The design of the head and tail has no decisive influence on the timbre of the piano.