Guzheng playing skills

318 views · Organized by 辞惘 on 2022-02-07

The traditional common playing method uses the four fingers of the right hand to pluck the strings, play the melody and master the rhythm. The left-hand playing method also follows the tension of the strings on the left side of the zither column, and controls the change of the string sound to adjust the pitch. Perfect the melody.

Guzheng playing skills

left hand technique
1. Safe tone: In addition to the original tone of each string, you can also use the left hand to press the strings on the left side of the bridge to press each tone within the range of the higher and lower thirds. The bass area is long and thick, and it is difficult to press the tone, and it can barely press the upper second tone. Each string of a zheng is arranged in a pentatonic scale, with D as its basic key. The "fa" and "si" tones of the heptatonic scale are obtained by pressing on the "mi" and "la" strings. Since the zheng music is arranged and tuned by the pentatonic scale, the melody characteristic of the zheng music "filling the sound with rhyme" is formed. That is, by pressing the strings with the left hand, the sounds other than the pronunciation of the strings, especially the sounds other than the pentatonic scale, are played. There are two tendencies in the melody characteristics formed by this "rhyme-filling" technique. One is colorful and decorative, that is, it does not have the meaning of changing the mode and tone. This characteristic is found in Shandong, Henan and some Hakka zheng songs. It is more obvious; the second is functional, that is, it has the meaning of tonality and tonality conversion, which is mainly manifested in Chaozhou zheng music, that is, through the method of "filling sound with rhyme", the music can obtain light three six, heavy three six, and live five. and other modal changes.

The same-degree double tones in the zheng music are obtained by pressing one of the notes on the other string. The pitch of the two notes, one is fixed and the other is sliding, combined with the special slightly trembling sound of the zheng.

2. Chanting: It is to slide the natural sound to the uncertain upper sound alternately, and the general chanting sound is mastered by the performer himself.

3. Portamento: all the notes above the middle range, the up, down, and back portamentos within the range of the minor third are very commonly used.

4. Vibrato: It refers to the effect of two tones being played alternately quickly. It can be played alternately with one finger, two fingers or both hands on the zither. A vibrato has a definite point, a definite pitch, as opposed to a chant that slides back and forth without a definite pitch.

5. Sha sound: After the right hand plucks the strings, the left hand immediately presses the strings to stop the residual sound.

6. Buckle the strings: Shake the fingers or play single-handedly. At the same time, the left hand clasps the thumb tightly on the strings and moves left and right to emit a low-to-high or high-to-low mute sound.

7. Overtones: The natural overtones produced by the left-hand finger floating at 1/2 of the string length.

right hand skills

1. Support: When playing, pluck the strings outward with the major pointing out, that is, plucking the strings in the direction of the bass. The plucking angle is appropriate to apply force diagonally downward. And avoid the first and second joints of the big finger to bend the string diagonally upwards. The movement of the support is a natural, ingenious and coordinated movement through the shoulders, arms, hands and false nails. The small joints of the fingers are not bent, and the base of the big finger is used as the base point, and the force is naturally exerted. Pluck the strings diagonally downward.

Continuous care is referred to as "lian care". You can use the method of continuously supporting your fingers without leaving the string, or you can use the method of ricochet (the fingers rise and play again after each note is played). Tuo is the basic fingering in zheng playing method. It is used for the descending performance of monophonic or scale melody. Tuo’s plucking method is also used in fingering such as “heavy hook and split Tuo” and descending “calendar”.

2. Split: When playing, pluck the strings in the direction of the high pitch, which means plucking the strings in the direction of the treble. The action of the split is still based on the joint where the big finger connects to the base of the palm, and the string is slightly inclined to the upper angle. Split is the reverse fingering of Tor. It is often used interchangeably with tortoise or consecutively. In the melody, when two or more consonants with a shorter tone value appear in sequence, the alternate fingering of the split is often used. Generally, it is first and then split. It is also used in the plucking of continuous ascending notes in the sequence of strings, and is often used with the middle finger and the index finger. Both "heavy hook and split support" or "mother finger shake" contain the fingering of split.

3. Wipe: pluck the strings inward with the index finger when playing. Wipe is often used to play with the big or middle finger, and is also used for single-tone or ascending scale plucking. "Forefinger Shake" and "Three Hook Wheel Wipe" fingerings both contain wipe fingerings.
When used alone, the large joint is often used to pluck the strings diagonally downward. When it cooperates with other fingers to pick the strings, due to the limitation of speed and hand shape, the small joints (the second and third joints) are bent and slightly inclined upward to pick the strings. When using this method, attention should be paid to the unity of the timbre and the flexibility of touching the strings.

4. Pick: When playing, pluck the strings with the index finger outwards. There are two ways to pluck the strings with the index finger outwards: one is that the big finger is attached to the first joint of the index finger, and the wristband finger is used to pluck the strings with the help of the big finger; Fingers pluck the strings; the other is that the index finger relies on the plucking of its own first and second joints to pluck the strings with the armband fingers. Both methods require the middle, name and little fingers to be naturally relaxed and slightly contracted.
It is often used to play a single note or to play a descending scale melody; it is also often used to play with the big finger or with the big and middle fingers. These comprehensive fingerings, such as "Liyin", "Anti-Xiaosuo" and "Anti-Chongsuo", all contain the plucked fingerings.

5. Hook: The middle finger is plucked inward when playing. The action of picking the strings inward with the middle finger takes the third joint of the base of the middle finger as the moving point, and drives the movement of the omni finger inward and downward. It should be noted that the first and second joints are not bent and are in a state of natural relaxation, and at the same time there is a certain strength in relaxation. It is based on relaxation and maintaining a certain force to play. The hook's angle of contact should always be based on the strumming of the string, rather than pulling the string like a hook. Good tone and sound quality can only be achieved by playing the strings diagonally below.
The hook is often used to pluck the strings with the big finger, and it is also often used to pluck the strings with the big finger and the index finger; In some comprehensive fingerings such as "pinch", "heavy pinch", "heavy hook and split support" and "three hook round wipe", there are hook fingerings. Hooks are widely used in zheng music like Tuo, and it is a common fingering method second only to Tuo in zheng songs.

6. Tick: The middle finger is plucked outwards when playing. Tick is not used alone. Tick is often used in comprehensive fingerings such as "anti-tuck", "tick-tuck" and "anti-heavy-thumb" in conjunction with the big finger.

7. Play: pluck the strings inward with the ring finger when playing. Play performances that are often used for arpeggios or broken chords. Because the ring finger generally does not wear fake nails, the individual sounds are plucked with the ring finger to obtain soft color contrast and soft sound effect. In addition, in the performance of some chords, there is also the "hit" fingering of the ring finger. There is also an improved fingering method, that is, the ring finger with the nail is used instead of the middle finger to pluck the strings. The middle finger is moved out from the position of the bottom half of the octave, and used in the pluck of other notes within the octave played by the big finger and the ring finger. . This improved fingering allows not only the index finger to rub, but also the middle finger to tick in the octave.
The order of fingering for arpeggios is: from low to high, use "tick and tick", and from high to low, use "tick and tick".

8. Picking: When playing, the ring finger is dialed out.

Reference materials and contributors
古筝-百度百科
古筝-搜狗百科
古筝-维基百科

Involving musical instruments

Guzheng (pinyin: Gǔ Zhēng), also known as Hanzheng and Qinzheng, is an ancient national musical instrument of the Han nationality and is popular all over China. It is often used for solo, duet, instrumental ensemble and accompaniment of song and dance, opera and folk art. Because of its wide range, beautiful timbre, rich playing skills and strong expressiveness, it is known as the "King of Music", also known as "Oriental Piano", and is one of the unique and important national musical instruments in China.

Guess you like

Organized by 赵锦辛 on 2022-07-03
Slow training is not just a simple slow speed, because slow training itself also has a method problem. The method is incorrect and unscientific. It is wrong to understand and use slow training.
read >>
Organized by 南丘 on 2022-07-02
Some teachers find in class that when students play, the center of gravity of the entire arm is too high, the strength is concentrated on the shoulders, and the popping sound is particularly heavy, very dry, and very unpleasant.
read >>
Organized by vespa on 2022-07-02
As a guzheng lover, when you are in high spirits, you often practice for several hours, especially when doing exercises that require high requirements for your left hand, such as double pressing the octave, etc., the left hand is easily strained.
read >>
Organized by 华夫饼 on 2022-07-02
How to maintain the Guzheng panel? To do this, you must pay attention to the maintenance of the guzheng panel.
read >>
Organized by 汾酒 on 2022-07-01
At present, there are two kinds of guzheng on the market, one is the folding board zheng, which is to combine the guzheng panel with the guzheng frame through baking and other processes. There is also a digging kite, which is a curved panel directly dug out of paulownia wood.
read >>