Symbols of Guzheng's Wiping Finger, Hooking Finger and Resting Finger

Wiping: the index finger plucks the strings inward

Hooking: the middle finger plucks the strings inward

To: the big finger plucks the strings outward

The traditional and commonly used way of playing the guzheng is to pluck the strings with the four fingers of the right hand (the big, the index, the middle, and the ring finger), to play out the melody and to master the rhythm, and to play with the left hand to follow the tension of the strings on the left of the zheng column and to control the change of string sound, so as to adjust the pitch and to perfect the melody. There are many ways to play the zheng, the right hand has the hook, the support, the split, the pick, the wipe, the pick, the hit, the shake, the handful, etc. The left hand has the press, the slide, the knead, the tremble, etc. The left hand has the press, the slide, the knead, the knead, etc.

The specific fingering symbols are shown in the picture:

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Gu zheng genre

Traditional zheng music was early divided into north and south, namely the "southern zheng" (Chiu Chow zheng) and the "northern zheng" (Henan zheng and Shandong zheng). The northern part of the Chinese zheng was represented by the Henan and Shandong schools, while the southern part was mainly represented by the Taiwan zheng school.

With the development of the times, in the 20th century, on the basis of the North and South zheng, several other major zheng schools were derived, namely, "Taiwan, Shandong, Henan and Zhejiang" four major schools, and in contemporary times, the difference between the schools has been very small, and almost every school combines the strengths of each family. Now generally divided into nine schools, Mangmeng China eleven streams, each school of zheng music and playing methods have their own characteristics.

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